Here is a list of suggested projects. You can decide what would be most appropriate and doable for your organization. Some may require your group to do a little research. Please reach out to Earth Day Team if you need guidance on resources or expertise.

• Reducing Carbon Emissions

o   Workshop on how to buy an electric vehicle and/or electric bicycle

o   Workshop on how to go solar

o   Workshop on energy efficient appliances

• Planting trees

o   Plant a tree(s) where shade is needed. Choose from list of trees for a hotter, drier future. Make sure there is a care plan

• Composting

o  Composting piles can be set up in backyards, neighborhood site, places where people frequent such as churches, schools, neighborhoods, community gardens, etc.

o   Workshop on how to compost in your kitchen

o   How to do backyard or neighborhood composting

o   Build worm bins. Worms are needed to help regenerate the soil, and can speed up the composting process

• Rain gardens/rain barrels

o   Build a rain garden

o   Install a rain barrel help make the most of rainfall

• Vegetable Gardening

o   Revitalize an existing community garden

o   Start a new community garden

o   Build boxes for raised beds

o   Plant a small Resilience Garden (think Victory or kitchen garden)

o   Workshop on how to organic gardening

o   Workshop on aquaponics

o   Workshop on permaculture

o   Seed or plant give-a-way or swap

o   Demonstration of how to preserve food (canning, drying, pickling)

• Pollinator gardens

o   Plant a pollinator garden. By planting certain plants, you can provide a food source for important pollinators like bees and butterflies. See list and instructions at https://gardenplanner.calscape.org/

• Decreasing Water Home Usage

o   Removing turf and installing drought resistant landscaping has the biggest impact on our city water supply. Choose a small area and do the whole process as a learning experience or aim for a large group and just remove turf in a larger area. See planting suggestions at https://gardenplanner.calscape.org/

o   Installing drip irrigation

o   Information session on water efficient appliances, etc.

• Disaster Preparedness Planning

o   Sponsor an educational event on developing a neighborhood and/or family disaster preparedness plan

• Native Plants

o   Workshop on native plants. Give information about the importance of native plants and instructions in planting and caring for them. Have seedlings that participants can plant and take home

o   Plant a native plant garden. See https://gardenplanner.calscape.org/ for guidance

• Plant-Based Eating

o   Host a talk on why a plant friendly diet is necessary. Eating less meat is critical to the future of the  planet to reduce methane emissions and free up arable land now used for grazing.

o   Demonstrate how to cook a plant-based meal. Provide recipes, other essential information.

o   Demonstrate how to cook with edible weeds.

• Cleaning Up the Environment

o   Show how to eliminate harmful chemicals from our environment by making cleaning solutions from harmless ingredients. Workshop to make earth-friendly, home-made cleaning solutions

o   Clean up the Zanja (Zankey)

o   Workshop on Do’s and Don’ts of recycling

o   Workshop on understanding our air pollution challenge

• Political Action

o   Workshop on how to take political action for the environment

• Environmental Art

o   School art project

o   Plein air art event

o   Organize doing a community mural or permanent art installation on an environmental theme