Riverside Middle School students are reflected in the Rock River during a cleanup day at Riverside Park in Watertown, Wis., April 14, 2005. More than 250 sixth grade students participated in the event, which concluded with a tree planting in observance of Earth Day. Wisconsin was the site of the world's first Earth Day, when Sen. Gaylord Nelson, D-Wis., held a series of teach-ins on April 22, 1970.
Florida
"Love the Earth" is spelled out in various sand sculptures during an Earth Day-oriented event at the Cheeca Lodge in Islamorada, Fla., April 16, 2005. Participants paid $250 to form each letter featuring a Florida Keys icon. Proceeds benefit the Save-a-Turtle organization.
Georgia
A worker at CollectiveGood in Tucker, Ga., sorts through old cell phones and batteries for recycling, April 20, 2005. When Earth Day dawned in 1970, optimistic environmentalists said emerging technologies would help reduce the nation's reliance on coal, oil, insecticides and other toxins. But 35 years later, a big part of the problem appears to be technology itself, as electronic gizmos that contain hazardous chemicals, or "e-waste," may be poisoning people and ground water.
Georgia
The Atlanta Falcons' T.J. Duckett, center, and Rolling Stones keyboardist and avid forester Chuck Leavell, top right, help students from the Dowell and Nicholson Elementary schools plant trees, April 22, 2005, at Stout Park in Powder Springs, Ga. Theirs was part of a 10-city effort to plant more than 4,100 trees in an hour as part of an Earth Day attempt to break the Guinness record.
Seattle
Emanuel Torres, foreground, and other students from Sanislo Elementary School run with trees in hand to participate in a nationwide effort to break the Guinness World Record for most trees planted in an hour, April 22, 2005, in Seattle.
Seattle
Starbucks president and CEO Jim Donald, left, shovels rocks onto a path alongside Starbucks employee Charles Toxey, at Seward Park in Seattle, April 22, 2005. Thousands of Starbucks workers and volunteers around the world held Earth Day events as part of the company's commitment to contribute positively to communities and the environment.
Tennessee
President Bush delivers remarks on Earth Day at McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base in Knoxville, Tenn., April 22, 2005. Often at odds with environmentalists, Mr. Bush celebrated their holiday by claiming a solid environmental record by his administration. "We didn't create the earth but we have an obligation to protect it," he said. "We are meeting that obligation." A bad weather system moving through the Southeast forced the president to cancel a trip to the popular but polluted Great Smoky Mountains National Park, where he was to have helped with some quick restoration on a trail.
Iowa
St. Cecilia Catholic School fourth graders Nora Benson, 9, right, and Riley Austin, 10, spray paint storm drain stencils as part of an Earth Day event held at Ada Hayden Heritage Park in Ames, Iowa, April 22, 2005. The 2005 Earth Day celebration focused on how important wetlands are to the water supply and how individuals can improve the environment.
Vermont
Gov. James Douglas, right, joins Mitch Magarian and other students from Manchester Elementary Middle School drumming on old oil drums, during an Earth Day "junk jam" on the Statehouse lawn, April 22, 2005. The state was promoting a public information campaign to end trash burning in Vermont.
New York
Environmental activists hold up a tape strung with empty plastic bottles, at the New York State Capitol, April 19, 2005, in Albany, N.Y. The group came to the Capitol for their annual Earth Day lobbying effort.
New York
Hyla Wallis, a student at Dobbs Ferry High School, holds a tape strung with empty plastic bottles, at the New York State Capitol, background, April 19, 2005, in Albany, N.Y.
Hungary
Some 8,000 cyclers ride the Erzsebet bridge over the River Danube, in Budapest, Hungary, April 22, 2005. The "Critical Mass" movement organizes the giant bicycle rally every year on Earth Day as a protest demanding for more rights for urban cyclists.
Chile
Greenpeace activists pour contaminated water near stuffed birds placed at the main entrance to a cellulose company that has been accused of contaminating a river in southern Chile, part of the environmental group's actions to mark Earth Day, in Santiago, Chile, April 22, 2005.
Philippines
An activist displays a feminist logo decorated with slogans during the commemoration of Earth Day, April 22, 2005, in suburban Quezon City, east of Manila. The group at the gathering alleged that the Philippine government fails to protect the environment and has added to the destruction of the country's natural resources by granting concessions to logging and mining companies.
Philippines
An environmentalist spray paints a "closed" sign after the the office of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources was symbolically padlocked in commemoration of Earth Day, April 22, 2005, in suburban Quezon City, east of Manila.