Redding Preps for 50th Anniversary of Earth Day!

EARTH DAY 2020 Celebrating 50 Years

Earthday.org estimates that 1 BILLION people now participate each year, over 190 countries engage, making it the largest civic observance in the world!

Be a part of it and visit your Town Green on April 25th!

COUNTDOWN TO EARTH DAY 2020: Beginning March 4 until Earth Day April 22, 2020…50 days away and 50 ways to make a difference!  

Click here to access the list, “Here are 50 Ways!”

EARTH DAY EVENT DATE:  April 25, 2020

TIME:   9 am-5 pm

WHERE: Redding Town Green (rain or shine)

Here’s a brief list of what’s happening….more to come!!

ROADSIDE TRASH COLLECTION/BUILD MT. TRASHMORE: Redding will celebrate this anniversary in our usual way …on the Town Green. We will do the annual collection of roadside trash and build Mount Trashmore. As done in the past, collectors will pick up their vests, gloves, bags and road assignment from 9 am to 1 pm and after, receive a popsicle or fudgesicle for their participation. We will complete this task by 2:45 for the photo op (in front of Mt. Trashmore) and then dismantle the mount into the dumpster nearby. Details coming soon!

SOMETHING NEW!!! TOWN-WIDE INVITE TO PARTICIPATE IN AN ART INSTALLATION There will be an art installation on the Town Green that we are calling: “Pollinator Pathway”. “It will encompass as many origami flowers and pollinators as we can make and string them together in a series of curtains. We invite every citizen of Redding to participate. Details of where to pick up paper,  instructions and drop off to follow. Details coming soon!

GROUP REPRESENTATION ON THE GREEN: Do you want to set up a table and share your group’s “green” or “environmental” initiatives? Here are just some of the groups in town who have expressed interest in participating:  Office of the First Selectman, Redding Highway/Transfer Station, Redding Elementary, Middle and High Schoolers and staff, Redding Garden Club, New Pond Farm, Redding Land Trust, Highstead Foundation, Redding Parade Path, Mark Twain Library, Redding Elementary PTA, Boy and Girl Scouts, Redding Easton Boys and Girls Club, Future Frogmen, Redding’s National Charity League…and more!

CHECK OUT SITES for UPDATES: As we approach Earth Day, we will be posting events as they evolve. Here are groups that have events/lectures/programs you don’t want to miss.

Visit: townofreddingct.org, newpondfarm.org, marktwainlibrary.org, highstead.net, reddinglandtrust.org

Contact the Office of the First Selectman, 203-938-2002 or email Alice Smith at asmith@townofreddingct.org