Earth Week challenge

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• Enter Tahoe Institute of Natural Science’s Wildlife Photo Contest by posting a picture of Tahoe’s wildlife (or bird) to social media with the tag #earthweektahoe or emailing sarah@tinsweb.org
• Download the Tahoe Nature Activity Book for a month worth of nature activities
• Join the dark sky movement and turn off outside lights at night to protect wildlife and save energy
• Download the Citizen Science Tahoe app, to share your observations of Lake Tahoe with scientists to help researchers better understand conditions around the lake

What to Wear: Animal print or animal-themed shirt

• Calculate your Carbon Footprint
• Eat three vegetarian meals (no beef, chicken, fish or pork) to reduce your carbon footprint
• Ride your bike and win prizes from Tahoe local businesses and individuals for the Tahoe Bike Challenge! Log your miles on lovetoride.net/Tahoe to win.
• Learn how to send a postcard to the President or write a letter to the newspaper editor to address climate change – your voice matters!
• Learn how to take climate action locally!

What to Wear: White for clean clouds

• Fill your reusable water bottle with Tahoe Tap and help eliminate microplastics from polluting our waterways
• Pick up dog poop on your neighborhood walk to help protect water clarity
• Take the Tahoe Keeper Quiz to learn how to clean, drain and dry your boat and gear to keep Aquatic Invasive Species out of Lake Tahoe
• Complete Keep Tahoe Blue’s Preserve a Plant activity

What to Wear: Blue for clean water

• Pick up trash in your neighborhood or join a community trash cleanup with Keep Tahoe Blue
• Learn ways to reduce waste and litter from Keep Tahoe Blue
• Use or make a reusable grocery bag out of an old t-shirt – VIDEO
• Tune in to watch the Wild and Scenic Film Festival
• Do your part to Keep Wildlife Wild by securing trash with bear-proof bins

What to Wear: Green for Earth Day!

• Learn Washoe names and pronunciations of native plants & animals!
• Learn how to grow your own garden by signing up for a free class
• Prepare for fire by getting prepared, informed and involved with Living with Fire
• Rake pine needles for defensible space – be sure to keep any trash out of your green waste so that it can be composted
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• Watch this video to learn about the benefits of prescribed fires to forest health. Visit here for more information.
• Stay up to date on the latest fire regulations!
• Watch A Fire For All video — FOREST⇌FIRE

What to Wear: Red to prevent wildfire

• Practice the Leave No Trace principles to protect the environment
• Walk, bike, or ride the bus – don’t drive! Learn how to get around car-free!
• Blaze a trail of kindness in a new place
• Complete the City of South Lake Tahoe’s nature scavenger hunt or run a Virtual 5k
• Watch Protect Lake Tahoe with Generation Green and the USFS!

What to Wear: Colors of the rainbow