The city’s biggest Earth Day observation is back in Forest Park and goes all weekend long. Check the website for specifics and timing on all the offerings, including music and dancing (including aerials and gymnastics), yoga, information on alternative fuels and transportation, and much more. New this year: The festival is recognizing excellence in climate, food waste, education, and environmental justice with its Sustainability Awards at the opening ceremony at 1 p.m. on Saturday. Congresswoman Cori Bush will also give a keynote address. Free. See website for schedule. Muny Grounds, Forest Park.
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On Saturday morning at the Sunset Hills Community Center, celebrate Earth Day with a very practical recycling event. Bring your cans, bikes, clothes, paper for shredding, toys and books, and electronics—there’s a fee associated with those, but it’s sure handy to have a single place to bring them. Vendors will also be on hand, and there will be free tree saplings until the supply runs out. 9:30 a.m.–noon Sat. 3915 S. Lindberg; enter the recycling line from West Watson.
Attend to your own internal environment by running the Earth Day Run Wild! 5K at the Watershed Nature Center in Edwardsville. The day continues with a native plant sale and pollinator discovery day, both starting at 10 a.m. It’s a good reason to visit the nature center, with more than 40 acres of natural wonders: wetlands, woodland, and grasslands, and all the flora and fauna that make them home. 1591 Tower, Edwardsville.
Bring your once-beloved and now clutter-producing stuff to the Chesterfield Mall for Earth Day. It’s a win-win—you get space back, and your items are properly disposed. The event will accept small tools, toys, bikes and clothes, as well as small electronics for a fee and prescription medications. 9–11 a.m. Sat. 291 Chesterfield Center.
Rustic Roots Sanctuary Annual Earth Day Spring Celebration
In Spanish Lake, Rustic Roots Sanctuary boasts a sustainable farm and population of small animals on a property that was condemned by the county in 2018. For Earth Day, visit the sanctuary, see the new medicine wheel, and hear from State Rep. Kimberly Ann Collins and Councilwoman Shalonda Webb. Visitors who bring reusable eating or drinking implements are entered into a raffle for a $50 gift card. Noon–5 p.m. Sat. 11735 Eckert Lane.
More than 40 local artisans typically visit to celebrate Mother Earth in Alton. Old Bakery Beer Company hosts the Riverbend Earth Day celebration across the river. Shop for jewelry, pottery, baked goods and local plants, and rock out to a full day of live music from Earth Sounds, Salt of the Earth, and Raw Earth. 11:30 a.m.–4 p.m. Sat. 400 Landmarks, Alton.
