WASHINGTON, D.C. - With just one month until Earth Day 2026 on April 22, announced thousands of events in over 180 countries, with public support to protect the planet emerging in response to the most consequential assault on environmental progress in a generation.

The scale of organizing stands in direct contrast to the scale of the threat. EARTHDAY.ORG is tracking close to 6,000 registered marches, coalition actions, cleanups, teach-ins and community demonstrations that are taking shape across dozens of U.S. cities and on every inhabited continent - with background information and on-the-ground advocates available to tell their stories. These are just a sample of the hundreds of thousands of events that will take place in communities large and small around the world.

"Earth Day has always been a story of impossible progress made possible by ordinary people who refused to give up," said Kathleen Rogers, President of EARTHDAY.ORG. "Right now, when so much of what those people fought to build is under attack, the answer is not despair - it is exactly this: show up, organize, and make yourself impossible to ignore. Right now, we are risking our future by staking it on short sighted policies and a fossil fuel economy that pollutes and plays a major role in worldwide instability," said Rogers. "But we will never give up on this planet or the people who depend on it."

In the United States alone, more than 425 actions have targeted environmental laws, including sweeping executive orders that deny climate change is real and regulatory rollbacks impacting air quality, clean water, public lands, and climate policy. Across the world many leaders are moving away from climate commitments and have weakened their own health and safety laws. In response, EARTHDAY.ORG and its partners have positioned Earth Day 2026 - under the global theme "Our Power, Our Planet™" - as a defining moment for coordinated, nonpartisan public action to save the planet and build a green economic future.

Rogers called on individuals, communities, faith groups, students, and elected officials worldwide to register and join events during Earth Week, April 18 - 22, at https://www.earthday.org/earth-day-2026/.

"It is easy to forget that all those years ago, in 1970, Earth Day was born from genuine environmental and political crisis," said Denis Hayes, organizer of the first Earth Day and Board Chair Emeritus of EARTHDAY.ORG. "But we were confident that we were going to win, and we launched an environmental revolution. Today the challenges we face are at least as serious, but we are more determined than ever. Despite everything, it is still Earth Day and the world is demanding action."

EARTHDAY.ORG is coordinating global media efforts to amplify key moments during Earth Week, including events across the United States and around the world. These range from marches, rallies and clean-ups in places like Raleigh, Philadelphia, Miami and Detroit, to major events in Taipei, Nairobi and New Delhi. Beyond mobilization, EARTHDAY.ORG is advancing major programmatic initiatives focused on environmental education, plastics reduction, fashion and textile waste and civic engagement - reinforcing a comprehensive approach to environmental advocacy in the lead-up to Earth Day.

Additional information on all these activities are detailed below. EARTHDAY.ORG spokespeople are available for comment upon request.

EARTH DAY 2026 ACTIVITIES OVERVIEW

Earth Day 2026 is shaping up as one of the most urgent mobilizations in the movement's history. EARTHDAY.ORG connects a global network of partners, coalitions, and independent organizers. You can find all of the registered actions near you at https://www.earthday.org/earth-day-2026/#map.

The activities below reflect both programs EARTHDAY.ORG is directly leading and the broader ecosystem of action taking shape across that network. As of March 24, more than 5,600 events are registered globally spanning advocacy, education, cleanups, faith-based organizing, and community action across all 50 states and more than 180 countries.

Marches, Rallies, and Advocacy

Confirmed events are taking place near Albany, N.Y., Atlanta, Ga., Cleveland, Ohio, Detroit, Mich., Miami, Fla., Philadelphia, Pa., Salt Lake City, Utah and Washington, D.C. Coalition actions uniting local environmental organizations around the "Our Power, Our Planet" theme are confirmed across more than a dozen cities, including Raleigh/Durham, Charlotte, and Winston-Salem/Greensboro, N.C.; Miami, Orlando, and Tallahassee, Fla.; Houston, San Antonio, and Austin, Texas; and Lansing and Detroit, Mich. Faith-based organizing is a growing part of the picture, with the National Faith + Climate Forum bringing congregations together to act on climate as a community, and the National Religious Coalition on Creation Care engaged at the federal level.

Among the actions building toward April 22: the Great Mother March, a 32-day, 500-mile pilgrimage from Asheville, N.C. - a community on the front lines of U.S. climate disasters - arriving in Washington, D.C. on Earth Day itself, a living demonstration of why community resilience is at the heart of this year's theme.

The Great Global Cleanup

Now in its eighth year, EARTHDAY.ORG's Great Global Cleanup has grown into one of the world's largest coordinated environmental action programs, mobilizing an estimated 14.4 million volunteers across 187 to 191 countries in 2025 alone - collecting an estimated 156 million pounds of waste from communities, waterways, and wild spaces worldwide. This year's effort is building toward that scale, with cleanups registered across all 50 states and more than 180 countries.

Among the flagship activations taking shape:

• In Raleigh, N.C., EARTHDAY.ORG's partnership with The Great Raleigh Cleanup employs individuals experiencing homelessness - paying wages and providing meals while removing hundreds of pounds of litter from city neighborhoods.
• In Philadelphia, a partnership with Block by Block Philly will unite residents in underserved neighborhoods while supporting advocacy to shut down the nation's largest incinerator in nearby Chester, a predominantly Black community long overburdened by toxic air pollution.
• In Detroit, EARTHDAY.ORG and Detroit Hives continue their collaboration transforming neglected lots into pollinator gardens.
• In Miami, volunteers will return to Calle Ocho to tackle illegal dumping in one of the city's most beloved cultural corridors, and EARTHDAY.ORG will join Mayor Higgins and a coalition of Miami-based environmental groups in a day of volunteering, education, and advocacy at Historic Virginia Key Beach.
• And on the ocean floor, Dive for Earth Day activates scuba divers at Ala Moana Park in Honolulu and as far as Costa Rica to remove pollution below the waterline.
• Steve Jewett, a longtime leader of the Great Global Cleanup program, will deliver the opening keynote at the Zero Waste Forum during Earth Week.

Climate Weeks

Earth Day 2026 is anchoring climate week activations across multiple regions. Washington, D.C. Climate Week brings climate changemakers to the nation's capital, with EARTHDAY.ORG coordinating volunteer actions across the district on April 22. San Francisco Climate Week draws upwards of 30,000 participants to hundreds of events citywide. Colorado launches its first-ever Colorado Climate Week on March 30, kicking off Earth Month. In Europe, climate week activations are taking shape in Padova, Italy, among other cities.

India

Mumbai is emerging as a major Earth Day 2026 hub. The official commemoration - the Our Power, Our Planet Stars Awards - takes place April 22 at the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre, bringing together global leaders, innovators, and artists. Earlier in the month, EARTHDAY.ORG and partner Envision Energy will present at the IAA Olive Crown Awards on April 8, Asia's premier green advertising platform. A Floating Maritime Climate Discovery Exhibition, developed in partnership with the Indian Coast Guard, will launch in Mumbai and travel to key coastal cities.

Education

EARTHDAY.ORG's education network spans 112 countries. The flagship Earth Day Showcase 2026 is a project-based learning initiative - available in multiple languages and focused this year on plastic pollution - in which students develop community solutions and present their work by April 22. In Latin America, partner network Escolas pelo Clima is mobilizing an estimated 450,000 to 600,000 students and 30,000 to 50,000 teachers in Brazil alone, with additional reach through Peru's national Ministry of Education network.

Plastics and Policy

EARTHDAY.ORG's End Plastics initiative is advancing an interactive public health platform connecting personal plastic exposure to health outcomes, targeting individuals, parents, and frontline communities. The organization continues its engagement with international plastics treaty negotiations and is co-sponsoring the International Plastic Pellet Count, activating up to 500 citizen science sites globally.

Arts and Culture

Earth Day 2026 is reaching into music and nightlife in new ways. DJs for Climate Action is hosting approximately 50 "Earth Night" events at music venues around the world, with flagship events in New York and Paris, bringing climate awareness into the entertainment community. In Mumbai, Earth Day Network India Ambassador Soumik Datta performs "Melodies in Slow Motion" on April 21 and 22, with EARTHDAY.ORG as a livestream partner, and BookMyShow Live is hosting an Earth Day concert at a historic Mumbai fort during Earth Week. Finally, multi-Grammy Award-winning composer and U.N. Goodwill Ambassador Ricky Kej has composed and will release an Earth Day song.

EARTHDAY.ORG's mission is to broaden, educate and activate the environmental movement worldwide. Growing out of the first Earth Day in 1970, EARTHDAY.ORG is the world's largest recruiter to the environmental movement, working with more than 150,000 partners in over 192 countries to drive positive action for our planet.

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