EARTH DAY | APRIL 22, 2027

Let’s protect our beautiful island together! Throughout the week of April 17 to 23, Friends of Virgin Islands National Park celebrates Earth Day with a series of events. Please join our 18th annual Earth Day celebration! 

EARTH WEEK EVENTS

Earth Day Fair & Litter Stomp Parade | Thursday, April 22, 2027 | School Event

Drunk Bay Coastal Cleanup | Tuesday, April 20, 2027 | All welcome

Earth Day Fair and Litter Stomp flyer

2026 EARTH DAY FAIR & LITTER STOMP

The Earth Day Fair is a celebration of conservation and community with hundreds of school students from St.John and St.Thomas gathering for a fun day of learning. 

Our thanks to the following incredible organizations, teams and individuals who share our passion for educating and engaging our youth and host booths at the Fair: Coral World Ocean and Reef Initiative, Rotary Club of St. John, ITAL Delroy Anthony, DPNR (Territorial Parks & Protected Areas), Island Green Living, Jaguar Project, St. John School of the Arts, VI Audubon Society, Coral Bay Community Council,  Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority, UVI Coral Conservation/Reef Response, CORE Foundation, UVI ‘Strong Coasts Program’, GRROE USVI Mangroves, WAPA, St. John Wildlife Rehab, Friends of The Park Trails Program, and Friends of the Park Turtle Program.

In addition, a number of sponsors and partners help make it all possible: Liberty Foundation, USVI Department of Tourism, VI Waste Management Authority, VI Department of Sports, Parks and Recreation, and the National Park Service.

Contact Friends Education & Outreach Program Manager, Kaitlyn Cummings at kcummings@friendsvinp.org or (340) 779-4940 for more information.

John Hoeven

On Earth Day, we celebrate all the gifts the world and nature make available to us. We recognize our complete dependence on its bounty. And we acknowledge the need for good stewardship to preserve its fruits for future generations.

Children marching with handmade Earth poster