Earth Day Celebration In Montclair: Events Planned For 2024

MONTCLAIR, NJ — Looking for a way to celebrate Earth Day in Montclair? The Northeast Earth Coalition (NEEC) will host a week-long Earth Day Celebration for 2024.

Events are planned from April 15 to April 22, with a theme of “restoring our planet,” according to the nonprofit. An “Earth Day Bash” will take place from 9 a.m. to noon on Sunday, April 21. Learn more here.

According to organizers, planned activities for the week include:

• Township Proclamation at Crane Park Demonstration Garden, Spring cleanup, and planting native plants
• Stream cleanup (Toney’s Brook): Bay Street Train Station and Glenfield Park.
• Erie Park Cleanup
• Pine Street Community Garden (Community Composting Program & Vegetable garden planting)
• Green Way Trail Cleanup (Montclair/Glen Ridge only)
• Live Music and environmental displays

People can register online for any of the above events here.

Looking for a way to make every day “Earth Day?” Here’s a few suggestions, as seen on the NEEC website:

• Fight climate change with diet change
• Calculate your footprint
• Stand against deforestation
• Organize community cleanups
• Compost
• Learn how to combat plastic pollution
• Go pesticide free
• Turn off lights when not in use
• Switch to online billing
• Support organic agriculture
• Take pictures

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