Lakewood Earth Day Celebration

 Weather Update: Chalk art installations and giveaway pickups have been moved to Sunday, April 18!

Visit Heritage Lakewood on Saturday, April 17 Sunday, April 18 to view chalk art installations by area professional artists and several finalists from the 2021 Earth Day Poster Contest! While you're there, leave Earth Day messages on our chalkboards, pick up free Earth Day yard signs and energy conservation kits (while supplies last!), and take a self-guided tour of public art in Belmar Park as part of the LandMark Exhibition.

We're excited to present a curated playlist of Earth Day-related videos from the Lakewood community! The Earth Day video playlist premiered online and on Lakewood8 on Saturday, April 17, and will be streamable on-demand through at least May 31 on Lakewood.org, Lakewood’s YouTube channel and through various City social media channels.

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Earth Day Video Playlist includes:

Greetings

• Mayor Adam Paul Earth Day Welcome
• Happy Earth Day Greetings from around the community

Education

• Energy Efficiency at Home
• Nature’s Educators Raptor Demonstrations
• Garden In A Box
• EPA tips on everything you can do to protect the environment from home
• Backyard Composting Workshop
• Get deeper dives through the Safer and Sustainable at Home virtual workshop series on Facebook!

Entertainment

• Revisit 2020's Virtual Earth Day musical performances by Britta K., Graham Good, and Green Mountain PBJ
• Earth Day Story Time with Jefferson County Public Library
• Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Sing-Along Song

DIY Earth Day Projects

• Recycled Pencil Holder
• Nature Mobile Décor
• Plant-Based Snacks

Partner Highlights

• Sustainable Neighborhoods including Belmar, Eiber, Green Mountain, Morse Park, and South of 6^th
• Alameda Connects
• LandMark Public Art Exhibition
• Mile High Youth Corps
• GoFarm
• Jovial Concepts
• Rooney Road Recycling Center
• Golden Real Estate
• PaintCare Colorado
• Metro Denver Green Homes Tour

Check out our checklist of fun at-home activities for the whole family to build community and show care and respect for our environment!

Download digital version with links(PDF, 352KB)

Download printable version(PDF, 310KB)

Digital(PDF, 363KB)

Imprimir(PDF, 277KB)

Print and color your own Earth Day coloring sheet, based on this year's winning poster artwork by Lakewood resident Scott Traut! Don't forget to share your Earth Day art and pictures with #LakewoodEarthDay.

English(PDF, 13MB)

Espanol(PDF, 13MB)

“LandMark” is a temporary public outdoor exhibition curated by Anna Kaye and Kalliopi Monoyios taking place in parks across the city. It features the work of 10 accomplished Colorado artists, many of whom live or work right here in Lakewood. Each public artwork will address the environment or sense of place in some way, whether it may focus on how the land has changed or reveal and highlight something that has always been there.

Take a self-guided tour of the installations at Belmar Park when you stop by to view the Earth Day chalk art at Heritage Lakewood!

 Learn more at Lakewood's Heritage, Culture and the Arts exhibition page.

Thank you to everyone who submitted artwork for the 2021 Earth Day Poster contest. We received over 65 creative and wonderful submissions and are excited to announce the winner of the contest is Scott Traut, a longtime Lakewood resident. You can expect to see his artwork displayed on our event materials over the next two months. 

View the wonderful submissions we received!