Earth Week 2000

Friday, April 21th to Sunday, April 30th

Vancouver Island Earth Works Society (VIEWS)

Project Ideas

• Create a community parade, fair or festival
• Conduct a special ceremony or spiritual service
• Arrange a day trip to the beach for local children, and have a treasure hunt

• Organize a community clean-up
• Hold a public forum, have a seminar or workshop on sustainable living
• Give nature walks

• Conduct tours of your organic farm or garden
• Design a community stewardship or rehabilitation project
• Go trail-building or plant trees

• Throw a community potluck, coffee house or eco-party
• Organize a walk-athon, auction or arts and crafts exhibition
• Garbage-free Earth Day birthday party

• Adopt a tree, stream or species
• Mark a drain and save a fish project
• Endangered species parade
• Water wasters challenge
• Environmental model exhibition

• Fossil fuel-free transport to school
• Fossil fuel-free race
• Grocery bag campaign
• Council of all beings
• Face painting day

• Shadow project
• Essay writing
• Food bank drive
• Group garden
• Theme days
• Field trips
• Toy drive