Earth Month, Every Month
Celebrate Earth Month all year long
Join us during Earth Month in April—and throughout the year—to marvel at the beauty and diversity of our natural world. Learn about the challenges facing life on our planet—and our successes. Get inspired to be a part of building a sustainable future where life on Earth thrives.
Events
Resources
Within the Smithsonian's museums, research centers, and educational initiatives, you will find an array of valuable resources. These resources not only shed light on the challenges we face but also highlight the innovative solutions being developed to address them.
Smithsonian Collection Spotlight
A History of Earth Day
Around the Smithsonian
Animals and Ecosystems
Around the Smithsonian
People and the Planet
Smithsonian Science
Participatory Science
Smithsonian Science Education Center
Smithsonian Science for Global Goals
Shorelines Blog
Located in Edgewater, Maryland, SERC researchers focus on understanding ecosystems for a sustainable future.
Podcast Episodes
Sidedoor Podcast
Lights Out
Light pollution affects all life on earth, from humans to plants and insects. Can we have the dark, without giving up the light?
Sidedoor Podcast
The Silence of the Frogs
Travel to the Panamanian jungle to learn how the Smithsonian is helping some endangered frogs avoid extinction.
Sidedoor Podcast
Dude, Where’s my Carbon?
How does so much carbon end up in tropical forests, and how is it measured? Sidedoor visits Panama to find out.
Sidedoor Podcast
The Mean, Green, Water-Cleaning Machine
The Algal Turf Scrubber harvests algae from large bodies of water and converts it to biomass, and is one of the marine ecology field’s best-kept secrets.
Sidedoor Podcast
The Birds and the Beans
Head to the cloud forests of Western Panama for a cup of coffee with Sidedoor.
Sidedoor Podcast
Holding Out for a Herring
Join the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center’s herring tagging team to learn how dam removal restores habitats for herring.
