BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Toronto X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Toronto BEGIN:VEVENT UID:81@junctioncreek.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260418T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260418T150000 DTSTAMP:20260408T223251Z URL:https://junctioncreek.com/events/earth-day/ SUMMARY:Earth Day 2026 DESCRIPTION: \;\nEarth Day Celebration - April 18th\n \;\n\nJoin us on April 18 from 11:00AM - 3:00PM for a family-friendly Earth Day Celebra tion! Hosted at the Main Sudbury Library\, this event is a collaboration o f local organizations coming together to celebrate caring for each other a nd the land through hands-on activities\, learning\, and meaningful connec tion.\n\nWhat to expect:\n\n Repair café with reThink Green\, including toy repair with The Little Wooden Library\, and bike tune-ups &\; simpl e repairs\n Clothing swap with Closet share\, and mending with Afro Women and Youth Foundation and community crafters\n Nature activities with BBB F Indigenous-led\, Coalition for a Liveable Sudbury and Junction Creek Ste wardship Committee\, and kids’ activities with EarlyON Child and Family Centres\n Making with Myths: create Wanted Posters for community needs\, with Myths and Mirrors Community Arts\, in the Makerspace\, 11am – 2pm\n Connections to local community groups\n Connect to your local community garden with the Sudbury Community Garden Network. Ask a gardener: ask exp erienced local gardeners your questions about growing food\, wildflowers\, and native plants.\n Announcement of Project Impact results at 11:30am. Hear about the wonderful grassroots projects being supported by community! \n Book Talk and Public Joy Mapping with the amazing Jay Pitter at 1:00pm . Jay Pitter is a Public Space Practitioner\, Adjunct Urban Planning Profe ssor\, and Author. Community is at the centre of her work. Her book Black Public Joy explores Black people’s public joy histories\, sacred rituals \, movements\, and contemporary expressions while positioning public joy a s civic\, cultural\, and spatial infrastructure. It can be found on shelve s across North America. Giveaways of some copies will be made during the e vent. Brought to you by Compass/Boussole/Akii-Izhinoogan &\; Coalition for a Liveable Sudbury\, with support from Thriving African Families\, Sud bury Workers Education and Advocacy Centre\, Black Lives Matter Sudbury\, Myths and Mirrors Community Arts\, and reThink Green.\n Snacks from Earth Care Sudbury\n\nAll are welcome to this free event!\n\nRegistration for th e book talk is very appreciated\, to help us prepare: Register\n\nOrganize d by Coalition for a Liveable Sudbury\, Greater Sudbury Public Library\, B etter Beginning Better Futures Indigenous-led\, Compass/Boussole/Akii-Izhi noogan\, EarlyON Child &\; Family Centres\, Junction Creek Stewardship Committee\, reThink Green\n\n[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id="19" gal_title="Ea rth Day Event"] ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://junctioncreek.com/wp-content/uploads/202 6/04/EarthDayCelebration-poster-Apr18-26.png CATEGORIES:Home Page Event LOCATION:Greater Sudbury Public Library - Main Library\, 74 MacKenzie Stree t\, Sudbury\, ON\, P3C 4X8\, Canada GEO:46.49552;-80.997471 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=74 MacKenzie Street\, Sudbu ry\, ON\, P3C 4X8\, Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Greater Sudbury Publ ic Library - Main Library:geo:46.49552,-80.997471 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Toronto BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR