When is Earth Day 2026?
In honour of Earth Day Canada, on April 22, 2026 (and every day), we’re sharing some of our favourite green tips with you. If you didn’t know, Earth Day theme 2026 is ‘conscious consumer,’ which we love because we only have one Earth, and we should respect it! City Style and Living Magazine (CSL) team has always gathered and shared easy, proactive and affordable tips in every issue on our green ticker (look for it at the bottom of each issue), so that you can be the best version of you in your everyday life.
Earth Day 2026 Tips For the Home and Garden
- Homemade hand sanitizer: add 10 drops tea tree oil and 10 drops lavender essential oil to 2/3 cup aloe vera gel, mixing well. Add 1 cup grain alcohol and stir.
- Bring a reusable cotton or heavy-duty fabric bag with you when grocery shopping for packing away goods.
- Choose groundcover such as clover, yarrow, and creeping thyme instead of traditional lawn turf. You can even mow it!
- Recycle and reuse old wood (barns, etc).
Earth Day 2026 Kitchen Tips
- To reduce energy, use a slow cooker or toaster oven for smaller dishes.
- Grocery shopping: swap single use plastic bags for mesh cloth ones.
- Drink tap water.
- Use tea towels, JCloths or durable bamboo cloths instead of paper towels.
Earth Day 2026 Beauty Tips
- Opt for soap instead of plastic bottles of body wash.
- Make a scalp scrub by combining 1 part coarse salt, 1 part lemon juice and 1 part olive oil.
- Face mask: combine one quarter cup plain Greek yogurt with one tablespoon kefir and one tablespoon kombucha (for their probiotics).
- Get plenty of rest, drink fluids to fight a cold instead of reaching for pharmaceuticals.
Earth Day 2026 Style and Fashion Tips
- Choose vegan leather or thriftshop (previously worn) leather.
- Opt for 100 percent natural fibres like linen, silk or wool, which, unlike synthetic fabrics (polyester, nylon, many fleece and spandex) do not shed micro-plastics when laundered.
Earth Day 2026 Travel Tips
- Turn off all lights when leaving your hotel room.
- Pack a small kit of reusable containers and cutlery for takeout and doggie bags.
- Plan a road trip hunting for pre-loved pieces at auctions, estate sales, consignment and secondhand shops, thrift stores, and garage sales.
- When on vacation, plan to commute before or after rush hour.
- For your next destination, book a small, customized cycling trip.
Earth Day 2026 Takeaway
We love this sentiment from our friends at Huna Skin:
“Earth Month is about honoring, appreciating, and taking time to connect with Mother Earth. That may mean something different to each of us, but at its most fundamental, it means to get outside and ‘Touch Grass’. Connect with the Earth, let her know you see her, you hear her, you feel her, you appreciate her, and feel in your heart that she is alive and well.”
Green Tips appeared in these issues of City Style and Living Magazine: Spring 2026; Fall 2024; Winter 2023. DON’T FORGET TO READ the SPRING 2026 issue of City Style and Living Magazine.
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