UPDATE (4.10.09): It’s official — our lucky winner is Danielle E. Congratulations! Thanks to everyone for entering. Check out our right hand column, Green Giveaways for our next Giveaway. Happy Earth Month.
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This Great Green Giveaway is sponsored by Disneynature. One lucky winner will receive an Earth-branded prize pack valued at $60, (plus free shipping, anywhere in the U.S.).
Trying to find a family-friendly activity to celebrate Earth Day this year? Disneynature’s first film, Earth, premieres in theaters nationwide on Earth Day, April 22nd. To celebrate the launch of this breathtaking documentary, Disneynature is giving away a variety of Earth-branded products, including: a canvas tote, a biodegradable tumbler, reusable grocery bag, fleece blanket and a tree seedling to one lucky Alternative Consumer reader, (winner must reside in USA).
To Enter this Random Drawing, simply:
Visit (http://www.disney.com/earth). Leave a comment on this post describing how you will be spending Earth Day (Wed., April 22) this year! Entries must be received by Thursday, April 9, 7pm (ET).
Be sure to add the following address to your email address book:
m at AlternativeConsumer.com. (*one entry per person)
One lucky winner will be selected in our Random Drawing, and notified by email on Thursday, April 9 at approximately 8p, (ET). Winner has 24 hours to claim their prize, or offer is null and void. Winner’s name will be included on this post.
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Earth is narrated by James Earl Jones and tells the remarkable story of three animal families and their amazing journey across the planet we all call home. This documentary combines rare action, unimaginable scale and impossible locations by capturing the most intimate moments of our planet’s wildest and most elusive creatures. To celebrate the theatrical release of Earth, Disneynature will be planting a tree in honor of every person who sees the film opening week!
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I will spend Earth Day describing to my daughter the many ways that she is already saving the earth by using 100% biodegradable diapers, glass bottles, organic cotton clothing, and wooden/cloth toys! She is a super hero in training!
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Working in the garden.
I plan on taking my daughter to the park, visiting ALL the beautiful trees and enjoying all of the green around us. She’s at the fun age where grass is fun to explore and trees are even better to hug!
seeryusfam@msn.com
I will be spending Earth Day cleaning up our street with my daughter, and planting some flowers.
I will be spending earth day trying to turn off more lights
My daughter and I will plant a new tree in our yard.
We are going to a local park to pick up trash.
I will put out some of my veggie seedlings for my container garden and I’ll be making a trip to the local city park for tree planting.
I will be discussing with the kids the importance of recylcing and doing activities supporting that. Thank you
We are going to take the bags of aluminum cans that my parent have saved up to a recycling center.
We will begin our garden on that day and the weekends that follow.
I’m excited since I’ll be helping my friend show his work (www.rebirthframes.com) at the big Earth Day event in Daphne, AL. He makes frames and Fleur-de-Lis and wall art from salvaged wood from homes damaged/destroyed during Hurricane Katrina. Talk about recycling at its’ best.
On Earth Day we will (appropriately) working the Earth. We have a large yard and four of us will turn this gardening work into a celebration of the eath, spring and life!
As part of a group I belong to, I’m the chairperson for Conservation. Each year, as we will this year, we put together packages for our local 3rd graders to honor Earth Day. This year we are putting together a package with tomato plant seeds, a soil pod and instructions for growing their very own plant. We also include information about Earth Day and how they can do their part to save our planet each day.
i will be working in my yard and recycling.
I will be helping out in my kids classrooms on Earth Day. I have some really neat packets all about Earth Day and some neat projects for the kiddos to do. Thanks for the wonderful contest.
My husband and I will be working on our garden with the contents of our new compost heap!
I will be trying my green thumb at a fruit tree this year
I will be working in my vegetable garden. and guerilla gardening… planting sunflower seed bombs in empty lots. and organizing our house recycling. and cooking lovely vegan meals. and riding my bicycle (like every other day).
We will be working !
I’m going to teach the kids how to start a vegetable garden.
I’ll be working in the vegetable garden while my husband and son set out fruit trees. We have peach and apple trees just ready and waiting to be planted.
We are going to start planting our garden.
We will be cleaning the city park.
I will be working as my job as a teacher where I will be educating kids and parents on keeping their earth green!
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I will use less electricity on Earth day.
My husband and I will be hiking along the Broad River, in NC.
I will be planting some seeds with my son :)
Thank you!
I’ll be working to help people do home renovation projects and do it efficiently.
I have to work, but I always try to put out food for the squirrels and birds.
I will be spending Earth day out in the backyard tackling the ever encroaching vines and planting a flower bed!
I think i will be spending earthday like I did this Wednesday. Going to work, taxiing the kids around, doing cooking and housework, watching a little TV and entering sweeps.
I will spend Earth Day with my family and we will plant a graden to teach our children about taking care of our planet and the importance of plants.
Thanks
I tweeted here: http://twitter.com/MACMOMof3/status/1481437254
I will spend earthday planting roses with my girls.
I will be working on getting my garden started.
I hope to spend Earth day with my 5 year old siblings that are twins and hopefully take them with my to go recycle stuff and use the time to explain to them WHY recycling is important and what we can all do to help the earth.
We will be planting more veggies & herbs on Earth Day, and we will also be electricity-free for the day. I also plan on no longer purchasing paper towels-I’m not sure if we’ll run out before Earth Day, though (we still have about 5-6 rolls lefts). We may donate our unused rolls to the local SPCA.
I will be spending Earth Day cleaning up the grounds around my child’s elementary school.
I am going to plant some trees and a whole lot of flowers, along with some tomatoes and squash for the family.
Hopefully it will be a nice enough day to be out in the yard cleaning up, planting and enjoying the outdoors.
Thank you!
This year I will be taking my students to release our baby salmon fry that we have raised from eggs. We learned all about alaska wild salmon, the impact they have on us and the impact we have on them. We learned about watersheds and water pollution. We we be celebrating by releasing our baby salmon back into the wild and learning more about our streams by studying the bugs and plant life in it. What’s amazing is my 3rd graders actually “get it” now…what a year! HAppy Earth Day!
My family will be volunteering at this years Earth Day Festival in our town.
I will be outside planting some pretty flowers!
Hopefully I’ll be able to be outside working in my garden. Thanks for having the wonderful giveaway.
I have a huge Earth Week event going on at my blog so I will probably spend a lot of it writing reviews, but I will most definitely be building my square garden too! It is so hard to wait until mothers day, but the rule in Indiana, is no plants in the ground til after mothers day!
We will be cleaning up the neighborhood.
We’ll be working in our garden with out two kids. Veggies grown organically and grown from seed.
Planting in my backyard.
I will be cleaning up a part of the service road that collects trash.We try to do this every year.