Oakland Earth Day

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Oakland Earth Day - Saturday, April 19, 2025

We joined together for Oakland's 31st Annual Earth Day to celebrate our planet with a day filled with sustainability, community, and environmental action! We honored our beautiful city and committed to making a positive impact for generations to come.

Thank You for Making Oakland Earth Day a Success! 

View 2025 Project Locations (Interactive Map)

To all the incredible site leads, volunteers, and community members who showed up with passion and purpose, thank you. Your dedication and energy made this year's Oakland Earth Day an inspiring celebration of action and care, Rooted in Love for our City and our Planet!

Whether you led a cleanup site, planted a tree, or picked up a single piece of trash, your effort matters. Because of you, Oakland is cleaner and greener.

“Earth Day is every day. Get involved, stay involved.” 

This isn’t just a one-day event—it's a movement. And we’re just getting started. Stay tuned for upcoming updates on the impact we made together, including volunteer data, waste collected, and more highlights from across Oakland.

Thank you for showing up for the Earth—and for each other.

With gratitude,
Oakland Public Works/ Enviromental Stewardship Team

Earth Day 2025 Photo Collage

Volunteers       Hours      Project Sites 
 1,545  5,393  67

 

Pounds of Trash and Green Waste Removed    Total Impacts  
 40,708 pounds of trashwere picked up by volunteers committed to protecting our environment.       363 native plantswere planted to help our ecosystems thrive and clean our air. 
 51,448 pounds of green wastewere cleared to reduce fire risk and remove invasive species.        16 waterways across Oakland were made cleaner and healthier.
   168 Square Meters Graffitiremoved

 

Final-Earth-Day-1.png   Earth Day Infographic 2 2025 
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"The environment is where we all meet, where we all have a mutual interest; it is the one thing all of us share." ― Lady Bird Johnson

On Saturday, April 19, 2025, the City of Oakland's Environmental Services Stewardship Team celebrated Oakland Earth Day with environmental volunteer events, such as tree plantings, weeding and pruning, and habitat restoration across the city. Volunteers also picked up litter, removed graffiti, and participated in other service events!