Earth Month
More than 3,000 seedlings have been planted in Newport and Bristol counties since 2022
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More than 125 rain-barrels have been provided to our community since 2022!
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More than 619 pounds of trash have been picked up in our community since 2022.
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More than 3,000 seedlings have been planted in Newport and Bristol counties since 2022 🌎 More than 125 rain-barrels have been provided to our community since 2022! 🌎 More than 619 pounds of trash have been picked up in our community since 2022. 🌎
2024 Earth Month Programming
Hosted in partnership with Aquidneck Island Earth Week
Bundles of native plants can be purchased in advance online and picked up at our sale on April 20 at Greenvale Vineyards in Portsmouth Rhode Island! The Seedling Shop is OPEN- Click the button below to start your order.
How the Sale Works:
You must order your seedlings ahead of time and then come pick up your order in-person at the ERICD Seedling Sale between 10:00AM-12:00PM on April 20.
Online sales will close April 18 at 12:00PM. A limited amount of seedlings could be available on the day of the sale, however there is no guarantee, so order early!
Seedling Sale Prep Day
April 19, 2024
9:30AM-1:00PM
Volunteer with us to help prep for the Earth Month Seedling Sale.
Seedling Sale
April 20, 2024
10:00AM-12:00PM
Come to Greenvale Vineyards to pick up your seedling sale order.
*There is no delivery option for your seedling pre-order, you must pick them up yourself on our seedling sale date. Any seedlings that are not picked up will be considered a donation to ERICD's educational farm program.*
Check out our Seedling Sale volunteer sign up below and consider volunteering with us. We need help on both days!
Plogging for Earth Month
Plog Newport
April 13, 2024
10:00AM-3:30PM
We will be plogging (jogging and picking up trash) after the Newport Rhode Race Marathon on April 13, 2024. Volunteer signups are now open! The first 50 volunteers to sign up get a free Dri-fit long sleeve shirt. Shirt sizes will be first come, first serve.
Task Password to Complete Sign Up: ERICD
How to sign up:
• Click this link to go to the Plogging Volunteer section of the Rhode Races website.
• Check the box with your preferred time slot under the date then click 'Continue'.
• Add the Password: ERICD
• Input your preferred contact and volunteer information!
Plog Tiverton
April 21, 2024
Fogland Beach, Tiverton, RI- 9:00AM
Join us to plog (jog and pick up trash) in Tiverton! This event is free and all are welcome to attend. Plogging is picking up trash during any activity. Walkers and runners welcome. Walkers to cover the beach and runners to cover surrounding roads. Clean up supplies will be provided.
Newport Plog & Chug
April 25, 2024
6:30PM
Join the local Newport Run & Chug club at the Fastnet Pub to plog Newport and then have a drink! Preventing trash from entering the watershed is a great way to help the Earth all year long.
Rain Barrel Workshops
Eastern Rhode Island Conservation District's Earth Month Rain Barrel Workshops are back for 2024. There are three time slots offered for each Rain Barrel Event, hosted in Bristol, Barrington, and Middletown RI. Sign up for the one nearest you!
Learn how to prep a rain barrel, with all the materials and step by step guidance provided within the workshop. At the end of the workshop you will be taking home a ready-to-install rain barrel and installation kit, which will collect and store stormwater for your garden.
Consider volunteering with us to help out with our Rain Barrel Workshops - sign up here.
Workshop Dates Include:
Bristol- April 6, 2024 (Rain date: April 7, 2024)
Barrington- Apil 13, 2024 (Rain date: April 14, 2024)
Middletown- April 20, 2024 (Rain date: April 21, 2024)
Our Earth Month programming runs each year throughout the month of April with the goal of helping our environment!
It has been fifty-four years since the first Earth Day in 1970. At that time, the idea to bring the environment to the forefront of the U.S. political conversation was revolutionary. Today, much has been achieved on helping our environment, yet there is much work to do.
Earth Month 2023 Highlights:
Picked up 359 pounds of trash at our three plogging events (vs. 260 pounds in 2022)
1,600 seedlings were planted in Newport & Bristol Counties (vs. 1,400 seedlings in 2022)
Distributed 75 rain barrels, which will divert thousands of gallons of polluted stormwater from the watershed (vs. 50 rain barrels in 2022)
Laughed our way through Comedy for Conservation with comedian Ashley Gutermuth
2023 Earth Month Programming
in Partnership with Aquidneck Island Earth Week
Earth Day Seedling Sale
April 22, 2023
On Earth Day we distributed over 1,600 seedlings to local residents. These seedlings will grow into resilient allies for Narragansett Bay - absorbing excess stormwater, creating habitat for wildlife, and controlling erosion. Thank you to all of our volunteers who helped to prep the seedlings, Horus from Hawk & Handaw Farm for his expertise, to Greenvale Vineyards for hosting us, and in-kind donations from BioBag, Stop & Shop, and Greenhouse Megastore.
Plog Tiverton
April 23, 2023
Jogging for a cause! Plogging is a combination of jogging while picking up trash. At our Plog Tiverton event we picked up 128 pounds of trash around coastal Fogland Beach area. Thank you to all of our ploggers, the Tiverton Litter Committee, and Farmcoast Run Club.
Plog Newport
April 15, 2023
We partnered with Newport Rhode Race to pick up trash after the Newport marathon, ensuring that the course was free of trash & debris. Our volunteers picked up 115 pounds of trash!
Thank you to Newport Rhode Race, Keep Nature Wild, and the Low Impact Alliance!
Plog & Chug
April 27, 2023
Thanks to local running group, Newport Run & Chug, we picked up 116 pounds of trash around Newport! Preventing trash from entering the watershed is a great way to help the Earth all year long.
Comedy for Conservation
April 21, 2023
All laughs, no litter! We were excited to bring back the clean comedy of Ashley Gutermuth, In addition to being absolutely hilarious, Ashley is also an avid plogger! Thank you to Ashley for joining us, to Helly Hansen Newport for sponsoring, and Greenvale Vineyards for hosting. Follow Ashley on Instagram for a laugh!
Rain Barrel Events
For the fourth year we hosted rain barrel workshops for local residents and distributed 75 barrels. These barrels collect stormwater for use in gardens and on lawns. Thank you all of our volunteers including students from Roger Williams University and the Mount Hope High School Green Club. Thank you to Coca Cola for donating the barrels and to the towns of Bristol, Barrington, and Middletown. We will be having more events in the future - click the button to sign up for our newsletter to be notified of future events.
Earth Month Gallery
