Seven events to help you feel good about the planet.

Opportunities to get outside, get involved and get inspired

Earth Day 2021 is today and marks a worldwide celebration of the environment, climate action and conservation.

Want to get outside or get involved?

Although the coronavirus pandemic stymied celebrations during 2020, many local groups and organizations are having Earth Day events throughout the week to help Bay Area residents take action safely this year.

Here are seven things you can do to help you feel good about the planet:

1. Earthday.org will present an Earth Day Live global event starting at 9 a.m. Pacific time. The livestream will focus on the theme “Restore our Earth,” with presentations on new green technologies, reforestation, regenerative agriculture and citizen science.

Join young leaders, activists, artists and musicians for the live event on YouTube.

2. Help the San Jose Department of Parks and Recreation

get ready for spring at two park cleanup events Saturday. Tools and instructions will be provided — just bring a mask, close-toed shoes and a water bottle. Both cleanups — Rubino Park and Selma Olinder Park — will go from 8:15 a.m. to noon.

3. Volunteer at Urban Tilth’s North Richmond Farm on Saturday. From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. plant seeds, paint signs and help clean up the community farm dedicated to building a more sustainable and just food system in Contra Costa County. Masks are required.

4. On Sunday, join the San Lorenzo Valley Museum in Boulder Creek for a Celebrating Earth: Discovering Nature event. From 1 to 3 p.m. explore the natural history around the museum and practice nature journalizing. You’ll have a chance to learn how to record and identify species with the iNauturalist app, so bring your mobile device or a journal. The event is free, and masks are required.

5. Bring your old documents

or electronic items to a recycling event. On Sunday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. bring old electronics to the parking lot of the Hiller Aviation Museum in San Carlos.

And Half Moon Bay Residents can bring their ewaste and documents for shredding to Smith Field from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday.

The city of Half Moon Bay also is hosting a “What Goes Where?” workshop via Zoom on April 29 from 6 to 7 p.m. to learn more about waste sorting at home.

6. Celebrate at home with a Zoom discussion on how to preserve and share public

lands and local natural spaces equitably in San Mateo County. Join stewardship organizations, including the San Mateo County Parks Department and the Midpeninsula Open Space District at 3:30 p.m. today for a virtual presentation and conversation.

7. Join Transition Palo Alto on Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. for a virtual screening and discussion of three short films about the interconnectedness of nature, life, and society.

The films are part of the Connectivity Project, a documentary series featuring indigenous elders, scientists and activists.

FILE: ANDA CHU — STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER From left, Max Laubstein, 12, Brenda Roberts and Kym Cadle, all of Montclair, clear debris from the pond during an Earth Day cleanup at Montclair Park in Oakland on April 18, 2015.

FILE: ARIC CRABB — STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Volunteer Bonnie Lee sweeps up vegetation along Moraga Avenue during a previous Earth Day cleanup event in Montclair.