Giveaway: How do you celebrate Earth Day?

It's been 45 years since Earth Day was established, and, amazingly, we're still having conversations about the need to protect our planet.

Those conversations need to start early. I love that Scholastic has resources and activities for kids that can help explain Earth Day and get them involved in hands-on ways. Here are some great ones:

And of course, books are a great way to get kids involved -- because by reading and immersing ourselves into stories, both fiction and nonfiction, we can better understand our planet. Here are some great books about Earth Day from Scholastic Parents, and check out our Earth Day Top Picks here!

To that end...we're hosting an Earth Day giveaway!

THE GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. THANKS TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE RANDOMLY SELECTED WINNERS: MEGAN M, EMILIA E, AND KEISHAUNA B!

GIVEAWAY: Three (3) winners will receive a copy of Buried Sunlight by Molly Bang and Penny Chisholm and The Magic School Bus and the Climate Challenge by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen. Read the complete legal rules here. Open to legal U.S. residents, age 18 and up.

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We celebrate Earth Day every

We celebrate Earth Day every year by planting seeds that will grow into vegetables, fruits, and even trees. Most of the vegetable and fruit are grown in recycle containers such as old milk jugs and orange juice cartons. We donate the vegetables and fruit to our local shelter. Having my children participate in this activity shows them how important it is to take care of not only one another, but also mother Earth.

I celebrate Earth Day by

I celebrate Earth Day by educating my second graders about the meaning of Earth Day. We planted seeds to remind us that plants give us oxygen, we cut down on plastic during our lunch, and we reused materials for this year's Mother's Day gifts!

We recycle anything we could.

We recycle anything we could. We save water when getting washed or brushing our teeth.We reuse things. We plant wild flowers for bees. We do a lot throughout the year for our planet!

We started an organic garden

We started an organic garden in my backyard! The kids are so excited they picked out their own seeds to plant

I celebrate earth day by

I celebrate earth day by getting outside with my kids and dog and soaking up all that earth has to offer....warm/cool...dry/wet....we don't care. We just get out in it!

We try and recycle paper

We try and recycle paper products through my son's school. Plant veggies every year!!

i drink water etc from

i drink water etc from reusable containers. I only used dishes...not paper plates. I reuse plastic bags. I make my own laundry soap...less containers in trash.

our family celebrates earth

our family celebrates earth day this year by planting flowers and veggies

By thanking the good Lord for

By thanking the good Lord for all he has blessed us with. By picking up litter, reusing boxes and plastic bottles, recycling, not littering. I also participate in recycling events in the local community to help safely recycle items such as electronics.

We celebrate by working on

We celebrate by working on our garden we grow fruit and vegetables and flowers for the bees.

By planting new bulbs

By planting new bulbs In our flower garden and eating fresh vegetables from our veggie garden

We celebrate earth day by

We celebrate earth day by teaching the preschool students in our class about reducing, reusing and recycling. We read books, talk about conserving energy and plant a garden. Fun!

We recycle anything we can.

We recycle anything we can. We try to cnserve water and energy, compost what we can and make sure our garbage ends up in the garbage. Today in the classroom i work in we shut of the lights for one hour to help teach the children about conserving energy.

Today we brought then planted

We celebrate Earth Day by

We celebrate Earth Day by being outside. We play and enjoy nature. We also recycle, and love to plant flowers, we can't plant anymore trees because our yard is full of them so we enjoy the shade.

We celebrate at the school I

We celebrate at the school I work at by cleaning up the campus, recycling (reviewing recycling products,which bins we use at home/school), making sure we shut off lights, use water efficiently. Reduce, reuse, recycle. We also planted seeds to start our own school garden.

We recycle.

We picked up trash on a local

We picked up trash on a local road chosen by the kids. We also worked in the garden.

We compost, use organic local

We compost, use organic local produce whenever possible, reuse shopping bags, recycle, etc.

We celebrate Earth Day

We celebrate Earth Day everyday by using reusable bags, recycling, turning water and lights off when not in use and planting our own garden.

My daughters and I planted a

My daughters and I planted a palm tree in our backyard & we recycle everyday.

We celebrate earth day by

We celebrate earth day by planting a new tree in our yard each year! Today we also fertilized a nice spot for a flower garden I hope to get planted soon!

I recycle, reuse what I can

I recycle, reuse what I can and conserve electricity and water.

this year, I have started

this year, I have started spreading my love of all things nature. My students are low income and don't have many life experiences or exposure to information on the status of our planet. We have a 4th grade team of students, The Green Team, that picks up recycling objects from each classroom on our campus helps us recycle all of the paper our school goes through. This week, I have done read alouds and used the Earth Day Network's Earth Week curriculum in my class. I am so excited that my kids are asking questions and getting excited about what they can do to help. Spreading it to 20 children means they take it home and share it with others and the information continues to spread through the community. Information--Pay it forward! Love the earth and love doing my part to help it.

At my school, we celebrate

At my school, we celebrate Earth Day all week. Each day we promote awareness of reducing power usage and recycling as much as possible, among other things.

my family celebrates by

my family celebrates by planting our flowers & veggies, reuse bags, recycle.

Today my toddler and I

Today my toddler and I planted bee friendly flowers. We took pictures on my digital camera but we don't print them instead we make a digital scrapbook page and store it in on file on my computer and back it up on a memory stick. Each year we plant a tree or flowers

By only purchasing from

By only purchasing from responsible vegan companies.

I will have my first class in

I will have my first class in August. I will implement recycling in the classroom and water conservation.

By teaching my kids how to

By teaching my kids how to recycle

We reuse water bottles,

We reuse water bottles, planted new trees in our yard, wash plastic cups/straw/utensils to reuse, and started a compost pile this year!

In kindergarten, we learned

In kindergarten, we learned the three r's. Then decided what we want to start recycling. Then we planted seeds to put around school and home.

Today we went to plant trees

Today we went to plant trees at my daughters school but everyday we are good about conserving water

I recycle

I try and leave a legacy of

I try and leave a legacy of stewardship through lessons I teach my students and family-Our earth is a precious resource that we must respect and treasure each day and our actions must reflect our thanks.

Eat seasonal and local by

Eat seasonal and local by supporting famers markets and restaurants that use local ingredients.

We plant a tree and plant

We plant a tree and plant vegetables in our garden.

We recycle trash and turn off

We recycle trash and turn off the water while brushing our teeth and turn off lights when we leave rooms.

I celebrate earth day, by

I celebrate earth day, by planting and teaching my children how to be great earth stewards.

Our family celebrates Earth

Our family celebrates Earth Day all year long! We keep bees and teach and encourage others to keep bees, we have a butterfly nursery running all summer in our house, and we garden, grow, and can/freeze our own produce. When I come back to school every year, I share what we did during the summer with my junior high students and it's a running conversation all year long.

Morgan Baden // Apr 22, 2015

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