Parents, if you’re into Earth Day emphasis and would like some projects for your youngsters, check out those at edHelper.com.  These would be great for parents in general, home schooling parents and teachers in schools.
The Caring for Earth and Earth Day Theme Unit offers a wide variety of resources and projects for a variety of ages and grades.  These involve reading suggestions, puzzles, research of related topics, worksheets, and much more.

You have SO many options when it comes to celebrating Earth Day 2009. It’s not going to be hard to come up with something cool.

You can actually take a few different approaches…

Commit to a one day event.
Commit to long-term change – i.e. rethink your lifestyle and green goals. Do they seem slim? Adjust them; make them stronger or more meaningful.
Commit to taking 5 or more small green steps this year. Each small step adds up, and as you try out more and more smaller green steps it becomes a whole new way of living and thinking.

To get you started following …read more

Are you working on any Earth Day related projects, either quilts, fabric art, tote bags and other items?
If you’re talking about recycling and reusing fabric to make your quilts, then our ancestors of days ago were right in style as they reworked worn clothing, cutting up items they could no longer use for the original purpose.  They were into Earth Day projects and never knew it.
Today, quilts are made from recycled fabric and leftover scraps from other projects.  Also, quilters and fabric artists create items, such as tote bags and grocery totes with recycling and earth symbols.
Another project involves quilters …read more