Giveaway: How do you celebrate Earth Day?

It's been 45 years since Earth Day was established, and, amazingly, we're still having conversations about the need to protect our planet.

Those conversations need to start early. I love that Scholastic has resources and activities for kids that can help explain Earth Day and get them involved in hands-on ways. Here are some great ones:

And of course, books are a great way to get kids involved -- because by reading and immersing ourselves into stories, both fiction and nonfiction, we can better understand our planet. Here are some great books about Earth Day from Scholastic Parents, and check out our Earth Day Top Picks here!

To that end...we're hosting an Earth Day giveaway!

THE GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. THANKS TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE RANDOMLY SELECTED WINNERS: MEGAN M, EMILIA E, AND KEISHAUNA B!

GIVEAWAY: Three (3) winners will receive a copy of Buried Sunlight by Molly Bang and Penny Chisholm and The Magic School Bus and the Climate Challenge by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen. Read the complete legal rules here. Open to legal U.S. residents, age 18 and up.

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My kids and I went to lowes

My kids and I went to lowes and bought a bunch of plants (mostly flowers) and planted them in our garden.

My daughter and I walk a lot.

My daughter and I walk a lot. We always take bags with us to clean up the litter along our way!!

We practice Earth friendly

We practice Earth friendly activities every day in our house by following reduce, reuse, recycle!

Working in my garden and

Working in my garden and recylcing

By spending time with my kids

By spending time with my kids outdoors and teach them to recycle by doing recycle activities

We water out plants just like

We water out plants just like every other day! :)

By using recycle grocery

By using recycle grocery totes instead of plastic, limiting the amount of time in the shower re ycling as much as possible and ways try to buy fresh grown local produce,vegtables

Me and my son are going to

Me and my son are going to plan veggies(to donate to a food pantry ) and wild flowers (to help bees) Go on a nature walk at the park and pick up any trash we see along the way :) he is four years old you have to start them young :)

I am a Pre-K teacher and we

I am a Pre-K teacher and we spent a lot of time reading books about Earth Day and ways to keep our planet healthy and clean. We also did lots of earth crafts. You are never too young to start learning about how to keep the Earth healthy!

We celebrate by planting a

We celebrate by planting a sapling every year, and we try and watch our energy usage everyday as well!

We are celebrating by

We are celebrating by organizing a neighborhood pick up weekly of recyclables. The kids will sort them and then I will take them to a drop off location. We need a community service here, but right now there isn't one. When we teach our children to love our Earth now they will love it always!

I recycle and take things and

I recycle and take things and buy things from the thrift store. I always turn off the lights when not needed and don't use more water than I need.

We celebrate the earth

We celebrate the earth everyday by recycling and reusing baby food jars for painting projects, plants and making our own baby food.

We picked up garbage and

We picked up garbage and planted new plants.

Today we planted our herb

Today we planted our herb garden, had a picnic lunch out in the backyard while we observed and discussed all the nature around us and what the plants, trees and flowers need to grow and flourish, even the animals. We colored some earth day activity sheets and talked about things we do every day to be more earth friendly. We try to live each day as if it were earthday. We recycle. Conserve energy and water. Turn off electronics when not in use and we just recently started a compost site. We would be honored to win one of these fabulous books. Ty for the chance ☺

We celebrated today my

We celebrated today my turning off everything for a hour, planting tomatoe plants and our apple tree ( the seeds have been germinating in the fridge) and making lunch boxes and reuseable snack bags out of milk jugs and coffee bean bags! <3 Earthday 2015 I also signed like 20 petitions today!

We always recycle, never

We always recycle, never litter, walk/ride bikes/ or carpool when possible, never litter and each week our family does "highway-pick-up. We grow our own vegetables and on Earth Day, each of the 4 brothers plants a tree at his own home, and a random one too! Used to be their mothers, but it is now a forest! Lol!

I get my grandkids and we

Hello me and my son garden a

Hello me and my son garden a lot together also we go to his grandmothers house and do yard work for her I have tought him how to recycles he's only four and is very passionate about the environment also the love for animals he's a great child every time he sees trash on the road he wants to pick it up and put it where it goes he's a great little guy very bright thank you for listening

I get my grandkids and we

I celebrate Earth Day

I celebrate Earth Day everyday by Recycling. Not running water when not needed. And turning off lights.

Our school planted a tree and

Our school planted a tree and everyday we recycle paper and plastic products.

My children and I recycle or

My children and I recycle or reuse as much as we can. We have made watering cans out of milk jugs, used cans to plant our flowers in, and used cereal boxes for their play kitchen and cut them down to be magazine or artwork or homework holders. We used shredded newspaper in our baskets this year instead of grass and try to eat raw food ( fruit and veggies) as much as possible; both because they are good for us, and we save energy by not cooking them. We plant flowers and veggies every spring and this year we are attempting one of the honey bee drinking areas to tuck in among our flowers.

Using reusable bags for

Using reusable bags for shopping, planting a garden and herb garden, and recycling.

We save and reuse plastic

We save and reuse plastic bottles boxes and other thing to reuse them in craft projects we plant trees every year and CUT those stupid plastic rings on packs of soda bottles

We try to recycle or reuse

We try to recycle or reuse everything. Grow organic garden foods, and never use chemicals on the weeds, pests, or insects.

Today we planted flowers in

Today we planted flowers in the flower pots that the easter bunny brought us. But we recycle anything and everything we can, try and conserve water as much as possible, and we are walking to the store whenever possible le!

By planting new flowers in

By planting new flowers in the back yard and making sure to stay home for the day instead of driving around!

By recycling, eating

By recycling, eating organically as much as possible & planting a garden.

We celebrate by continuing to

We celebrate by continuing to grow our garden! We just added two lemon trees today.

I read If The World Were a

I read If The World Were a Village with my students (among other books) and we discuss the importance of taking care of our resources. With my family, we reinforce things like turning off the water when we brush, turning out lights in rooms we're not in, and recycling/reusing materials, etc.

We go to waterfront and enjoy

We go to waterfront and enjoy the beauty the earth!!! And pick up garbage to help keep our waterfront clean!!!

We plant gardens and new

We plant gardens and new trees.

We celebrate by planting

We celebrate by planting flowers on earth day and cleaning up the yard... We always recycle..

By teaching the kids about

By teaching the kids about recycling

We plant a new herb in the

We plant a new herb in the garden every earth day.

We went to the park and

We went to the park and helped clean it up

My daughter did a project

My daughter did a project through Girl scouts Today for Earth day she pulled the plug on non necessity electronics for 100 minutes

We recycle, reuse and reduce

We recycle, reuse and reduce. We just planted flowers to attract bees, birds and butterflies. We have reduced our water use, and try not to use lighting unless we need it. We teach our kids to be respectful of the land, animals and oceans. We thank God every day for the beauty that surrounds us.

We celebrate Earth day and

We celebrate Earth day and every day by turning off lights and opening the blinds to light our house with sunshine, turning off the water when we brush our teeth, and using cute character recyclable bags when we go shopping.

We recycle!! Our city just

We recycle!! Our city just brought new bins to us(they offer FREE recycling!) Its fun teaching my 2 year old to recycle! We also take our broken crayons and melt them in silicone pans to give them new life! And we love growing our own veggies!

I reduce, reuse and recycle

I reduce, reuse and recycle everything I possibly can. I go paperless on all bills, take shorter showers and bring my own water bottles everywhere we go to refill.

Spent all day gardening :)

We have our own herb and

We have our own herb and veggie Garden And whatever we have left over each grow time we donate to the homeless

EVERY DAY IS EARTH DAY AT MY

EVERY DAY IS EARTH DAY AT MY HOUSE! WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE SURE OUR PLANET IS READY FOR THE NEXT GENERATION! WE ALL HAVE CHILDREN OR WILL HAVE CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN AND WANT OUR PLANET EARTH TO BE THE SAME FOR THEM AS IT IS FOR US. AND THE SAME IT WAS 1000'S OF YEARS AGO IF WE CAN STIVE FOR THAT! MOTHER NATURE IS AWESOME!

We recycle, pick up litter

We recycle, pick up litter when we see it, and save water by turning the faucet off while brushing teeth, and doing dishes!

Morgan Baden // Apr 22, 2015

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