Earth Day 2026
Find Your Local Earth Day Event
The average family throws out $1500 of food a year!
Tips to cut food waste:
Reorganize your fridge
Put older items in front to eat first!
Plan your meals for the week
Plan your meals ahead and prep them for the week, so nothing gets forgotten and goes bad.
Fight Climate Change and Cut Trash Pollution
Reducing your waste:
Saves money by buying less and reusing
Saves energy used to make, use and discard products
Reduces climate pollution
Helps the planet stay livable for our children and grandchildren
Lowers trash in our neighborhoods and landfills
History of Earth Day
Earth Day Led to the First Environmental Protection
U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson (WI) organized the first Earth Day in 1970 to bring environmental issues to the national political agenda. After the 1962 publication of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring and two prominent environmental disasters in 1969:
- A massive oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara
- A fire on the heavily polluted Cuyahoga River in Ohio
More than 20 million Americans rallied across the country, demanding action on pollution.
By December 1970, Congress authorized the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and passed the first environmental regulation laws in the U.S.
Today, 196 countries and more than a billion people celebrate Earth Day.
