Join millions of people around the world who take action on a day of environmental stewardship. Earth Day (April 22) is a day to express gratitude to the Earth for its gifts of life and to listen, learn, and take action in big and small ways.
One gift we can give back to the earth is care and advocacy for its health. We can also pay attention to its beauty and share it with others. What can we do as stewards of the earth on Earth Day and every day?
“This is our work, to discover what we can give.
Isn't this the purpose of education, to learn the nature of your own gifts
and how to use them for good in the world?”
― Robin Wall Kimmerer
7 Simple Safe Service Projects
These seven Simple Safe Service activities are related to environmental stewardship. The simple-to-follow activities are designed to spark generous action and conversations promoting the good of all.
This true story of Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Mathaai is an inspiring tale of environmental activism and the power each one of us has to help protect our world.
The guide linked below provides before, during, and after-reading discussion questions. Choose from activities and discussion questions to build children's understanding of our role in community and the importance of environmental stewardship.
What is our responsibility in the world? To Alice Rumphius, her responsibility was to do something to make the world more beautiful. What does that mean to her, and what does it mean to you? This book inspires the reader to think of small ways to do something for the common good. What will you do to make the world more beautiful? The guide linked below provides meaningful discussion questions about our generous role in community.
This lesson and activity motivates young children get outside and play in nature and recognize the beauty of diverse living things in their environment. Their service project is to share nature with someone else in a creative interaction.
Teens explore how individuals can act in ways that honor the earth. This includes an exploration of the ways their purchasing decisions impact the environment. Participants learn the importance of mutual flourishing between humans and nature as we work toward a pathway to sustainability for all. Through knowledge and inspiration youth move toward a call to action to seek responsible ways to use their voice, time, talent, or treasure.
Begin with an investigation of the problems caused by plastic shopping bags, and spark youth passion for taking action.
Participants may propose creative solutions or follow this group project challenge to design a reusable shopping tote out of an old T-shirt using engineering, problem-solving, creativity, and communication. They take action by using and sharing their homemade totes and by educating the community about problems and solutions to the plastic bag crisis.
