Earth Day
EARTH DAY ACTIVITIES
Each year, Huntsville’s Green Team hosts a series of Earth Day events throughout April. Our goal is to offer educational activities and information about our environment and the many ways communities around the globe work together for a cleaner and more sustainable future.
Interested in doing your part? Green Team invites the community to participate in these upcoming events:
APRIL 10: SPRING PLANT & CLEANUP SUPPLY GIVEAWAY
Green Team will host its Spring Plant & Cleanup Supply Giveaway on Friday, April 10, from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. in the parking lot of the Jaycee Building at John Hunt Park, Southwest Airport Road. The drive-through and pick-up event will provide free garbage bags and tomato and cucumber plants.
APRIL 11: DISTRICT COMMUNITY CLEANUP DAY
APRIL 18: EARTH DAY AT HAYES NATURE PRESERVE
Join us for Earth Day at Hays Nature Preserve Saturday, April 18 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.. It’s FREE fun for the whole family! Enjoy earth‑friendly exhibitors, interactive displays, Rise Raptor demonstrations, a petting zoo, vegetable plant giveaways (while supplies last), sno-cones, hot dogs, cotton candy and more.
Parking at Hays may be limited. Additional parking is available at the Mark Russell Recreational Center, 429 Taylor Road. Huntsville Transit will shuttle attendees to and from the Mark Russell Center and the Hays Nature Preserve. Signs will mark shuttle pickup and drop-off locations.
See the Earth Day shuttle pick up and drop off locations.
APRIL 22: EARTH DAY CLEANUP AT BUD CRAMER PARK
EARTH DAY HISTORY
The global observation of Earth Day on April 22 is now in its 56th year of commemorating the day many historians recognize as the birth of the modern environmental movement. Gaylord Nelson, a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, helped organize a nationwide grassroots celebration on April 22, 1970, that eventually included more than 20 million people. Earth Day remains a watershed event in the environmental movement.
EXHIBITOR APPLICATION
Green Team welcomes environment-oriented exhibitors to participate in the Earth Day event at the Hays Nature Preserve. Interested exhibitors must submit an online application by March 20 for the April 18 event.
Please note: No exhibitors will be allowed to sell products on-site. However, exhibitors may advertise their organization or products.
Green Team can set up one 6-foot table for each organization participating. Exhibitors are welcome to bring chairs or other tables as needed. There is no charge to be an exhibitor. In the event of a cancellation, please check Operation Green Team’s Facebook, Twitter or Instagram for information.
SUBMIT AN EXHIBITOR APPLICATION
For questions or more information, please contact Katheleen Theriault at katheleen.theriault@huntsvilleal.gov.
