April is EARTH Month and April 22nd is Earth Day. Most areas are still recommending to stay at home and practice social distancing if you must go out or are an essential worker, but we can still celebrate the Earth!
Here are 12 ways you can get outside and celebrate the earth while still practicing social distancing.
- Plant a garden. Propagate new plants, repot or split over-crowded plants, or plant a window sill garden. Spring is the perfect time to start your seeds indoors for all of your favorite garden herbs, fruits, and veggies.
- Take a hike or walk.
- Pick up litter around your yard or in your neighborhood.
- Find a geocache..or better yet, cache and trash! We cachers call this CITO (Cache In, Trash Out.) Geocaching is a fun outdoor GPS game where you use GPS coordinates to hide and seek containers, called “geocaches” or “caches”, at locations marked by coordinates all over the world. My family and I have enjoyed geocaching while hiking, running errands or even on vacation. You can join for free at geocaching.com. If you do, look me up at abc0619! We can be caching-friends!
- Plant a bush or tree.
- Do some yard work. Clean leaves out of flower beds, mow or treat your lawn.
- Create a serene outdoor sitting area.
- Make a birdhouse or add a bird feeder.
- Have a picnic.
- Go for a bike ride. Not only are you getting some exercise, but you are also reducing pollution!
- Read a book outside in the sunshine!
- Have a nature photoshoot. Take pictures of plants, trees, leaves, flowers, insects, the sky, or clouds. Take it all in and enjoy! You may even get some shots good enough to frame!
Get outside and show Mother Earth some LOVE!!!
I’m actually working on number one. Two years ago, I started taking care of succulents and cacti. Now, I want to start an herb garden. Great post.
I also started a small herb garden for my kitchen windowsill! And I’m trying my hand at propagating succulents now, we’ll see how that goes!
Shouldn’t we be doing these things every day?
Absolutely Mano! These are great activities to do ANY day!
We are currently are getting ready to plant our garden. We can’t wait to get it started!
You have some great ideas here to celebrate the Earth all month long, thanks for sharing 🙂
Earth Day this year is even more symbolic because of the pandemic. Lovely suggestions. together we can make a difference.
Yes! Even small steps can make a huge difference!
Really good suggestions. Earth Day definitely needs to be celebrated.
I agree so much with this list. After all, it’s all about giving back what is due to Mother Earth. <3
Very thoughtful tips! I feel so serene in nature. Earth day needs all the celebration, that it deserves so much.
Thank you very much even though I’ve never celebrated earth Day
We’ve definitely been planting lots of veggies, flowers and trees lately. Recent events have really pushed life back to the basics. I can’t say that I’m not enjoying it…
These are great ideas, however, our State (Province) is closing borders per city. So there is no way of going where nature is for me. Also, we are advised to strictly stay at home unless we need to get essentials.
Travel may be prohibited in the area, but you can still get outside and go for a hike or enjoy your outdoor space with a book. I prepped and potted my windowsill garden from my kitchen!
Yes! I love that the earth is catching this huge break from tourists right now.
These are some great ways to celebrate Earth day. I’m trying to get all the outside I can get right now and planting to!
These are super fun and easy tips.
My Birthday is on Earth day. Great suggestions.
Well, Happy EARLY birthday Natasha!