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Earth Day Events and Volunteer Opportunities in Region 2
Looking to get involved this Earth Day? Check out the links below for a sample of activities going on in your community.
The Earth Day events Web sites listed on this page are external to epa.gov 
. EPA does not necessarily endorse or promote these events, they are listed here for informational purposes only.
New Jersey
Open Space Cleanup
Chatham Township Environmental Commission
Saturday, April 21, 2012
9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. or as long as you wish
Chatham Township Environmental Commission's 10th Annual Open Space Cleanup. Rain or shine. Stay as long or as short a time as you wish between 9:30 am and 12:30 pm to pick up trash and clip brambles. Fun for families. Free refreshments. Bring heavy work gloves and clippers. We will supply cotton work gloves and plastic trash bags.
2012 Edison Earth Day Celebration
Edison Memorial Tower & Museum/Edison State Park
Saturday, April 21, 2012
9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
A number of presenters, exhibitors and speakers are also planned. Event activities include: Terra Nova Garden Club and event volunteers will plant flowers and place mulch, as well as the gather and consolidate organic debris at the event site; ETEC quality/depth testing of water at the Collect Pond; Central Jersey Bicycle Association (CJBA) Bike Ride through the area.
Raritan River Stream Cleanup
Raritan Headwaters Association
Saturday, April 21, 2012
9 a.m.-12 p.m.
26 Sites along the Raritan River
Earth Day 2012 5K Run/Walk & Fair
Saturday, April 21, 2012
10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Liberty State Park - Rain or Shine
Jersey City
6th Annual Stream Cleanup
NJ Watershed Ambassadors & SBMWA, ten municipal environmental commissions
Sat and Sun April 21,22 & 28,29
9 a.m. - 12 p.m. & 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Ten municipalities and hundreds of volunteers will be removing many tons of trash from local waterways in this huge and always successful Earth Day celebration.
Atlantic County Utilities Authority - Earth Day Festival
Sunday, April 22, 2012
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The theme of the festival continues to be a "Sustainable Future". Come join the celebration and enjoy a day full of non-stop family activities including: stage entertainment, interactive educational displays and activities, workshops, petting zoo, hayride tours of the Environmental Park to the top of the landfill and shuttled tours of the ACUA Wastewater, Wind and Solar Farm in Atlantic City. The festival even includes a 5K race at 9 am and 1 mile fun run beginning at 8:30 a.m.
Party for the Planet
Jenkinson's Aquarium
Sunday, April 22, 2012
1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Additional Activities in New Jersey
New York State
Albany
Happy Earth Day! at Schenectady Museum
Sunday, April 22, 2012
1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Schenectady Museum & Suits-Bueche Planetarium
E-Waste Collection Event
Sunday, April 22, 2012
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Long Island
Earth Day Celebration
Quogue Wildlife Refuge and Eastern Long Island Audubon Society
Sunday, April 22, 2012
11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The day will include guided nature walks, live animal presentations, crafts for children, environmental exhibitors, and self-guided kayaking and canoeing on Old Ice Pond.
22nd Annual Earth Day Celebration
Town of Islip
Saturday, April 21, 2012
11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Gillette Park, Sayville, NY
Rochester
5th Annual Hamlin Earth Day at the Park
Saturday, April 21, 2012
9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Hamlin Beach State Park Area 3, Hamlin, NY
Ithaca
Earth Day Ithaca
Sunday, April 22, 2012
12 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Ithaca Farmers Market, Steamboat Landing, 545 Third Street, Ithaca, NY
New York City
A Clearing in the Forest: Earth Day Celebration
Sunday, April 22
12 p.m. - 2 p.m.
Concert and mini-garden planting in Central Park.
Great Hill at West 107th St.
Earth Day on the High Line
Sunday, April 22
10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Chelsea Market Passage
On the High Line at West 15th Street
Earth Day Times Square
Sunday, April 22, 2012
11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Stonehenge’s Ritz Plaza Firefighters' Memorial Park, 235 West 48th Street
Nourishing Earth Day
Saturday, April 21, 2012
11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Volunteer to help out at this festival, providing information on healthy eating and protecting the environment.
Bread Basket at Woodycrest United 89 West 166th St Bronx, NY
Safe Disposal Event
Sunday, April 22, 2012
10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Union Square, Manhattan
Puerto Rico
Environmental Fair
Friday, April 20, 2012
8 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
Train Station Learning Center Open House and Trail Inauguration
Sunday, April 22, 2012
9 a.m.
Open house at the Jobos Bay reserve's Train Station Learning Center.
Aguirre, Puerto Rico
U.S. Virgin Islands
Dive for Earth Day and Beach Cleanup
Sunday, April 22, 2012
9 a.m. at Coral World Ocean Park, St. Thomas
Volunteers on land and in the water will help clean up Water Bay and Coki Beach. Available equipment and water will be provided free of charge.
St. John Reef Fest
Saturday, April 21, 2012
12 p.m. - 5 p.m. at Hawksnest Beach, St. John
Activities include guided snorkel or kayak tours, reef fish identification and other educational exhibits.
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