Earth Day and Earth Week 2017
Earth Day and Earth Week 2017
The City of London will be celebrating the 2017 Earth Day and Earth Week with a series of events, organized by local non-profits and organizations, with the purpose of engaging our community in celebrating our natural heritage and green areas in the Forest City. The following are a few events that will take place this week.
Earth Day 150 Weekend
Help make a cleaner and greener community. Participate in one (or more!) of the following four events:
20 minute London makeover. Friday April 21st. Dozens of London businesses, institutions and schools will get involved in cleaning up their property and nearby shared spaces.
How to get engaged: Organize your colleagues to be available on Friday April 21st at 2pm; grab a garbage and get out to the community to pick up litter for about 20 minutes. Take a photo of your team and send them to cleangreen@london.ca for a chance to win a pizza lunch from Joe Kool’s.
London Clean & Green. Saturday April 22nd. This is the city-wide community cleanup day to spruce up the Forest City for the spring season. Check the different locations for cleanup here
Earth Day London. Sunday April 23rd. This is a Free Family Event, taking place at the St. Julien Park (40 Elgin Street), from 11.00 am to 3.00 pm. This event will be a Canada 150 London Signature Event.
Trails Open London. Throughout the weekend, the London Heritage Council invites you to use the city’s trails, and engage in natural heritage conservation and stewardship, physical activity and a healthy lifestyle, and environmental education. More information here
Community Cleanups
From April 21 to 23, you can join one of the many Community cleanups that will be happening in the Forest City. Go to https://londoncleangreen.ca for more information.
April Thames River Cleanup (Thames River Rally)
On April 22, from 9.00 am to 12.00 pm, help kick off the first cleanup of the Thames River. Meeting on the South side of Oxford Street just East of the bridge (parking available), you can help collect trash on both sides of the river South of the bridge at Oxford Street East to Blackfriars’ Bridge. More information on http://www.thamesriverrally.ca
March for Science
On April 22nd ,from 10.00 am to 12.00 pm, join the March for Science, which champions robustly funded and publicly communicated science as a pillar of human freedom and prosperity. The group will meet at the North West corner of Victoria Park, and after short speeches from a First Nations representative, an environmental activist, a scientist and a representative for Evidence for Democracy, people will then march around Victoria Park in a show of solidarity with other marchers around the world.
Western University helps the campus stay green
As part of our Earth Month, Western University held its annual Campus Clean up on Friday April 7, where over 75 students, staff and faculty joined in efforts to clean-up our beautiful campus.
