Let's Pick it Up PA Day!
A great way to celebrate Earth Day is by helping renew the beauty or local communities or public areas. The Great PA Cleanup, Pennsylvania's participation in the national Great American Cleanup campaign sponsored by Keep America Beautiful, provides the perfect opportunity. The entire Great PA Cleanup campaign runs from March 1 to May 31 with cleanups sponsored by townships, boroughs and other communities across the state of Pennsylvania. Last year during the Great Pennsylvania Cleanup more than 132,000 volunteers from all 67 counties removed 6.7 million pounds of trash from roads, parks, schools, waterways, wildlife areas and communities.Let's Pick it Up PA Day is the main event, generally held on or around Earth Day. On this day you'll find dozens of area communities hosting clean up campaigns to pick up litter, sweep streets, or otherwise clean up the neighborhood a little. The Great PA Cleanup Web site maintains a great list of Let's Pick it Up PA Day cleanups. Browse by county to find a Cleanup near you!
Earth Day Events in Pennsylvania State Parks
There's a state park within 25 miles of almost everyone in Pennsylvania, the perfect reason to head to one near your for Earth Day. Many Pennsylvania state parks feature Earth Day cleanup events, and nature related activities on Earth Day weekend.
Earth Day Activities & Events in Pittsburgh
Family friendly environmental events and other Earth Day activities are planned at several Pittsburgh area locations:- Ecolution: An Earth Day Celebration - This fun indoor/outdoor event at the Mattress Factory Art Museum celebrates the green revolution with organic food vendors, eco-friendly cocktails, music acts, a silent auction, and and eco-fashion show.
- Party for the Planet - The Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium is hosting one of the wildest parties in town and you're invited! Have fun celebrating Earth Day while learning about some of the many ways you can help to protect our planet.
- Earth Day at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Enjoy special Earth Day activities, or increase your Earth IQ at various museum exhibits such as Scoop on Poop! The Science of What Animals Leave Behind; the Discover Carts; and the Earth’s Wild Ride in the interactive Discovery Dome.
- Earth Day Celebration at the Frick Environmental Center - The entire family will enjoy this daylong event with bird walks, nature crafts, a garlic mustard pull, an owl encounter, tree planting, and live local entertainment.
- The Earth Rocks! - Earth Day activities at the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh include a nature sing-a-long with Betsy & Pals and the West Virginia University Puppetmobile and their great show "The Earth Rocks!"
