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 6: EARTH MONTH COMMUNITY CLEANUP
APRIL 12: SPRING PLANT & CLEANUP SUPPLY GIVEAWAY
Green Team will host its Spring Plant & Cleanup Supply Giveaway on Friday, April 12, from 10 a.m. – 2 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 20: EARTH DAY 2024
Huntsville will observe Earth Day on Saturday, April 20, during a 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. celebration at the Hays Nature Preserve. The public is invited to enjoy earth-friendly exhibitors with informative and interactive displays, live music from Alli and Christy, vegetable plant giveaway, face painting, concessions and more. Auburn Southeastern Raptors will not be able to attend this year but we look forward to their return in 2025.
Parking may be limited at Hays Nature Preserve during Earth Day festivities, but parking is available at the Mark Russell Recreational Center, 429 Taylor Road. Huntsville Transit will pick up attendees from the Mark Russell Center and take them to the Hays Nature Preserve education building. Signs will note drop off/pickup locations.
See the Earth Day shuttle pick up and drop off locations.
EARTH DAY HISTORY
The global observation of Earth Day on April 22 is now in its 54th 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 20, 2024 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.
