Show love for the planet at Sunnyvale's Earth Day Festival!

Empowering Our Community


Earth Day Festival: Empowering Our Community

Sunnyvale's Earth Day Festival features family-friendly and sustainability-focused activities. Bike to the event and explore a variety of environmental activities hands-free after checking your bike at our free valet. For more information, email us or call 408-730-7717.

Location: Sunnyvale Civic Center, 456 W. Olive Ave.

Date & Time: Saturday, April 5, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Event Map: Coming Soon 

Entertainment Schedule: Coming Soon 

3,000 people came to last year's Earth Festival. Scroll through this carousel to see what you can expect more of this year!

Featured Activities

Festivities, Food and Family Fun

Local non-profit organizations will be tabling along West Olive Ave. to share their expertise on environmental protection. Visit the community booths to learn about sustainable actions such as electrifying your home and starting a compost. Enjoy live entertainment at the amphitheater in the redwood grove with lunch served on reusable foodware. 

Other event highlights include: 

  • Sustainable arts and crafts for kids    
  • Guided tours of the beautiful trees on campus 
  • Lunch and dessert from local food trucks  
  • And much more!

Why Do We Celebrate Earth Day?

Earth Day is an excellent opportunity to reflect and appreciate our planet. It is a day that reminds us of our responsibility to protect and restore our home for future generations. 

Since 1970, we have celebrated Earth Day. Learn from the official global Earth Day organizers about the event's history and how to take action. 

How does the Earth Day Festival connect to Sunnyvale's efforts to address climate change?

Sunnyvale's Climate Action Playbook lays out winning Strategies that will help us create a safer, healthier and more sustainable community. Continue reading this page to learn how the Earth Day Festival aligns with Playbook Strategies 2, 3 and 5.

Read the Climate Action Playbook Update and Game Plan 2028

Scoreboard Strategy Connection

Electrify

Strategy 2: Decarbonizing Buildings is about reducing dependence on fossil fuels such as gas to power our homes and businesses. At the Earth Day Festival, attendees can learn about how the City is electrifying its buildings and access resources to make energy-efficient upgrades and switch from gas to electric appliances. 

Check Out Strategy 2

Scoreboard Strategy Connection

Energize

Strategy 2: Decarbonizing Buildings & Strategy 3: Decarbonizing Transportation & Sustainable Land Use both set us on the path to becoming a community less dependent on fossil fuels. At the event, learn about electric vehicles (EVs), EV charging and alternative forms of transportation. Reduce your carbon footprint and bike to the event. Leave your bike at the free bike valet and enjoy the event hands-free!

Check Out Strategies 2 & 3

Scoreboard Strategy Connection

Empower

Strategy 5: Empowering Our Community is essential to achieve our climate objectives. Our Earth Day event will provide you with tools to bring climate action home. Attend to learn how to support the City in our efforts to implement the Climate Action Playbook and Game Plan 2028. To accomplish our climate action goals, we must work together to build a sustainable Sunnyvale!

Check Out Strategy 5

Further Actions You Can Take

Spread the Word and Learn More about Earth Day

Sunnyvale's Earth Day Festival features family-friendly and sustainability-focused activities. Bike to the event and explore a variety of environmental activities hands-free after checking your bike at our free valet. For more information, email us or call 408-730-7717.

Location: Sunnyvale Civic Center, 456 W. Olive Ave.

Date & Time: Saturday, April 5, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Event Map: Coming Soon

Entertainment Schedule: Coming Soon

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