Earth Month

List compiled by the Office of Sustainability. There are many ways to get involved in sustainability outside of the classroom. Explore student clubs and school-specific groups to find your community.

The DCEFF hosts the largest environmental film festival in the world, presenting 100+ films to audiences of more than 20,000. You can now enjoy this showcase of environmentally themed films streaming online.

Join Earth Day Initiative NY for a day of activity, including a virtual stage of speakers, virtual workshop space, and virtual exhibitors.

Every year, Earthx, in partnership with National Geographic, puts on the "world's largest environmental experience," and this time their conference, events, and film festival are all online.

Join us in celebrating Earth Day and Arbor Day in our parks and community gardens! Enjoy fun hiking adventures, tree planting activities, nature-themed programs for the whole family, and more!

Earth Challenge makes it easy for everyone to monitor the environment! Capture research quality environmental data for scientists working to better understand and protect nature.

Launched in 2022 as a partnership between the National Wildlife Federation and Johnson Outdoors, the Clean Earth Challenge is making a difference in communities across America. Whether it’s going solo or working as a group, it’s as easy as picking up trash on your morning walk, at a favorite beach or local park. Volunteers have collected millions of pieces of trash and debris that litter our beautiful land, oceans, and waterways. From small towns to big cities, collective action leads to big results.

Ginkgo trees evolved before the dinosaurs, survived three mass extinctions, and one species is still living today. Now you can help track climate change over millions of years by counting cells of modern & fossil gingko leaves.

iNaturalist offers a wide range of Citizen Science projects that help track and share observations of biodiversity across the globe.

Want to get involved in scientific processes? With citizen science projects, you and your students can collect and interpret data that will be used to help better understand our Earth and Earth systems. With your computer or mobile device, low cost materials, or sometimes things you already have at home, you can participate in many different kinds of projects.

This project aims to document the species that live indoors with humans, including but not exclusive to arthropods. In boldly studying basements, bedrooms, and bathrooms, together we can make big new discoveries even before we open the front door.

Smithsonian Digital Volunteers help make historical documents and biodiversity data more accessible. For example, if you join now, you could help transcribe and review materials on climate change from astronaut Sally Ride.

This project – which involves large-scale noise monitoring – leverages the latest in machine learning technology, big data analysis, and citizen science reporting to more effectively monitor, analyze, and mitigate urban noise pollution.

Zooniverse is home to some of the largest and most popular Citizen Science projects, allowing volunteers to actively participate in a wide range of scientific research projects -- many that can be completed indoors!