Earth Day Events Planned In Milpitas

Press release from the City of Milpitas:

April 8, 2021

Sustainable Milpitas April 2021

This month, we are celebrating Earth Day, and this newsletter is your one-stop resource for all of the events and tips being held to commemorate the holiday. Thank you for your dedication to making Milpitas more sustainable!

Earth Day - Any Day, Any Time!

We know that life is busy, so we have made it easy for you to learn about ways you can reduce your impact to the environment. We have compiled for you a collection of videos from our partners to bring our community all they could want to know about conservation, financial rebates for efficiency upgrades, and how to enjoy your outdoor space and make it work best for you and the planet. You can click here to check out the site and view all our curated content at a convenient time to you. Additionally, an Earth Day site has been created to easily show you all opportunities throughout the month!

Earth Day? Scratch That - It's Earth Month! How Are You Getting Involved?

Show us how you support #MilpitasEarthDay2021! Follow our Earth Day tips and challenges and earn prizes all month long! To participate in the challenges and learn how to be a climate-smart resident, follow @milpitasrec on Instagram, or City of Milpitas on both Facebook and Nextdoor! Tips will be shared each Thursday, with the challenge updates and prize packages posted each Monday. Get excited, and see how many you can complete! Earn cool prizes for showing the small ways you can protect the environment and spread information, along with tasks and adventures around town to ensure our community is sustainable and beautiful! We look forward to creating memories with you all month long.

Upcoming Event: Learn How to Model Climate Change at Home, and What Effects Our Mitigations May Have

The evening of Earth Day, April 22nd, join us online from 6:00-7:30pm to learn how to model the effects of climate-conscious behavior and policymaking! This presentation will be brought to you by Bill Middlecamp, a Climate Reality Leader and trained En-ROADS presenter. As Milpitas moves forward with its Climate Action Plan Update, this will be a great opportunity to learn about the sorts of actions we can take, and how to see the difference we hope to make!

This event will include a Climate Reality Presentation showing the environmental-destruction impacts we are experiencing today, how we got to this point, and what the future may hold. Following that, participants will use En-ROADS to imagine together what our future could be. En-ROADS is a “choose your ending” simulation that uses some of the best available science to compute and present the results of choices in energy, food production, land-use and consumer behavior that society can make today.

Registration for the event can be found at this link and we hope to see you there for this exciting event!

Is Your Child an EcoHero?

Milpitas is excited to announce that we will be providing a show for children through a partnership with EcoHeroes. Come join us on this live-streamed show on Earth Day, 4/22 at 2:00pm for a high energy educational and interactive event to learn how you can do your part to protect the environment, and become an Eco-Hero yourself. Participate from the comfort of your own home! The only items required are internet and a device on which to watch with your kids. A link to the livestream show will be released closer to the event via social media. You can learn more about EcoHeroes through the link below: EcoHeroShow.com

Help keep your community clean. All equipment provided!

Following Earth Day, Milpitas will be distributing litter kits on Friday, April 23rd from 12:30-3:30pm at the Public Works Building, located at 1265 N. Milpitas Blvd. This will dovetail with our social media challenges, and allows you to also prepare for National River Cleanup and efforts to clean your own community each Saturday through May. If you sign up on Eventbrite here, you can list Milpitas as your pickup site and we will have a second litter kit distribution date on Friday May 7th from 9:00am-3:00pm. All equipment you could need is included! Thank you for your devotion to a clean community!

Upcoming Events and Webinars for Earth Day

April 16th, 7:00-8:30pm, Landscaping with Succulents. Learn how to design a visually successful succulent garden that requires low maintenance and little water. Learn how to design a visually successful succulent garden that requires low maintenance and little water. Register now!

April 21st, 7:00-8:30pm, Edible Water-Wise Gardening for Beginners. Participants will discover how to reduce water needs for seasonal vegetable gardening and what to plant in the spring to maximize the harvest season. This class will also cover how to incorporate organic maintenance techniques, including how to use compost and cover crops. To register, follow this link and then choose the class from the list of events, from which you can sign up.

April 22nd, 2:00-3:00pm, EcoHeroes. Ensure that your kids know the basics of sustainability, and empower them to be EcoHeroes themselves! More information and a link to learn about this interactive presentation above.

April 22nd, 6:00-7:30pm, Climate Reality + En-ROADS Demo. Learn from Bill Middlecamp how our choices and policies can make lasting global impact! Model for yourself what policies and choices you would like to see and the ways it would help the planet! More info and link to register for the zoom above.

April 23rd, 12:30-3:30pm, Litter Kit Pickup. Swing by the Milpitas Public Works office at 1265 N Milpitas Blvd after Earth Day to pick up a litter kit, completely free! Clean up your community safely with all the tools you could need! There may even be a social media challenge to encourage you to bring home some prizes!

May 7th, 9:00am-3:00pm, Litter Kit Pickup. A second distribution date is scheduled in tandem with our National River Cleanup efforts. To ensure you have a kit waiting for you, register here and specify Milpitas as a pickup location. You can visit other sites around Santa Clara County other Saturdays throughout the month for similar pickup opportunities if our dates don't fit your schedule.

This press release was produced by the City of Milpitas. The views expressed here are the author's own.