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The San Francisco Earth Day Guide

By: Kyrie Sismaet By: Kyrie Sismaet | April 18, 2022 | Food & Drink Style & Beauty Fashion Events

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With a city as environmentally-friendly and sustainable as San Francisco, you can guarantee this nature-loving hub will offer a variety of ways to celebrate Earth Day this year. Aside from the largely entertaining street festival, from a deliciously fresh and ecologically-conscious meal to a finding your next secondhand statement piece, we've got your earth day covered with these positively green activities.

Celebrate At The Official Festival

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San Francisco is celebrating our big planet with an equally monumental festival! Happening on Valencia Street between 19th and 21st street from 11am-7pm, this all day festival will be brimming with live soul, Afro-Carribean, and Zydeco music, notable keynote speakers, Indigenous art installations, kid's interactive demos, artisanal food by nutritionists, and more. This Mission District event is totally free and will be a festival worth the visit for any age.

See all the information and schedule of the 52nd Anniversary party here

Admire Our Locally Picturesque Nature

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A gorgeously serene nature hike is an equally appropriate method of praising our local ecosystem for this holiday. With a plethora of diverse hiking environments from the seaside to a jungle-like atmosphere in the middle of a magnificent lake, see our must-visit recommendations perfect for your family. Even your children will have a thrill being immersed among these vibrant spots.

Go on an adventure at These Family-Friendly Hikes Perfect For Kids Of Any Age

See also: The Essential San Francisco Gardens To Visit During Spring

Have a Fresh and Sustainable Meal

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What would be a better way to nourish your body and soul than by savoring the natural flavors of our earth's bountiful produce? These highly-esteemed restaurants put vegetables at the forefront and creatively highlight them within all their innovative and delectable meals, all while consciously emphasizing sustainability.

Book your reservation at one of 5 Sustainable SF Restaurants To Support This Earth Day

See also: Celebrate Earth Month With Award-Winning Z & Y's Fresh Vegetarian Menu

Shop For A Local Plant

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Commemorate this Earth Day by taking home a new leafy companion! San Francisco is well-stocked with incredibly friendly nurseries and plant shops equally filled with diverse selections. This sunny spring signals the growth of new foliage, and you can definitely adorn your home garden with the freshest blooms at these beautiful gardens.

Your green thumb will love these Best & Unique San Francisco Nursery And Plant Shops

See also: Botanical Boutique Nigella Offers Uniquely San Francisco Floral Arrangements

Rock a Fully Thrifted Outfit

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Lastly, San Francisco is a leader on all things ecologically-friendly, and that remains true especially within the fashion world. The city's Haight Ashbury district specifically has a renowned prominence in having a stylish collection of the most posh thrift boutiques and vintage couture. Take a stroll around the vibrantly historic street and visit their our picks for the best secondhand shops to find your next statement piece that's as vogue as it is sustainable.

Impress with your next preloved find at These Best Haight Ashbury Thrift Boutiques

From musical festivities to hikes, food, fashion, and new plant friends, San Francisco's earth day events are as diverse and vivid as its thriving ecology. No matter what you decide to do, there definitely will not be an absence of beautiful nature.



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