TORONTO – Earth Day isn’t just being marked on April 22 across Canada, but for the rest of the week.
The first Earth Day was celebrated on April 22, 1970. According to Earth Day Canada, each year six million Canadians participate in Earth Day activities across the country.
Canada’s most famous environmentalist, David Suzuki, will be speaking at two events this week.
In Calgary, Suzuki will be speaking on Wednesday as part of Green Calgary’s Earth Week celebrations. Then on Saturday, he will make his way to Richmond, B.C. to participate in the Richmond Earth Day Youth (REaDY) summit.
In Ontario, Earth Week is being celebrated in many ways. On Tuesday, Habitat for Humanity GTA is hosting a clean-up event from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. There’s also tree planting in Markham on Sunday, April 27 and an e-waste and bottle drive in Waterloo on Saturday, April 26.
And all across the country, there is tree-planting, local clean-up efforts and more.
To see what you can do throughout the year, visit Earth Day Canada’s Top 10 actions.
To find more Earth Week activities in your area, click here.
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