Join MOFGA to celebrate (belated) Earth Day with a spring cleanup at MOFGA’s Common Ground Education Center in Unity, Maine, on Saturday, April 27, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Spend time tidying the grounds to get ready for the upcoming growing season and events MOFGA will be hosting. Tasks include raking, garden bed prep, working in the kitchen, cleaning up the woodlot and more.

Join certified Forest Therapy Guide Jennifer Comeau for an immersive sensory experience in the woods on the eve of Earth Day!

This Earth Week, South Portland is hosting its first ever plogging event! Plogging is a combination of jogging while picking up litter. It originated in Sweden in 2016, but has caught on and spread all over! Note: Plogging requires a lot of stopping along the way, so even if you aren’t an avid jogger, you can still participate and have fun! Everyone will meet at Redbank Community Center, where they will receive clean up supplies and be divided into one of the four groups. Each group will have a group leader and be assigned a specific area of town.

Please join Runways Run Club and Austin Street Brewery for the 7th Annual Portland Plog Pluck on April 20th, a city street clean up project! If you’ve never heard of plogging, it’s “plucking” trash while “jogging” = plogging! If you’ve never plogged, it’s a great way to get out into the community and make a visible difference.

The City of Portland is hosting a free, family-friendly Earth Day Celebration in Payson Park on Saturday, April 20, 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM! City departments are teaming up with local green organizations to host a festival of fun.There will be music, food trucks, facepaint, balloon animal making, and outdoor activities for the whole family.

Join Girl Scouts of Maine at L.L.Bean in Freeport on April 20, 2024 from 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. to celebrate Earth Day. This FREE, fun-filled day is for the whole family! Learn how you can take action to keep Maine green today and in the future.

Help collect litter around our community’s waterfront for a cleaner Rockland Harbor and waterfront. You’ll be provided with all the tools you need. Coffee and a snack will be served in the morning, and a community cookout for all volunteers will be held at noon.

Stop by the Gilford Butler Center around 9 a.m. to pick up grabbers (for early birds anyway), bags, gloves, safety signs, and the appreciation of South Thomaston Conservation Commission for taking part in this year’s event. Or start in your neighborhood and bring what you collect to the GBC.

Join the Sierra Club of Maine for an Earth Day Clean Up near you.

Raised beds can boast abundance, and are often a more accessible form of gardening for renters or folks with limited space. At the same time, they can also require a bit of advanced planning to get started! In this webinar, Dr. Mariam Taleb will cover the basics of raised bed gardening.

Aveda Institute will once again host their annual "Trashion" Show benefiting NRCM's work to protect Maine's environment. Students and staff will create incredible fashions made from recycled materials. Raffle prizes will be given away throughout the show.

Learn about the experience of hiking the International Appalachian Trail (IAT) from someone who has been there!

On Monday, April 8th of 2024 Maine will experience a Total Solar Eclipse! Many towns which will experience totality are hosting eclipse viewing events.

Learn more

• Events and accomodation packages by town (https://visitmaine.com/things-to-do/in-the-sky/solar-eclipse-2024)

• Versant Power Astronomy Center information on the eclipse (https://astro.umaine.edu/eclipse/)

• Maine Eclipse Festival (https://maineeclipse.com/events/)

The Green Home + Energy Show is a one-day event that brings together the leaders in Maine’s sustainable home and energy industries. From solar power to heat pumps, air quality to air sealing, and electric vehicles to green home goods, you’ll find endless inspiration for creating your high-performing, green and healthy home—whether you are looking to build, buy or enhance an existing property.

Break out your boots and get ready to boogie! There will be a LIVE auction and raffle prizes. Food and beverages featuring Baxter Brewing, Three of Strong Spirits, Athletic Brewing, Green Bee Soda, Cheese Louise, Charcutemarie, PLUS an oyster bar featuring Freeport Oyster Bar and Madeleine Point Oysters, along with fun activities and live music from local teens. All proceeds support Teens to Trails’ mission to connect Maine students to life-changing experiences outside.

Phippsburg, ME do not miss the chance to explore Kevin Sudeith’s petroglyphs alongside him. The iconic images are engraved into rock outcroppings along trails of the Phippsburg Land Trust. An expert in creating petroglyphs, a tradition that can be dated back to the earliest human beings, having the opportunity to speak to him on the subject will be eye-opening. His incredibly unique process will leave you feeling inspired.

Botany in a Winter is a weekly exploration of the plants of the Northeast, family by family, in taxonomic order, led virtually by Maine Audubon Field Naturalist Andy Kapinos.

Gardeners and orchardists are invited to bring their seeds, scionwood and cuttings to share to this free community event.

Phippsburg, ME do not miss the chance to explore Kevin Sudeith’s petroglyphs alongside him. The iconic images are engraved into rock outcroppings along trails of the Phippsburg Land Trust. An expert in creating petroglyphs, a tradition that can be dated back to the earliest human beings, having the opportunity to speak to him on the subject will be eye-opening. His incredibly unique process will leave you feeling inspired.

Botany in a Winter is a weekly exploration of the plants of the Northeast, family by family, in taxonomic order, led virtually by Maine Audubon Field Naturalist Andy Kapinos.

Botany in a Winter is a weekly exploration of the plants of the Northeast, family by family, in taxonomic order, led virtually by Maine Audubon Field Naturalist Andy Kapinos.

Women in the Wild: is a program of woman-driven adventure and conservation films curated to showcase the contemporary feats of women in pursuit of excellence in the outdoor recreation, conservation, creative, and professional fields. This specialty screening will feature a block of women-made + women-focused short films, will last approximately 2 hours and feature a 15 minute intermission.

Botany in a Winter is a weekly exploration of the plants of the Northeast, family by family, in taxonomic order, led virtually by Maine Audubon Field Naturalist Andy Kapinos.

At the event, you’ll hear from NRCM's staff experts about the top bills we're working on to protect Maine's climate, environment, and communities, and we'll share tips on how to talk to your legislators to encourage their support. Then we’ll help you find your legislators in the halls of the State House so you can have a conversation with them.