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In one of the more surreal moments from Streets are for People’s Tuesday visit to Queen’s Park, Rosario Marchese, the NDP MPP for Trinity-Spadina, donned Captain Planet–style superhero digs, made with a few go-get-’em words about public transit, and took flight into the Legislative Assembly’s inner chamber to save the known universe.

Several hundred environmentalist activists marched through downtown Toronto on Sunday on "Reclaim Earth Day." The exuberant parade called on the Harper government to implement an about-face on climate change policy and to implement the Kyoto Protocol.

Photo of Chris Turner at the Greater World Earthship community in New Mexico by Ashley Bristowe.

Do you think you can turn your lights off for an hour? The WWF is challenging people around the world to do just that at 8 p.m. local time on March 29. The global event is called Earth Hour, and the goal is to raise awareness of global warming. Last year's inaugural event took place in Sydney, Australia, where more than 2 million people and 2100 businesses turned off their lights. The result was a 10% reduction in the demand for electricity during the hour-long action.

Now that you're informed about the unhappy and scary state of the earth, it's time to do something about it. The next ArtJam will not only showcase the usual fusion of art and music, but will be a fundraiser for WTF, or the Weather Task Force. Come out to Rancho Relaxo on Friday, June 29 at 8 p.m. and pay $7 cover to help out this environmental alliance—after all, WTF organizes a bunch of those Earth Day events and activities you participate in. Listen to tunes by Teknostep, The Flying Museum Band, Tripped on Water, and Dangerous Brains and check out art by Bradford Wilson, Barrie Biederman, Stephanie Latulippe, and Lex Buchanan in the name of fighting climate change. If you can’t make it tonight, you'll still have many more opportunities to contribute—a portion of proceeds from all future ArtJams will go towards the development of renewable resources.

Tonight at 8 p.m., Freedom Clothing Collective, a clothing store specialising in Toronto-designed garments made using sustainable materials, re-opens its door in celebration of Earth Day (which was actually last Sunday...Earth Week?) and shows off its new renovations.

Spring has finally sprung in a big way, just in time for Earth Day. Tomorrow, why not try something new, while also doing your part to help save the planet?

If you don’t have lunch plans for tomorrow, you may want to pencil this in. April 19 marks Camros Organic Eatery's first anniversary at 25 Hayden Street, one block south-east of Yonge and Bloor. Although tucked away on a side street in what used to be a travel agency, Camros has managed to attract hoards of loyal followers. They come for the positive vibes, the commitment to the environment and of course the organic, healthy, vegetarian food.

In case this week's issue of Now isn't reminder enough, tommorow is Earth Day. And there are plenty of Earth Day events around town. Downsview Park is holding a festival and massive tree planting. They're trying to plant 1000 trees so there should be plenty for all. There'll be a live animal show, face painting and Torontoist favourite, crafts!

The year is 5766. Davenport M.P.P. Tony Ruprecht issues free calendars to his constituents. Torontoist decides to use its calendar because wasting paper is bad— worse even than the dismal layout of Mr. Ruprecht’s calendar. Besides, that spot on the wall has been bare ever since the frolicking Daschunds of 2005 went out of style.

Lest you somehow forget it’s Earth Day (Earth Week, Earth Year, whatever) and Mayor Miller gives you a hall pass on the 20-Minute Toronto Makeover, you still have some spring cleaning to do. And so, the good environmentally-friendly folks at ECOgent have developed a residential version of their industrial cleaning product, which contains 100% natural ingredients and is free of phosphates, dyes, perfumes and pesticides. It's so safe, you can practically drink it - though Torontoist doesn’t recommend this (try an Earth-tini instead). For about thirty bucks, the new Household Cleaning Kit, certified by Environment Canada’s Environmental Choice Program, can be picked up at retailers around the city, or ordered online here. Best of all, the product's standard-issue packaging doesn't pander to yuppie aesthetics and middle-class eco-guilt with soft-focus flowers or clip-art waterfalls. In fact, the bottle isn’t even remotely stylish. It’s even quite possibly ugly. But it works.

If David Miller hosted a talk show, this week's theme would be "20-minute Make-Overs." Except instead of people who watch television all afternoon, the participants would be Toronto's parks. Miller is urging Torontonians to "join their neighbours for the citywide clean-up, which will take place on Friday, April 22 (Earth Day)." Various clean-up bags are available at Beer Stores, Pizza Pizzas and Parks and Recs Community Centres.