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The department's 2025 Earth Day celebration event will be held Friday, April 25, 2025, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the south lawn of the Missouri State Capitol(link is external) in Jefferson City.

Since 1994, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources has hosted an annual Earth Day celebration, bringing together statewide agencies and organizations to offer hands-on educational activities and displays to students from across Missouri. Earth Day offers a variety of fun and educational opportunities for students interested in finding out more about how they can improve the world around them. This free, annual event usually includes activities such as live presentations by the World Bird Sanctuary, crafts made from recycled items, stage games with prizes and several hands-on and interactive activities. Activities are tailored for fifth graders, but all ages are welcome.

Check out our photos from the 2024 event(link is external).

Register to Participate

Tap the image above to register for Earth Day 2025.

Teachers, register to participate! While open and free to the public, the Earth Day 2025 activities are geared to the educational needs of fifth-grade students. Teachers can register their classes for Earth Day 2025(link is external) online. Preregistration allows us to better prepare for the event, as well as make sure registered teachers receive all the necessary information to make sure their students get the greatest educational benefit possible from attending the event.

Schools may be eligible to apply for financial assistance through the department’s bus grant program to assist with transportation expenses!

Slogan Contest

2025 Earth Day Slogan Contest Now Closed

Each year, we invite fifth grade classrooms from across Missouri to participate in our Earth Day slogan contest. Students put on their thinking caps and submit a slogan about any aspect of Earth Day. Interested fifth grade students are invited to complete the Earth Day Slogan Contest Entry Form and mail the bottom of the form to our office. The winner will be our special guest during Earth Day 2025 and will receive a special gift. The teacher of the winning student will also receive something special.

2024 Earth Day Slogan Contest Winner

Ella Garr, a fifth-grade student from Académie Lafayette in Kansas City, won the slogan contest with the entry: "Protect the Earth, for what it's worth." Ella was among more than 150 Missouri fifth graders from 13 schools who entered the annual slogan contest.

As the slogan contest winner, Ella will be our special guest, honored during a presentation on the Earth Day stage during the Earth Day opening ceremony. Ella will receive an Earth Day proclamation signed by Gov. Mike Parson, a $50 gift card donated by Central Bank in Jefferson City and a Missouri rock and mineral set donated by Missouri Geological Survey. Ella's teacher, Samia Alileche, will also receive a special award.

Congratulations to Ella and Ms. Alileche and thanks to everyone for entering!

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