With global warming melting the icebergs and the ozone layer shrinking in size, we are living in times which require us to care for our planet even more than ever. That’s why we should celebrate occasions like Earth Day. But we shouldn’t just throw a party or organize a festival. During this holiday, we should focus more on helping our planet! So, if you want to celebrate Earth Day 2025 but you don’t know how to do that, here are some of our suggestions. Read on to find out more about this year’s events, focused around cleaner, safer, and more affordable energy!

What is Earth Day?

Earth Day is a holiday celebrated on 22nd of April each year. The idea behind this event is to support environmental protection. The theme for Earth Day 2025 is: Our Planet Power, Our Planet. The main points of the Earth Day campaign are:

  • to encourage the use of renewable energy among individuals, businesses and governments alike,
  • promote renewable energy sources to alleviate poverty,
  • to reduce energy costs using renewable energy sources,
  • to care for natural resources, such as water and forests,
  • to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Earth Day was first celebrated in 1970 in San Francisco. It became an international event just a year later, when it was officially announced as an annual event of the UN.

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There are many ways to celebrate this holiday. Let’s look at some of them now.

Join Official Earth Day 2025 Celebrations

You may start with a local cleanup action—the idea behind these events is to go to a natural environment, such as a forest, and collect all the garbage left there by humans. Naturally, this is just one of the choices—you can check the nearby cleanup actions on the official Earth Day website.

Sign the Our Power, Our Planet Renewable Energy Petitions

This is an official Earth Day petition targeted at governments demanding actions to triple renewable energy generation by 2030 and invest in clean infrastructure. You can find the official petition here: Earth Day Petition.

Plant a Tree

Another way to celebrate the 2025 Earth Day is to plant a tree yourself. We need trees to produce oxygen and decompose carbon dioxide, so every tree makes a difference. If you don’t have a garden where you can plant your own tree, try to look for large-scale planting events around you. Maybe you can join in and cooperate with other people trying to save our planet?

Leave Your Car for the Day

Leave your car for the day. You can celebrate Earth Day 2025 by simply not using your car on the 22nd of April—this might seem like a small step, but it brings us closer to a better future. Plus, if others like you decide to give their cars a break, the greenhouse gas emissions for the day will be reduced significantly.

Volunteer

Find some Earth Day volunteering opportunities. You will connect with other likely-minded people plus you will get to do something positive for our planet. If you don’t know where to look for this kind of information, try using social media – maybe there are some groups on Facebook where you can find out more? Or perhaps there are maps in YouMap which have all the eco-friendly events marked? Help build ecofriendly databases for fellow volunteers like this Recycling and Composting map on YouMap! Try reaching out to different communities and you will surely find an opportunity to volunteer in a 2025 Earth Day event.

Limit Your Energy Usage

You don’t have to do something big to change the world and make a statement. If you want to celebrate Earth Day 2025 according to the official theme, you can turn the lights off for an hour in the evening and limit your electrical device usage for the time—it’s simple, but if hundreds of thousands of people do that at the same time, the statement will be bigger than ever!

Do you want to make it large-scale? Promote this action among your neighbors and friends! You can use YouMap to create a map of all the households participating in the action and agree on the same hour. This way, you will make a difference as a community and you’ll show the local authorities that they need to increase their efforts and investments in green energy!

Build a Birdhouse

You can also build a birdhouse. Celebrate Earth Day by helping the animals in your area. Building a birdhouse may take you a couple of hours, but it can save its tenants a couple of years of their lives! Additionally, you can have fun building it, so it’s a combination of an environmentally positive activity with leisure!

Switch to Renewable Energy Yourself

If you’ve already been considering installing solar panels or heat pumps in your house, Earth Day 2025 is the perfect time to do this! You’ll follow the theme of this year’s event and make a real difference. Plus, renewable energy is less expensive, so you’ll also make an investment with a steady return rate!

Find Large-Scale Events Around You

Use YouMap to connect with fellow environmentalists and participate in a large-scale event. It doesn’t have to be a volunteering opportunity that changes anything; it’s enough if you make a statement. After all, the goal this year is to convince governments and companies to switch to safer, greener energy, and there’s no better way to do that than by gathering in a community event and promoting an idea.

The more people gather the more people will learn about the initiative on the outside, which will result in a much higher awareness. So, even if you think it’s pointless, it isn’t. And it’s an easy way to celebrate Earth Day 2025!

The Takeaway

Now you know when Earth Day is and have a couple of ideas on how to celebrate it. It doesn’t matter whether you decide to celebrate with a tiny gesture or to do it by volunteering for a big event—your actions will aid the planet, so do not hesitate!

And if you want to become even more eco-friendly, check out our article on sustainable travel.