Chattanooga, TN
Mayor Ron Littlefield
Earth Day Event: The Chattanooga Green Committee will hold a commitment event to enlist volunteers to assist with turning the 47 recommended items in the Climate Action Plan into meaningful actions.
Date of event: April 22, 2009

Columbia, SC
Mayor Robert D. Coble
Earth Day Event: Green Business Sustainability Forum at Sonoco Recycling. Topics include: Columbia's Sustainability and Green Jobs Initiative, as well as an overview of the City's Climate Protection Action Campaign. Waste free lunch provided.
Date of event: April 22. 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon

Dayton, OH
Mayor Rhine McLin
Earth Day Event: City of Dayton celebrates Earth Day by sharing information on: “Take Back the Tap” initiative - Walking and Biking
Energy updates for City facilities; City Hall’s green roof; Recycling at work.
Date of Event: April 22, 2008

Denver, CO
Mayor John Hickenlooper
Earth Day Event: 2009 Earth Day Fair including 40+ eco-vendors. Plus a Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Event – do your Spring cleaning and bring it to us! Free and open to the public 10a.m. – 3p.m.
Date of event: April 22, 2009

Elk Grove, CA
Mayor Patrick Hume
Earth Day Event: Earth Week activities will involve collecting old athletic shoes for our Nike® Reuse-A-Shoe program at our Elk Grove School District schools and the Cosumnes CSD fire stations. All of the sneakers collected will be sent to Nike® to be reground and turned into sports surfaces like basketball courts and running tracks.
Date of event:  From April 13 – 24th, we will be collecting athletic shoes.
www.elkgrovecity.org

Evansville, WI
Mayor Sandy Decker
Earth Day Event:  Seventh Annual Energy Fair:  Free event, including innovative energy exhibits, electronics recycling, green car show, free DNR tree giveaway, buy local farmers’ market, student science fair.
Date of event: Friday, April 24, 2009 (Arbor Day)
www.evansville-wi.net

Fremont, CA
Mayor Robert Wasserman
Fremont celebrated Earth Day on April 18, 2009 with an Earth Day Fair in Central Park. Over 30 exhibitors participated and nearly 900 people attended.  Earth Day visitors had a chance to learn more about waste reduction and recycling, conserving water, reducing energy use, protecting wildlife and the watershed, preventing pollution, reducing the use of toxic products at home, and bay friendly gardening techniques.

Gaithersburg, MD
Mayor Sidney Katz
Earth Day Event: Green Youth Service Project - Middle school students from the Gaithersburg Youth Club will earn student service learning hours by planting the City’s first "Green Streets" project on Rabbitt Road. This project is designed to remove pollutants from storm water before it enters a city stream.
Date of event: Wednesday, April 22.
http://www.gaithersburgmd.gov/

Hartford, CT
Mayor  Eddie A. Perez
Earth Day Event: Hartford Compost 2009 - Mayor Eddie A Perez will hold a news briefing at the Niles Street Community Garden at noon to announce the availability of free organic compost for city gardeners.  All event attendees will receive a quart of fresh organic compost in recyclable corn containers.  The event will focus on urban agriculture, and the value and benefits of fresh, healthy local food grown by local residents.
Date of event: 4/22/09 noon Niles Street Community Garden between Sigourney and Laurel Streets
http://www.hartford.gov/news/PR042009Earth.pdf

Earth Day Event: Green Basics for Small Businesses  - Short presentations on environmental topics effecting small businesses
Date of event: 4/22/09 6:00 pm 95 Park St.
http://www.hartford.gov/news/PR042009Earth.pdf

Hallandale Beach, FL
Mayor Joy Cooper
Earth Day Event: The City of Hallandale Beach is providing Water Wise kits. The Mayor is holding a city challenge for every resident to do at least one thing for Earth Day to save our climate. They are partnering with a local school to distribute pocket ashtrays. As a note 50% of all trash on the beach is from cigarette butts.

Hialeah, Florida 
Mayor Julio Robaina 
Earth Day Events: Green Day Hialeah, at Goodlet Park (4200 West 8th Avenue) . Free tree giveaways, free mulch, free shower head exchange, and many other activities. There will also be food and entertainment.
Date of event: May 16th from 10am -3pm

Town of Ignacio, CO
Mayor George Whitt
Earth Day Event:  A series of panels, displays, discussion regarding all they can do in the community. 
Date of event: April 22, 2009
www.fourcore.org

Honolulu, HI
Mayor Mufi Hannemann
Earth Day Event: Honolulu’s 2009 Earth Month Calendar features all city sponsored programs and events that are available for our residents and sets the tone for year-round environmental awareness. Available online at: www.sustainhonolulu.com
Date of Event: Earth Month April 2009

Jacksonville, FL
Mayor John Peyton
Earth Day Event: The mayor implemented a Sustainable Buildings Program requiring all newly constructed city-owned buildings to meet stringent environmental guidelines. Private sector participation in the program is highly incentivized."

Mansfield, CT
Mayor Elizabeth Paterson
Earth Day Event: The Town of Mansfield is hosting a solar thermal presentation tomorrow at 7:30 pm in the Mansfield Town Hall.
Date: April 22

Meridian, MS
Mayor John Robert Smith
Earth Day Event: Meridian/Lauderdale County Beautiful Earth Day activity was a park cleanup and planting of 40 trees at Highland Park. Hundred year-old trees lost or damaged during hurricanes were replaced.
Date of event: April 22, 2009

Miami, FL
Mayor Manny Diaz
Earth Day Event: Mayor Diaz and the City of Miami are celebrating Earth Day throughout the Month of April this year, with free events and volunteer opportunities for the whole family.
Date of event: April 22 (and all month long)
http://miamigov.com/cms/Files/PR_Earth_Month_is_April_2009_final.pdf

Nashville, TN
Mayor Karl Dean
Earth Day Event: The Nashville Earth Day Festival was held at Centennial Park with approximately 10,000 people in attendance. This year’s festival, themed "Together - Growing a Greener Nashville" will help the community take another step toward Mayor Karl Dean’s goal of making Nashville the greenest city in the Southeast. The festival featured many exhibits and activities aimed at educating Middle Tennesseans about protecting our environment. 
Date of event: April 18, 2008
www.nashvilleearthday.org

New Orleans, LA
Mayor C. Ray Nagin
Earth Day Event: New Orleans is hosting two Earth Day events.  An Urban Environment Teach-in highlights the City’s Sunflower Project, which uses plants to remove toxins from soil. An Alternative Energy Teach-in offers hands-on demonstration of wind and solar energy.
Date of event: April 22, 2009

North Little Rock, AR
Mayor Patrick Henry Hayes
The City sponsored an Earth Day Poster Contest for 5th grade students. The Grand Prize winner was recognized at the April 13, 2009, North Little Rock City Council meeting.  The Grand Prize winner's poster and one poster from 11 elementary schools will be displayed on: the City's website, the North Little Rock School District's website, and in the local newspaper, North Little Rock Times.  Each winner received a
Certificate of Achievement and a gift certificate.

Orlando, FL
Mayor Buddy Dyer
Earth Day Event: Green Aquatic Installation - In recognition of Earth Day, a green aquatic habitat will be installed in Lake Eola in Downtown Orlando. The floating mats, habitat and lush wetland vegetation are the artistic expression of Jefre Figueras Manuel, known as JEFRË, an inventive public artist based in the City Arts Factory. JEFRË's green piece has a number of ecological benefits, such as the aquatic grasses composed of Yellow Canna, Soft Rush and Bent Grass will help regulate water levels, oxygenate the water, control nutrients, remove pesticides, purify water quality and provide habitat for the local birds and wildlife.
Date of event: Starting April 22nd - will be on display for one month

Pasadena, CA
Mayor Bill Bogaard
Earth Day Event: The 7th Annual "Greening the Earth Day & Family Arts Festival" will feature free family fun with over 60 booths on green products, energy and water efficiency, conservation, recycling and more!
Date of event: Saturday, April 25, 2009
http://www.ci.pasadena.ca.us/permitcenter/greencity/calendar.asp

Pittsburgh, PA
Mayor Luke Ravenstahl
Earth Day Event: Mayor to hold Earth Day rally in Market Square. Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl will lead an Earth Day rally tomorrow at Market Square. He will challenge residents to volunteer for local environmental groups and talk about the city's efforts to be earth-friendly.
Date: April 22, 2009

Earth Day Event: Partnering with several businesses, we hosted a lunchtime Earth Day rally in Downtown, featuring “sustainable” refreshments, a solar-powered DJ, education about regional sustainability initiatives, and volunteer sign-ups for environmental activities.
Date of event: April 22, 2009

Portland, OR
Mayor Sam Adams
Earth Day Event: (describe in 30 words or less)
The Businesses for an Environmentally Sustainable Tomorrow (BEST) Awards are presented annually to Portland businesses with exemplary sustainability practices, products or services. This year, native Oregonian Nicholas Kristof will discuss the impact of climate change on human rights worldwide.
Date of event:  April 22, 2009
http://www.portlandonline.com/osd/index.cfm?c=46375

Port St. Lucie, FL
Mayor Patricia Christensen
Earth Day Event: The City has partnered with a few organizations to renovate a local park. Approximately 150 employees will plant and trim trees and perform other needed improvements to the park.
Date of event: April 25, 2009 

Raleigh, NC
Mayor Charles Meeker
Earth Day Event: The City of Raleigh will award the 2009 Environmental Awards on Wednesday April 22, 2009. In an effort to recognize outstanding work in sustainable development and environmental stewardship, the City of Raleigh created the Raleigh Environmental Awards in 2008. The City will present the 2009 awards on April 22 at 6 p.m. at Marbles Kids Museum, 201 E. Hargett St. in downtown Raleigh.
Date of event: April 22, 2009 

San Clemente, CA
Mayor Lori Donchak
Earth Day Event: The City of San Clemente, in partnership with the San Clemente Watershed Task Force, hosts an annual Earth Day festival geared towards environmental education, products, services, volunteer recognition and recruitment.
Date of event:  April 18, 2009
www.sccleanocean.org

San Francisco, CA
Mayor Gavin Newsom
Earth Day Event: Launched EcoMap, a unprecedented web-based application to help individuals make better environmental choices.  EcoMap was developed in partnership with Cisco’s Connected Urban Development program to help residents improve their daily decisions in the areas of transportation, energy, and waste.  Through the EcoMap visual display, residents can see their greenhouse gas contributions and take specific actions such as alternative-fuel vehicle ownership, recycling, and reducing household energy use. Citizens can then share their climate actions with others via social networking.  In the process of using EcoMap, residents become more environmentally aware and change their behaviors in environmentally positive ways.
Date of event: April 22, 2009

Schaumburg, IL
Mayor Al Larson
Earth Day Event:  Recycling Event - The village's Environmental Committee partnered with School District 54 to host this event.  Items accepted were electronics, documents for shredding, used clothing, household batteries, CFL bulbs, eyeglasses, and American flags.
Date of event: Saturday April 18, 2009

Seattle, WA
Mayor Greg Nickels
Earth Day Event: Mayor Nickels will announce his Green Building Capital Initiative, a plan to achieve greater energy efficiency in homes and businesses. The strategy, which includes energy consultations available to homeowners, takes advantage of federal grants that are part of President Obama’s stimulus plan. Event will include a demonstration of state-of-the-art diagnostics used to analyze a home's heating and cooling systems.
Date of event: April 22, 2009, 10:00 am
www.mayor.seattle.gov

Summit, NJ
Mayor Jordan Glatt
Earth Day Event: Summit Goes Green is a three week celebration of changes we can all practice toward more sustainable living: Green Walking Tour, Daffodil Day, Arbor Day, Citywide Earthday Cleanup, Free Market Freecyclingtm and  Greenfest
Date of event: April 19 to May 9th
http://www.ci.summit.nj.us/pdflibrary/SummitGoesGreenCalendar.pdf

Sumter, SC
Mayor Joseph T. McElveen, Jr.
Earth Day Event: A Community Forum as part of National Spotlight Conversation hosted by ICLEI, featuring noted environmentalist and author Dr. J. Matthew Sleeth, followed by citizen discussions of sustainability issues and involvement.
Date of event: April 22, 2009
www.sumtersc.gov

Tampa, Florida
Mayor  Pam Iorio
Earth Day Event: Debut our recently awarded "Florida Green Building Coalition Certified Gold Green Local Government" flag, plant a native tree during an official ceremony at a local school using a water-conservation irrigation method and, unveil a new recycling program.
Date of Event:  April 22, 2009
www.tampagov.net/dept_green_tampa/ 

Taylor, MI
Mayor Cameron G. Priebe
Earth Day Events: The Taylor Community Library will present an Earth Day program to include stories, crafts and flower plantings.  The City also will conduct a series of tree plantings on school grounds and in parks. Additionally, the City of Taylor has conducted yearly community tree plantings for decades and has been named a Tree City USA by the National Arbor Day Foundation for 18 consecutive years.
Date of events: Taylor Community Library Earth Day program – Wednesday, April 22 at 6 p.m.; Community Tree Plantings - Friday, April 24

Toledo, OH
Mayor Carty Finkbeiner
Earth Day Event: Area residents donated two trailers of unused and leftover paint to the City's Graffiti Team, recycled waste electronics and exchanged their mercury thermometers for safer digital ones.  They also enjoyed opportunities to view displays by 10 local environmental businesses, agencies and organizations, observe a demonstration of seining and surveying to evaluate the water quality of the Swan Creek and take tours of the Highland Park Dam Remediation Project.  

Date of Event: April 25, 2009
http://www.toledo.oh.gov/Departments/PublicUtilities/DivisionofEnvironmentalServices/tabid/402/Default.aspx

Washington, DC 
Mayor Adrian M. Fenty
Earth Day Event: The District Department of the Environment is sponsoring Green DC Month, with tree-planting and school activities across the city.
Date of event: Various (April 2009)
http://green.dc.gov/green/cwp/view,a,1231,q,462339.asp

Westland, Michigan
Mayor William R. Wild
Earth Day Event: Launched “Trash into Cash” curbside recycling program, which rewards residents with gift cards to businesses for participation. Estimated to inject $6–15 million into local economy.
Date of event: April 22, 2009 - Earth Day