This year, Earth Day doesn’t have to be just one day.
Welcome to Earth Month+ 2024, the hub for all the events and resources we’re sharing this Earth Month!
Earth Day 2024 Theme: Planet vs. Plastics
Earthday.org has declared this year’s theme “Planet vs. Plastics.” From single use plastic bags to disposable water bottles to fast fashion and everything in between, the Earthday.org campaign seeks a 60% reduction in global plastic production by 2040. Join the campaign!
Here in Northern Virginia, Clean Fairfax is hosting two of our own events: Birds & Beers on March 24th, and our annual Earth Daze celebration on April 28th. We’re also supporting cleanups and community events across Fairfax County. Check out the 2024 Earth Month+ calendar below. We hope you’ll join the fun and pitch in to Rethink the 3 Rs: Rethink, Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repair, Repurpose, Rot, and THEN Recycle – not just on Earth Day, and not only during Earth Month, but whenever you have the opportunity!
Tip: Click the “+Google Calendar” above to add this to your own calendar!
Have an event to add? Email us at community@cleanfairfax.org!
Earth Month+ 2024 Resources
- March 23, 2024 – The Biggest Hour for Earth movement
- March 24, 2024 – Attend Birds & Beers, a fun mini-clean up at Aslin Beer, hosted by Clean Fairfax
- April 13, 2024 – Providence District Earth Day Celebration
- April 13, 2024 – Reston Community Center’s Green Reston
- April 20, 2024 – FCPA Earth Day Fairfax
- April 21, 2024 – City of Fairfax Spring Cleanup Day
- April 27, 2024 – Mount Vernon Environment Expo
- April 27, 2024 – City of Fairfax HisTree Day
- April 28, 2024 – Come out to Earth Daze, our annual spring celebration for the whole family at Aslin Beer Garden in Herndon!
Additional Resources
Fairfax County
- Find out who your local elected officials are
- Explore our Community Clean Up Program
- The Plastic Bag Tax in Fairfax County
- Recycle or Trash? Recyclables in Fairfax County
- Fairfax County’s Sort it Out game
- Recycling in Fairfax County flowchart
- Trace the Trash in Fairfax County
- Stormwater runoff in Fairfax County
- Find a Farmers Market – Compost collection at most markets!
- Watch the Green Grow
- Fairfax ReLeaf
- Northern Virginia Soil and Water Conservation District
- 350Fairfax
General Resources
- Take this Environmental Literacy Quiz!
- Ecological footprint calculator
- What is biodiversity?
- The Biggest Hour for Earth movement
- Join the Meatless Monday Movement
- Read about plastic gaslighting
- Mythbusting “advanced” (chemical) recycling