As part of the Earth Day celebration, the gym can be set up with displays and demonstrations where students present what they have learned. Skits can also describe situations where people mine or harvest, or consumers ponder their responsibilities toward sound ecology. The pageantry of a culminating celebration such an as All Species Parade or play helps students to focus research for their displays or theatrical productions. And in the process of each individual's artistic struggle to articulate meaning, enthusiasm and altruism begin to take the edge off cynical reserve. Pageantry is a means of reminding ourselves of the values we share with our fellow humans.
Students can go door to door educating residents about the watershed to which their drains lead.
Compost bins can be set up behind the school and the students can rake the yards of the elderly in the neighborhood to feed it. Gardens can be planted on school grounds with the aid of neighborhood gardeners who share their knowledge with the kids. Sharing the bounty with the neighborhood at a fall harvest party would bring the growing cycle to a close. Student-neighbor teams can plant trees on school grounds or out in the neighborhood. Many cities' budgets have been cut back so they cannot replace the trees that die, and students can perform a valuable service by transplanting trees that are growing too close to foundations or other areas where they are undesired.