• Date: April 20, 2024 - April 22, 2024
  Time: 8:00am - 10:00pm

Communities, nonprofit organizations, faith groups, and many others will host events across Iowa marking Earth Day in April. IEC has compiled a list of events - please note this is not a complete list of Earth Day events across the state. 

If you know of an event not listed here, please encourage organizers to send it to us at iecmail@iaenvironment.org. Thank you!

• Ames - 4/20 - Creek Clean Up with Prairie Rivers of Iowa
• Boone - 4/20 - Free Community Shred Day, 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m., Hunziker & Associates
• Cedar Falls 
  • 4/20 - Water Quality Monitoring Snapshot Event
  • 4/21 - Earth Week 2024 Community Clean-up Event
• Cedar Rapids - 4/20 - EcoFest, NewBo City Market
• Central City - 4/20 - Celebrate Earth Day, Camp Wakonda
• Clear Lake - see full schedule of Clear Lake Earth Month events 
  • 4/18 - North Iowa Green Expo & Market - 4 - 7 p.m.
  • 4/20 - Outdoor Fest, including 5k/10k and National Eagle Center Program
  • 4/22 -
    • Tour the Landfill of North Iowa - 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
    • Free film at Lake Theater - 7 p.m.
• Decorah - 4/20 - Earth Day Festival, Winneshiek County Conservation
• Des Moines
  • 4/20 - Earth Day at the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden
  • 4/22 - Earth Day Action: Demand Clean Energy, Iowa IPL
  • 4/22 - Common Ground film screening, Iowa Organic Association & Varsity Cinema
• Dubuque - 4/20 - Party for the Planet, National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium
• Elgin - 4/20 - Earth Day at Gilbertson's, Gilbertson Nature Center
• Elkader - 4/22 - Waterless Geothermal Seminar, 7 - 8:30 p.m.
• Fairfield - 4/20 - Resilient Community Challenge
• Iowa City
  • 4/20 - Iowa City Earth Day Energy Blitz
  • 4/20 - Home Energy Workshops, North Dodge Ace Hardware
  • 4/22 - Earth Day Talk: Climate Solutions Surround Us, IMU Iowa Theater
  • 4/22 - From Awareness to Action: The Climate Action Handbook, Prairie Lights Bookstore
  • 4/22 - Highway 6 Clean-up, 9:45 a.m.
• Madrid - 4/20 - Earth Day Trash Bash, High Trestle Trail
• Minburn - 4/22 - Earth Day Trash Clean Up, North Raccoon River Wildlife Area
• Polk City - Earth Day Family 5K Run/Walk & Pickleball Tournament
• Waterloo - Rain Barrel Workshop, SingleSpeed