Earth Day
Earth Day
For many SSAFE members, everyday is Earth Day!
Find inspirational ideas and materials to use for your community Earth day/Week/Month below.
SSAFE Earth Day Materials
Add an ACTION to your Earth Day Educational activities!
Click above to download the Action Alert Tabling Packet
Starting March 15th and running until May 1st, the SSAFE Advocacy Team will be collecting signatures on a petition urging Congress to keep funding for climate-smart forestry practices in the Farm Bill. 🌲
Please consider downloading the printable packet to the left to supplement your Earth Day activities by offering residents a way to add their support for healthy forests!
Note: This tabling packet is filled with optional activities. Feel free to pick and choose actions to suit your Earth Day needs.
You may find these printable flyers useful for your Earth Day activities.
“What is SSAFE ?”
printable flyer
The “What is SSAFE?” 2-page flyer may be useful to encourage residents to sign up and become more involved. It can be printed double-sided to save paper.
Carbon Footprint & Energy Audit flyer
The “Carbon Footprint & Energy Audit” flyer is a useful tool to educate residents about the concepts around getting to “net-zero”.
SSAFE Membership
Sign-up Sheet
The “SSAFE sign-up sheet is a convenient way to sign-up new members. Remember to send the sheet to info@ssafe.org when you are done.
Climate Jingles for
“Burma Shave” signs
Originating from Kendal at Lexington, use these jingles for “Burma Shave” style road signs or any other rhyming needs! See this link for sign ideas.
Earth Day Ideas!
1. See what SSAFE Chapters are planning for 2024 Earth Day/Week/Month!
Click here to see a “live” working document which will be updated throughout March and April, 2024. 👀
2. Videos to compliment the SSAFE Action Alert 🌲
Consider playing “Mosaic for Earth“ in your community auditorium 🎶
Our Planet | Forests, 48 minutes, narrated by David Attenborough, available on Netflix (https://www.netflix.com/title/80049832) and free on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkaxUblCGz0)
Our Planet “How to Restore Forests”, 8 minutes, watch for free at: https://www.ourplanet.com/en/video/how-to-restore-our-forests/
TED Talk “How trees talk to each other”, 18 minutes, by Suzanne Simard, 2016, available to watch free at: https://www.ted.com/talks/suzanne_simard_how_trees_talk_to_each_other
3. Books to Display on Forests 🌲
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate―Discoveries from A Secret World (The Mysteries of Nature, 1) by by Peter Wohlleben (Author), 2106, Greystone Books,
Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest by Suzanne Simard, 2022, Knopf Doubleday
SSAFE Earth Day Photo Album!
A fellow resident is coached as she plants milkweed seeds at the Earth Day Celebration's Plant a Pollinator activity! Cartmel/Coniston (2023)
Beauty of the Earth display at Kendal at Hanover (2023)
On Earth Day, residents learned how the Cartmel forest habitat is being restored by members of the Meadow and Woods Committee! (2023)
Deep Sea Mining Poster at Longwood - A great example of the SSAFE Education Team supporting the Advocacy Team! (2023)
Hoping to provide better habitat for pollinator insects, residents plant milkweed seeds! Cartmel (2023)
Map of Deep Sea Mining at Longwood (2023)
Deep Sea Mining Information Table (2023)
Cartmel residents assemble houses for mason bees! (2023)
Deep Sea Mining Petitions with Handouts at Longwood (2023)
The energy it takes to product 1 aluminum can from raw materials = the energy used to produce 95 cans from recycled cans.
Bluebird population data is explained on Earth Day at Cartmel! (2023)
KCC residents are led on a guided hike of the restored natural area at Coniston! (2023)
"Dirt Cake", chocolate cupcakes with frosting and cocoa for the "dirt" topped gummy candy worms! (2023)
At the Cartmel Earth Day Celebration, Sustainability Committee members explain how to calculate a personal carbon footprint. (2023)
Recycling educational display at Kendal at Hanover (2023)
SSAFE Newsletters and SSAFE Activity Chart at Collington. SSAFE Newsletters are a "product" of the SSAFE Education Team. (2023)
SSAFE Sign-up Form at Collington - it's so easy to sign up to be a SSAFE member! (2023)
The Cartmel is celebrating its two white oak trees - best species for nesting birds and other wildlife! (2023)
New compost bins at Collington for Earth Day!
On the Earth Day Energy Savings Tour, fellow residents gather as Roger Tanis explains the benefits of added insulation following his PECO home energy audit. (2023)
Cartmel recycling display with hands-on examples. (2023)
The name of the next raffle winner is read at Cartmel's Earth Day Celebration! (2023)
Cartmel recycling display - if in doubt, throw it out. (2023)
This healthy willow oak was planted following the removal of invasive, non-native species in the Cartmel forest habitat! (2023)
Cartmel resident removes highly invasive, non-native plants in the forest at Cartmel's Garlic Mustard Pull! (202)
Reuse - Repair - Recycle. Cartmel (2023)
Merle Tanis, Ruth Crawford, and Bob Whitlock at one of several Earth Day displays at Cartmel (2023)
An Earth Day Concert at Collington (2023)
Cartmel residents beam their satisfaction after pulling a car full of invasive garlic mustard from the forest habitat! (2023)
The residents' digital photo gallery was a big hit with everyone at the Cartmel Earth Day Celebration! (2023)
SSAFE Action Alert Petitions at Collington - self service forms are an idea if you can't be at the table. (2023)
Earth week schedule - a great way to communicate to residents! Kendal at Hanover (2023)
Eco-Friendly Products at Collington (2023)
Culinary and Environmental Services staff created their own Earth Day exhibits at Crosslands! (2023)
Culinary and Environmental Services staff created their own Earth Day exhibits at Crosslands! (2023)
"Burma Shave" style road signs at Kendal at Hanover for Earth Day 2022.
Earth Day table sign up and displays at Cartmel (2022)
Home energy exhibit at Cartmel
Recycling and compost exhibit at Cartmel
Eco-friendly products exhibit at Cartmel (2022)
Cage building to protect trees from deer. Cartmel (2022)
Earth Day cake at Cartmel (2022)
Tree Tour at Cartmel (2022)
Earth Day meeting and discussion at The Admiral (2022)
Steve Woodbury from Collington during Earth Week, 2022. He is holding one of the first SSAFE newsletters! (2022)
Composting tour and presentation at Lathrop - Residents from both North and East campuses learned about the two slightly different composting systems used on the two campuses. On the North Campus, they could admire the community garden and the new (higher) deer fence. (2022)
Composting tour and presentation at Lathrop (2022)
Earth Day snacks with planet earth chocolate balls at Cartmel (2022)
Earth Day meeting and discussion at The Admiral - great turnout! (2022)
Jon Howe and Phil Hoffman showing off the 12-page SSAFE Newsletter (2022)
Earth Day meeting and discussion at The Admiral (2022)
