{"id":280238,"date":"2026-04-22T13:17:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T13:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/280238\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T13:17:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T13:17:08","slug":"earth-day-encourages-everyone-to-be-good-stewards-of-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/280238\/","title":{"rendered":"Earth Day encourages everyone to be good stewards of the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/12uxlbsopxpjijwr.jpg\" alt=\"Earth Day celebrations in the Bay Area \" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">ALAMEDA, Calif. &#8211; Earth Day is Wednesday, a reminder to everyone to be good stewards of the world. The goal of the day is to get people involved in addressing issues like climate change and pollution.<\/p>\n<p>   Oakland, Alameda cleanups <\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Several events are scheduled across the Bay Area.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTVU\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Local perspective:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">In Oakland, volunteers and children are gathering on Wednesday at the Oakland Zoo to clean Arroyo Viejo Creek. The creek is a significant local waterway that flows from the Oakland Hills, through the zoo grounds, and eventually out to the San Francisco Bay near the Coliseum.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">At Crown Memorial State Beach in Alameda, organizers have scheduled a cleanup for Saturday morning from 9 a.m. to noon.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTVU\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Katharine Wilkinson, a climate activist, noted the challenge of mobilizing the public.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">&#8220;We have a really challenging gap between climate concern, which the majority of people hold, and climate engagement or climate action, which only a very small percentage of people are doing,&#8221; Wilkinson said.<\/p>\n<p> More than just a day <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTVU\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Big picture view:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">For those unable to attend organized cleanups, environmental advocates suggest integrating sustainable habits into daily life throughout the year \u2013 not just on Earth Day.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Recycling, composting, and purchasing local goods to decrease individual carbon footprints, using public transportation or biking to work when possible are all examples of how to help out.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Activists stress that while one-day neighborhood cleanups are helpful, long-term impact requires consistent efforts. Simple, repetitive actions\u2014such as switching to reusable shopping bags and water bottles\u2014can lead to significant environmental benefits.<\/p>\n<p>     <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/tag\/us\/ca\/alameda-county\/alameda\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alameda<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ALAMEDA, Calif. &#8211; Earth Day is Wednesday, a reminder to everyone to be good stewards of the world.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":280239,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[5445,389,1184,100,143,145,144,1181],"class_list":["post-280238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-alameda","tag-alameda-county","tag-ca","tag-news","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}