Local Events for the Earth - 2026
These events are hosted by local groups in coordination with Earth Day Durango.
Events will continue to be added throughout the year.
Keep checking back!
JANUARY
Giving circle for local environmental nonprofits.
6pm, Union Social House.
Go to 100fortheearth.org for more information.
Want to Learn More About Plastics Recycling?
Thursday, January 22, 2026 6-8 PM at the Durango Public Library.
Join the Durango Dharma Center for a short documentary film followed by three guest speakers and Q&A. This is a free event open to the public.
Go to durangodharmacenter.org for more info.
FEBRUARY
MARCH
DoubleTree Hilton.
Schedule and register here: https://www.durangoscape.org/
APRIL
“Ten Commandments for Planet Earth”
Interactive workshop on environmental ethics
Presenter: Dick White, sustainability and climate protection advocate
Former astronomy professor, City Councilor and Mayor of Durango
Date: Saturday, April 4
Time: 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Place: R Space
734 E. 2nd Avenue, Durango
Cost: Free
Limited seating
To register, contact dick@EnduringGreenGlobe.com
Description:
Participants will discuss each of the ecological ten commandments, which parallel the biblical Old Testament versions. We will continue to consider two ecological commandments (Love Earth and Love One Another) that mandate environmental and social sustainability, and how they also lead to economic sustainability. The workshop will conclude with brainstorming about actions we can take to advance sustainability in our world.
Although the Ten Commandments framework draws on cultural familiarity with the biblical version, the formulation emerges from consideration of the ethical role of humans in a mysterious evolving universe. This perspective is consistent with but does not require religious belief.
Looking for a costume for the Earth Day Parade?
Act for the Earth! Join us for a FREE, fun, hands-on mask-making workshop where kids and families turn up-cycled and recycled materials into colorful masks inspired by the Earth, animals, and nature!
- Cardboard, paper scaps & clean packaging
- Earth-, animal-, & nature-themed masks
- Easy, kid-friendly projects
- A creative way to learn how to care for our planet
Perfect for Earth Day and all ages. No experience needed, just imagination!
Seed Studio, 1309 E 3rd Ave, Rm 106, Durango, CO
April 11, 9-noon
Event held by SOIL Lab
Giving Circle. 6pm, 11th St Station.
Go to 100fortheEarth.org for more info.
Durango Running Club and is organizing an Earth Day 5K race to raise funds for Compañeros.
Saturday, April 18, 2026
8:30 am race start – over by 9:30 am
Rotary Park and Animas River Trail
Register here: https://runsignup.com/
10:30 Procession of Species Parade on Main
11-3 Celebration in Buckley Park
Click here for the Earth Day schedule.
This is a fundraiser for the Montessori school. (More)
Join us at the Center of Southwest Studies for a special artist talk with Diné photographer, curator, and creative collaborator, Rapheal Begay.
Rapheal is a “visual storyteller” based in Tségháhoodzání (Window Rock, Arizona), who uses cultural landscape photography, Indigenous storytelling traditions, and land-based knowledge to inform his creative practice, and to preserve memory and understanding found within the Diné way of life.
Rapheal will share about his professional approach that have created successful include ALL REZ: Kéyah, Hooghan, K’é, Iiná | Land, Home, Kinship, Life(The Maxwell Museum of Anthropology at the University of New Mexico and Axle Contemporary), the first traveling site-specific photography exhibition across the Navajo Nation. He was also co-curator of the highly acclaimed exhibition Horizons: Weaving Between the Lines with Diné Textiles (Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Santa Fe, 2023–2025). Named as one of 12 New Mexico Artists to Know in 2020 by Southwest Contemporary,Rapheal is also the recipient of the 2021-22 Goodman Aspiring Artist Fellowship from the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture. He holds a BFA in Photography with a minor in Arts Management and a Certificate in Museum Studies from the University of New Mexico.
More: https://swcenter.fortlewis.
This artist talk is connected to our yearlong series of programming under the “Power of Place” initiative, made possible with generous support from the Belonging Colorado initiative of The Denver Foundation and the Greater Good Science Center.
Website (this event will be posted next week): https://swcenter.fortlewis.