Kuyo yonke inyanga ka-Ephreli, idolobha elikhulu laseWashington, DC lizosingatha imisebenzi ehlukahlukene yoMhlaba Day eyenza ukunakekela iplanethi kumnandi iminyaka yonke. Ungangena futhi usize ukuhlanza amapaki okufunda noma ukuya emhlanganweni womndeni ohlanganisa ukufunda izindlela zokuthuthukisa imvelo yethu nokwenza umehluko.
Usuku Lomhlaba, ukunyakaza kwezemvelo kwanamuhla, kugubha njalo ngo-Ephreli 22 kusukela ngo-1970.
Umsunguli, uGaylord Nelson, waqala ukunyakaza njengoSenator waseWisconsin ngemuva kokubona umonakalo womhlaba wonke we-oil spill eSanta Barbara, eCalifornia ngo-1969. Namuhla, izigidi zabantu baseMelika zihlanganyela ekulweni kwemvelo ehlanzekile.
Uma uvakashela i-Maryland, i-Virginia, noma i-Washington, DC ngo-Ephreli, ungasebenzisa usuku olusiza umphakathi wendawo. Kodwa-ke, uma ufuna okuthile okujabulisayo ngaleli holide lemvelo, ungase uye emhlanganweni owodwa wezinto eziningi ezenzeka esifundeni ukukhulisa imali yezimbangela zemvelo.
March for Science
Nakuba uMashi weSayensi wezokuSungulwa eSayensi eWashington, DC waqhutshwa ngoMhla kaMhlaba ngo-2018, unyaka wesibili womcimbi uzokwenzeka ngo-Ephreli 14, 2018. Ngenxa yokuphathwa kwe-Trump ukuxhashaza izinhlangano zezinhlangano ezihlobene nesayensi, umakethe igxile ekumeleleni isayensi namaqiniso nokuqwashisa ngezinkinga zemvelo ukuphathwa kwamanje kukwenqaba ukubhekana nokuphathwa kwemfucuza yokushisa kwezwe nokuhweba.
Amamaki angeziwe azohlelwa kulo lonke izwe, futhi abantu abangaphezu kwesigidi emhlabeni jikelele bahlanganyele ekuhambeni ngo-2017. Nokho, njengonyaka odlule, uMashi weSayensi eDkt kulindeleke ukuthi athole isixuku esikhulu.
I-Anacostia River Festival ne-Cleanup
NgeSonto, ngo-Ephreli 15, 2018, kusukela ngo-1 kuya ku-5: 00 ntambama, i-11 Street Bridge Park ne-National Park Service bayokwamukela i- Anacostia River Festival yonyaka wesine, ukuvalwa komthetho we-2018 National Cherry Blossom Festival.
Kokubili i-Cherry Blossom neMikhosi yoMfula idumisa uSuku Lomhlaba ngokusebenzisa imisebenzi ehlukahlukene ehlanganisa ukuzilibazisa kwangaphandle, imibukiso yomculo, umbukiso wezithombe, ukuhamba ngebhayisikili, nezifundo mayelana nemvelo kanye nemikhuba eqhubekayo.
Ngo-Ephreli 21, 2018, i-Anacostia Watershed Society izohlela amavolontiya ngosuku lokuhlanza eceleni koMlambo i-Anacostia futhi ahlele phansi imifudlana yasendaweni kanye nemifudlana yendawo. Izisebenzi zokuvolontiya ezingaba ngu-2 000 zithatha udoti futhi zijabulele umfula ezindaweni ezingu-30 ezizungeze indawo eningizimu yeDC. Uma uhamba eMaryland naseVirginia esikhundleni salokho, ungase ucabange ukujoyina i-Potomac Watershed Cleanup ngo-Ephreli 14, 2018, ezogubha iminyaka engu-30 ezindaweni ezingaphezu kuka-270 eceleni komfula wasePotomac eWashington, eMadrid naseVirginia.
I-National Zoo ne-United States Garden Botanic
I- National Zoo yakwa-Smithsonian sikaZwelonke izogubha usuku lweMhlaba ngemisebenzi eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka kusukela ngo-10 ekuseni kuya ku-2: 00 ngo-Ephreli 21, 2018. Ngesikhathi sokugubha "uMhlaba Wezokugcizelela", ungathola amathiphu okulima ingaziwa ochwepheshe bezobuchwepheshe, uthathe uhambo oluthile lwe-Zoo izakhiwo, ukuya emibonisweni ekhethekile, noma ukuhamba endaweni yezilwane njengengxenye yeBhayisikili emcimbini weZoo.
Uma ufuna usuku oluthile lokutshala izitshalo, ungahlola uMkhosi weSuku Lomkhosi we-Celebrate Earth e- United States Botanic Garden ngo-Ephreli 20, 2018, kusukela ngo-10 ekuseni ukuya ku-2: 00. Ungajabulela ukupheka imiboniso ngemikhiqizo yonyaka noma ukuhlangabezana kanye nabamele izinhlangano zemvelo ezivela nxazonke zesifunda.
Yehla futhi ufunde zonke izindlela ongenza ngayo iplanethi indawo enempilo futhi ube ngumphathi osebenzayo wezitshalo ezisekela ukuphila emhlabeni.
I-Alexandria Usuku Lomhlaba
Kusukela ngo-10 ekuseni ukuya ku-2: 00 ngoMgqibelo, ngo-Ephreli 28, 2018, idolobha lase-Alexandria linomkhosi walo wama-25 wonyaka wase-Aleksandria womhlaba we-Earth on the Lenny Harris Memorial Fields eBraddock Park. Efaka imiboniso ye-upcyling, imibukiso ekhethekile kanye nemibukiso, ukudla kwendawo, kanye nekhoni lemisebenzi nemidlalo emikhulu, uqinisekile ukujabulela usuku lwakho lokufunda ngendlela abantu base-Aleksandriya ababuyisela ngayo emhlabeni wonke umhlaba.
Lo mcimbi ugxile ezintweni ezihamba phambili zokuhamba nokuhamba ngendlela eco-friendly ezifana nokuhamba, ukuhamba ngebhayisikili, ukuhamba ngezimoto, nokugibela ukuhamba komphakathi. Imisebenzi ihlanganisa ukubuyiselwa kabusha nokuboniswa komgqugquzeli, umculo ophilayo, ukutshala komuthi we-Arbor Day, ukusebenza ngamabandla wendawo, nokuqaliswa kwe-Eco-City Action Plan Phase II.
I-Arlington ne-Montgomery County Events
Nakuba imizi eminingi emikhulu izothola imicimbi yomphakathi ngoMhla kaMhlaba kulo nyaka, abaningi abahleli bomphakathi baphatha inyanga yonke njengethuba lokugubha umhlaba ngokubuyisela.
I-Arlington County eVirginia, ngokwesibonelo, izogubha usuku lweMhlaba ngemicimbi yamahhala kanye nezinhlelo zokuhlanza inyanga yonke isikhathi eside kuhlanganise nokuSuswa kweZitshalo eziHlangayo, Ukuhlanzwa ngeBhayisikili, Ukuphakamisa i-Tadpole, kanye nemiklamo eSebenzayo yokuHlala. I-Earth Fest ku-Arlington Mill Community kanye neSikhungo Esiphezulu ngomhla ka-Ephreli 9 ngumkhosi womphakathi wonyaka woMhlaba womhlaba futhi iveza imidlalo nemisebenzi, ama-workshops kanye nemiboniso, nezingxoxo nabanye abantu abavela e-Arlington Nature Center.
Phakathi naleso sikhathi eMad Maryland, iNdunankulu yaseMontgomery igubha uSuku Lomhlaba ngemisebenzi yokuzithandela eyenziwe ngamapaki, amaqembu angenzi-nzuzo namacembu omphakathi, amabhizinisi, izikole, namaqembu njalo ngosuku lwenyanga. Ungabhalisela iphrojekthi yokuhlanza indawo noma udale isinyathelo sakho semvelo sokubhekana nomphakathi wakho. Amaphuzu avelele avela ngenyanga afaka iminyaka engu-30 engama-Potomac Watershed Cleanup ngo-Ephreli 14, i-Anacostia Yenza Ukuhlambuluka Kwelanga Lomhlaba ngo-Ephreli 21, kanye noMkhosi Wamalanga Omhlaba eMfuleni wase-Brookside Gardens ngo-Ephreli 22.