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Earth Day is this week – April 22 to be exact – but there are plenty of virtual and in-person Earth Day events on the Big Island and beyond. The first Earth Day was celebrated in 1970 and has since become a huge catalyst for engagement and change when it comes to our current environmental crisis. The Earth Day website has lots of information about their history, as well as some events that they are hosting this week. For events a little closer to home, check out these cleanups, film screenings, and more!
A Life on Our Planet – Free Virtual Film Screening
Wednesday, April 21 | at 6:30 p.m. | Online | FREE
Join us for a virtual screening of A Life On Our Planet! This film is not only visually stunning, but shows us the impacts of human life as well as how we can help to preserve our precious home. The screening will have a fun chat room so we can discuss the film as we watch it together. We’ll also be having a trivia giveaway for Down to Earth (note: DTE is in Kahului) gift cards at the end of the screening! Please note that the chat room is limited to the first 50 participants who log on. If you aren’t able to join the chat room, we hope you’ll still watch the film and get inspired!
The screening is free but there are a few technological requirements to participate:
1. A Netflix account
2. Google Chrome browser
3. Teleparty Chrome Extension
Any questions? Email us at [email protected]
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Hawai’i Earth Day by ReTree Hawaii
Thursday, April 22 | 6 p.m. | Online | FREE
On this 2021 online Earth Day, we will hear the latest on the climate crisis and Hawai‘i, how planting trees will help us through it, tips for fast and inexpensive native plant propagation and the bold plan for a Mauna Lei on Haleakalā. Speakers Chip Fletcher, Fern Duvall and Sonny Gamponia are joined by Maui composer and entertainer Anthony Pfluke for an enjoyable educational evening.
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Plant an Ulu Tree with Ola Brew Co
Thursday, April 22 | from 12 to 4 p.m. | Ola Brew Co Taproom – 74-5598 Luhia St, Kailua-Kona
This here is a baby ulu tree. Every Ulu tree makes our honua a better place! So next Thursday, April 22nd, in partnership with @manaai and #ulukahonua, Ola Brew will be giving away 72+ ulu trees in an effort to create increased food security in our island community. On Thursday, Ola Brew Co will be giving out 72 ulu trees from their taproom. Limit one tree per person. If the event is successful, they may do another one soon!
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Earth Week Pop Up Workshops at Lyons Estate
April 22-24 | various times | Lyons Estate Hilo Holding, 165 Keawe St. Unit 10, Hilo
Earth Week activities include Earth Day Seed Workshop, Native Hawaiian Plant Sale and Pop Up Shop, Kupe’e Workshop, Kapala Stamping Workshop, Lokelani Water (non-native), Native Hawaiian Plant Keiki Crafts, Lauhala Weaving, and a special Paint and Sip Fundraiser. Tickets range between $20-$75 and can be purchased here.
Earth Day Freedom Concert
Friday, April 23 | from 6 to 9 p.m. | Kukua Studio, 43D Kukuau St, Hilo | $10 donation
Join Bub Pratt, Millicent Cummings, Unity, Robert Savory & Hayden Barbula with Protectors United for an event celebrating the freedom to be our sovereign selves. It’s Earth Day where we’ll be loving on the planet where all people are created equal. 6-9pm, all ages.
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Earth Day Every Day Beach Cleanup
Saturday, April 24 | from 3 to 5 p.m. | King’s Landing, Hilo | FREE
Many local families enjoy King’s Landing. Recently, residents have found litter that is considered harmful to the environment as well as our ohana enjoying the beach. Volunteers will be given gloves and buckets to collect trash to participate in a community effort to clean up this area. Volunteers will be asked to bring their own masks and reusable water containers (we will provide the water).
Join us in this year’s official Volunteer Week Hawai’i. Attendees will be eligible to win airline tickets from Southwest Airlines and United airlines from our partners at Kanu Hawaii and and the Kokua Exchange Timebank! The person who brings the most friends to this event will receive an Art and Sustainability Kit valued at $19.99!
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Ocean Fair 2021
Saturday, April 24 | from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. | Jack’s Diving Locker, 75-5813 Alii Drive, Kona | FREE
OCEAN FAIR 2021 is this Saturday! Along with new and used retail sales and FREE Try Scuba in the pool, we will have the author of the new A Field Guide to Blackwater Diving in Hawaii, Jeff Milisen here from 9am – 10am signing copies of his book! You can buy the book and chat all things Blackwater with him! If you’re a fan of our Pelagic Magic dive this is the book for you! We hope to see everyone on Saturday!
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Puna Earth Day
Saturday, April 24 | from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. | Puna | FREE
Join us to clean up Highway 130! Please show up at any of the following check in locations on the morning of the cleanup:
1. Eagles Club, Kea’au (16-111 Opukahaia St)
2. Maku’u Farmers Market Parking Lot (15-2131 Keaau Pahoa Rd Pahoa)
3. Hub in Pahoa (at Hwy 130 & Hwy 132)
4. SureFoundation Church Parking Lot (16-1592 Pohaku Circle and Hwy 130)Please wear bright colored clothes and bring water, a mask for check in, hat, and gloves. Garbage bags will be provided.
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