Earth Day: Meaningful Team Building Activities

Every human can get behind Earth Day, regardless of religion or political beliefs. So, Earth Day is a fantastic occasion to bring your team together.

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Communities worldwide and generations to come will always share one thing—the desire to be safe, to contribute, and to enjoy Earth’s resources:

• the land, where our food grows
• the air we breathe when we gather outdoors
• the natural resources, from which our tools are made

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Earth Day is about appreciating and preserving our natural resources for each other.

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How to do Earth Day team-building

• Make your activities fun and connect them to your company’s values:
  • Is your core value family? Explore how the great outdoors helps families bond.
  • Is your core value equality? Volunteer for a clean water access project.
• Try new practices that will stick beyond Earth Day. For example, buy a dishwasher and let employees use their favorite mugs instead of disposable cups.
• Support local non-profits and small businesses. Your employees will see how your efforts improve their communities.

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How not to do Earth Day team-building

• Greenwash Earth Day, e.g. buy everyone shirts that say, “Save the Earth.”
• Design complicated one-off exercises. For example, if you set up a family garden at your office, you need a plan to maintain it.
• Support initiatives that aren’t tangible to your employees. It’s better to spend a day helping a local farmer than to donate to a global organization.