13 Ways Our Community Can Celebrate Earth Month

Every April, our Houston community has a chance to celebrate Earth Month alongside 200 million people from 141 countries worldwide. This year's theme is "Our Power, Our Planet," which focuses on how communities like ours can protect our environment and improve our daily lives.

We can start by learning together. Our community can watch nature documentaries, listen to environmental podcasts, and read books about protecting our planet. Local libraries offer free books about climate solutions and environmental justice. We can also share good news stories about environmental wins happening around the world.

Getting our hands dirty helps too. We can tend community gardens, clean up litter in our neighborhoods, and plant native Texas plants. Organizations like The Nature Conservancy offer volunteer opportunities right here in Houston. Even picking up trash during our daily dog walks makes a real difference.

Our community can also take action by supporting environmental justice groups. Many of these organizations are led by Indigenous and Black communities who have been protecting our planet for generations. We can donate to grassroots groups and contact our local officials about climate policies that affect our neighborhoods.

Earth Month gives our community 30 days to build habits that last all year. Whether we start a neighborhood cleanup group or join an existing environmental organization, we can make our corner of Houston cleaner and healthier for everyone.