London Clean and Green

• April 1, 2022 - April is Cleanup Month
• April 1, 2022 - April is Butt Blitz (link)
  • The London Environmental Network is excited to be hosting a local Butt Blitz team of volunteers! They hope to prevent future littering by raising awareness of the negative impacts that cigarette butt litter has on ecosystems and health.
• April 2, 2022 - Environmentalist-in-Residence (link)
• April 12, 2022 - 12 Days of Cleaning launch
  • The 12 Days of Cleaning aims to raise awareness about the need to prevent litter from occurring in London and clean-up what has been tossed on the ground.
• April 14, 2022 - Environmentalist-in-Residence (link)
  • (External link)Eco-Emotions: Making Our Way Through Feelings in Response to the State of the Planet
    
• April 21, 2022 - Environmentalist-in-Residence (link)
  • Eco-Consciousness: Thinking like the Earth
    
• April 22, 2022 - EarthFest (link)
  • The Environmental Action Committee is thrilled to present the first ever EarthFest in London, happening on Earth Day at Victoria Park! This event will include speakers, live music, booths and activities, a climate march, and more.
• April 22, 2022 - 20 Minute London Makeover
  • Grab a bag and gloves and head outside your business with your green team to pick up litter and help spruce up our city! Tidy up outside or nearby your workplace for just 20 minutes. You’ll be amazed at what you can accomplish!
• April 23, 2022 - Community-wide Cleanup Day
  • Help tidy up London on Saturday, April 23, 2022! Be one of the many individuals or groups to join, organize, or complete your own neighborhood cleanup on a day that has become the largest community driven cleanup effort in the city. No registration is required but cleanup supplies and support are available (see Contact Us tab).
    • Drop-off sites for bagged litter, 9am-2pm on Saturday, April 23rd (look for the London Clean & Green sign):
      • North: North London Athletic Fields, parking lot - 1225 Adelaide St. N
      • South: South London Community Pool, parking lot - 585 Bradley Ave
      • East: Argyle Arena, road's edge - 1948 Wavell St
      • West: Moffatt & Powell RONA London - 1282 Hyde Park Rd
• April 23, 2022 - Seedy Saturday (link)
  • A day of fun, shopping, and learning. Three talks throughout the day held at Wolf Performance Hall in the London Public Library. Held at Dundas Place(External link), an outdoor venue located in the heart of Downtown London that closes Dundas to traffic and opens for pedestrians.
• April 23, 2022 - Environmentalist-in-Residence (link)
  • Join Environmentalist in Residence Jennifer Chesnut at Seedy Saturday on Dundas Place in front of London’s Central Library for fun activities and to see what the library’s 3D printer can do to help gardeners.
• April 30, 2022 - Environmentalist-in-Residence (link)
  • Eco-Poetry: Using the Arts to Celebrate the Earth

Stay tuned for more information and updates from London Clean & Green as plans for 2022 continue to develop.

Enter for your chance to win one of seven great prizes!

• One of three environmental prize packages from the City of London that each include your choice of home composter or home digester unit, one blue box, paper yard waste bags, and information on waste diversion
• One of two Joe Kool’s restaurant $50 gift cards
• One TRY Recycling prize package that includes one yard of compost or landscape product delivered anywhere in London
• One Better Bin Company prize package that includes a temporary waste disposal bin delivered and picked-up within London

How to Enter?

1. “Follow” one of our London Clean & Green accounts on social media:
   • Facebook: @londoncleangreen
   • Instagram: @ldncleangreen
2. Upload a post to Facebook or Instagram during the month of April with the #519cleangreen hashtag and a photo (e.g., location, selfie/group shot, collected litter pile, before-and-after, etc.)

All eligible entries will be included in a random prize draw. Full contest rules here.

Amway

Antler River Rally

Better Bin Company

Big Bike Giveaway

Budweiser Gardens

Bolt Signs

City of London

Climate Action London

Dillon Consulting

Downtown London

Fanshawe College

Home Depot Canada

Hyde Park Business Association

Joe Kool's Restaurant

Goodwill Industries

Labatt Brewery

London & Middlesex Community Housing

London Economic Development Corporation

London Environmental Network

London Home Builders Association

London Majors

London Police Service

London Public Library

Million Tree Challenge

Miller Waste Systems

Motif Print Group

NeighbourGood London

New Era Grafix

Old East Village Business Improvement Association

Prime Real Estate Brokerage

ReForest London

ReImagine Co.

Renu Paper Ltd.

Rona - Moffat and Powell

Sifton Properties Limited

Steam Whistle Brewing

Thames Region Ecological Association

Thames Talbot Land Trust

Thames River Cleanup

TRY Recycling

Upper Thames River Conservation Authority

Winmar

And support from other great groups, including:

Christian Churches Network of London

Covent Garden Market

Personal Mail Service

Russell-Hendrix

Scoutrees

Veterans Memorial Parkway Community Program