Celebrate Earth Day With the Aquarium of the Pacific

Looking for ways to celebrate Earth Day and take action? The Aquarium of the Pacific is launching an Earth Day poetry contest, a virtual festival and offers other ways to get involved in supporting ocean conservation from volunteering to Aquarium memberships. “Everyone can help protect this ocean planet that we all depend on and call home. We hope people will learn simple things they can do to make Earth Day every day,” said Emily Yam, senior manager of education at the Aquarium of the Pacific.

You can learn what you can do to help protect our planet at the Aquarium of the Pacific’s twenty-first annual Earth Day Celebration, which will be held as a virtual event. Experience animal meet and greets from your home.

Explore our ocean planet through poetry. Learn everyday tips to protect our environment. Hear about the work that the Aquarium is doing to help protect animals and the environment. Everyone is invited to tune into this free virtual celebration. You can follow the Aquarium on Facebook @AquariumofthePacific and enable notifications so you don’t miss this free virtual celebration.

As part of its Virtual Earth Day Celebration, the aquarium is hosting a poetry contest with the theme ‘celebrating our ocean planet.’ People of all ages are invited to review contest guidelines and submit their poems on the aquarium’s Earth Day Poetry Contest page by April 9. The top three finalists will be featured during the virtual festival on Saturday, April 24.

Those looking to support the aquarium’s ocean conservation efforts can do so by becoming an Aquarium member, making reservations to visit, donating, or volunteering. Starting on Earth Day, the Aquarium is inviting the public to participate in an ongoing cleanup initiative through its newest community science program called T.R.A.S.H.

The aquarium also invites the public to take part in its local sea turtle monitoring project to help this threatened population of green sea turtles.

When:  Virtual Earth Day Festival: Saturday, April 24, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Where: aquariumofpacific.org/events/info/earth_day_celebration/ and the aquarium’s Facebook page @AquariumofthePacific

How to view the virtual festival:

On Saturday, April 24, the public can visit the Virtual Earth Day Festival webpage to watch the live streaming event. The schedule will be posted on the webpage, along with links to social media outlets that will also stream the event live.
 

Cost: Free, virtual event

RSVP: No RSVPs are required for this virtual festival

Info: (562) 590-3100 or visit aquariumofpacific.org/events/info/earth_day_celebration/.