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! You will also find many Pittsburgh area communities participating in community cleanups during Spring Redd Up Days, April 20-22, 2012.
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:- Party for the Planet
April 21, 2012
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 Walks & Workshops at the Frick Environmental Center
April 21, 2012
The entire family will enjoy this daylong event with bird walks, nature crafts, geocaching, animal encounters, flower planting, and live local entertainment. - REI Earth Day Celebration
April 22, 2012
Join REI, the Friends of the Riverfront and Allegheny CleanWays for a litter cleanup and flower seed planting along the South Side Riverfront Trail in celebration of Earth Day. - Earth Day Activities at the Carnegie Museum
April 22, 2012
Enjoy an afternoon of special hands-on activities in honor of Earth Day - free with regular paid admission to the Carnegie Museum of Natural History.
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