May 06, 2025
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What does Earth Day mean to you?

“Earth Day means keeping our home planet clean! If anyone is reading this, make sure to not throw trash out the window, and keep our planet clean. The earth isn’t just a sphere floating in space, its our home! No one wants to live on a dirty planet!”

Evan Driscoll

“Earth Day makes me think of if we did litter everyday, if we didn’t reuse stuff, trash would be all over the ground, so ride your bike or walk to school,”

Tyson Phillips

“Earth Day means to me not to litter. Use only a necessary amount of water. You can use the 3 re’s to help you! Reduce, reuse, and recycle. Walk to school or ride your bike. Cars can pollute the air. For instance, if you throgh a gunraper in a park for a year every bay thats 365 gunraper. This is our earth. If we litter our earth it is going to look pretty bad. If we take care of our earth its going to look awesome!””

Erak Goodale

“Earth Day means not to litter and keep our earth clean and healthy! Take care of the Earth and our neighbor hoods and communities! Earth day is awesome!”

Nathaniel Irizarry

“Earth Day means to me celebrating the Earth and working on taking care of the Earth more than usual!!! I like to build things out of old boxes.”

John Keener

“Earth day means to take care of the planet. Like not polluting, plant trees when you cut one down, don’t litter, pick up trash and throw it away.”

Sadie Foehring

“Earth Day means a lot to me. Earth Day means a lot to me because it reminds me not to litter and do a lot of other bad things to the Earth.”

Emily Smith

“Earth day means caring about the earth. Earth day reminds you to reduce, reuse and recycle. It also reminds you to not litter. But Earth day is every day.”

Ben Anderson

“Earth Day means to me that you should not litter. Try not to drive your car to much because it pollutes the air. Remember to reduce, reuse and recycle. Everyday people throw things out you car window. Do you? If you do stop. It hurts our mother earth. Pick up litter. Remember reduce, reuse, and recycle.”

Kylen Lewis

“Earth Day means to do the three Re’s - Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. Earth day also means to not pollute or litter. Do not throw things out your car window unless it is a apple core or something like that.”

Kellsie Ford

“Earth Day means to pick up garbage even if it is to yours. Earth Day is every day.”

Ella Rutledge

“Earth Day mean to reduce, reuse and recycle, and always keep the earth clean! Instead of driving walk or ride a bike so you don’t pollute the air!”

Morgan Foes

“Earth day means to me that we should reduce, reuse and recycle. Everyday is earth day because we Recycle.”

Ely Mehllrech

“Earth Day makes me think of what the earth would be like if everyone littered everyday. These are three things you can do to keep the earth healthy and clean - reduce, reuse, and recycle. If you see trash, pick it up and throw it away. Never litter, and remember Earth day is everyday!”

Abby Ward

“This is what Earth Day means to me! It means that were trying to keep the world healthy and clean. So when we have kids they will have a safe place to live in. That’s why we reduce, reuse, and recyle! Thats what it means to me!”

Lauryn Gonzalez

“Earth Day means to me that I pick up trash and plant new trees. I also recycle paper and reuse things and I take care of our Earth.”

Sophia Carlson

“Earth Day makes me think off what the earth would look like if everyone littered. So this is always something I make sure I do: Everyday i go around my neigborhood picking up trash. I find so much trash and I think do these people even care about our earth. So they know what the earth does for us and what little we do for the earth? I hope it all stops soon.”

Jonathan Aley

“Earth Day means a whole lot to me! It makes me not make my mom drive me to school and I ride my bike to school now. I don’t litter! When I see someone litter I go and pick it up and throw it away. Try and clean up the earth, not make it messy!”

Ethan Ross

“Earth Day means that what if everyone littered, one thing a day? Everything would have garbage and your children would not live in a good community. Also your children would be throwing stuff on the ground too. So I do NOT litter!”

Teresa Kelly

“Earth Day means caring fror the earth by walking, and riding your bike to and from school so you don’t pollute. It means try to recycle more instead of throwing out trash. You need to keep the earth clean if you want it clean. If you cut a tree down plant a seed where you cut the tree.”

Bennett Willians

“Earth day means to reuse, reduce, and recycle. When you recycle it don’t mean to drink a bottle of water and throw it out the window of your car. Instead you put it in the recycling. Earth day also means if you cut a tree down you have to plant a new one. Thats what earth day means to me.”

Anagrace Isaacson

“Earth Day means to me that you have to pick up the trash and put it in the recycling bin. I turn off the water while brushing my teeth. I try to turn off the computer when I am done using it.”

Destiny Williams

“ Earth day means be kind to the Earth! Don’t litter! It’s important that we all do our part!”

Josh Martin

“Earth Day means to me that you should not throw things out the window of your car. I picked up trash at the park and I put it in the recycling bin.”

Eleanor Smith