Updated:
April 7, 2026

Champion a cleaner, safer planet for Earth Day

Unite your team on April 22, 2026 to celebrate Earth Day, a global movement dedicated to raising awareness and driving action for environmental protection.

This year the theme is "Our Power, Our Planet™," a rallying cry that emphasizes the power of an organized, determined public to achieve collective change.

Use the ready-made resources in our Earth Day activation kit to easily create a campaign that drives participation and inspires environmental stewardship

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Empower your teams to take action

Our activation kits give you ready-to-use content to launch timely, purpose-driven campaigns, saving you time and helping you boost engagement around key moments like Earth Day. 

With expertly curated content supporting nonprofits championing sustainability and environmental causes, this activation kit ensures your team is fully prepared to support the vital work of protecting our future.

In-office activities

Giving opportunity

How to use this content: You can use this template to create a giving opportunity for Earth Day 2026. We’ve created the text to be broadly useful for different programs. It’s flexible and adaptable so you can customize it for your program and regional needs.

Champion a cleaner, safer planet on Earth Day

Protect our future

The first Earth Day took place in 1970. Since then, more than 1 billion people have participated by raising awareness, volunteering and championing a cleaner, safer planet. We’ve learned a great deal about our world in the past 26 years, including the seriousness of the challenges we face and the important role we can play. This year’s Earth Day is a rallying cry for what we can do as individuals, and a reminder of what we can achieve collectively. As Earthday.org explains, “When your voice and your actions are united with thousands or millions of others around the world, we create a movement that is inclusive, impactful, and impossible to ignore.”

Nonprofit organizations across the planet are fighting for the world we will leave for the next generation. They are dedicated to education, advocacy, research, wildlife protection, habitat restoration and much more. You can join with millions of people this Earth Day and support the vital work of protecting our future.

US

  • Earth Day Network: Working with more than 150,000 partners in over 192 countries to drive positive action for our planet.
  • Earthjustice: Protecting people’s health, preserving magnificent places and wildlife, advancing clean energy, and combating climate change.
  • One Tree Planted: Restoring forest habitat for thousands of threatened species, increasing food security, and improving livelihoods in communities across five global regions.
  • Ocean Conservancy: Advising governments, building coalitions and engaging global citizens to implement evidence-based solutions to our ocean’s greatest challenges.‍
  • National Wildlife Federation: Uniting all Americans to ensure wildlife and people thrive in a rapidly changing world.

Canada

  • Nature Conservancy of Canada: Working to deliver large-scale, permanent land conservation.
  • Ecojustice Canada Society: Using the power of the law to defend nature, combat the climate crisis, and fight for a healthy environment for all.
  • Friends of the Earth / Les Amis de la Terre: Standing on guard for Mother Earth and her people.
  • Environmental Defence Canada: Working with government, industry and individuals to defend clean water, a safe climate and healthy communities.‍
  • Nature United/ Nature Unie: Building diverse partnerships and transforming collective strength into solutions to Canada’s greatest conservation challenges.

UK

  • Friends of the Earth: Working to create a sustainable future and fighting for climate justice.
  • Better Planet Education: Inspiring young people to look after our world.
  • Surfers Against Sewage: Building a community that cares deeply about the planet through innovative and ambitious campaigning and education programmes.
  • The Woodland Trust: Fighting to protect woods and trees, and preventing the loss of irreplaceable habitat.‍
  • Hubbub Foundation: Inspiring action that’s good for the environment and for everyone.

Australia

  • Clean Up Australia: Inspiring and mobilising communities to improve and conserve the environment, eliminate litter and end waste.
  • Australian Youth Climate Coalition: Building a generation-wide movement of young people to solve the climate crisis, by shifting the power towards a clean and just future.
  • Greening Australia: Rebuilding nature by connecting community, economy and environment in ways that benefit all.
  • Australian Marine Conservation Society: Connecting people, science and action to protect Australia’s extraordinary oceans.‍
  • Australian Conservation Foundation: Championing big solutions for big impact because nature is in crisis and needs us, now.

Validated nonprofit recommendations

Screening and selecting nonprofits takes a lot of careful work. And we do it for you.

Benevity’s teams research, evaluate and recommend nonprofits based on:

  • Up-to-date regulatory information and program eligibility
  • Self-certification declarations
  • Completed automated clearing house payments/electronic funds transfer details
  • Rigorous vetting against multiple watchlists (adverse media, politically exposed persons)
  • Regular follow-up to ensure causes remain in good standing

Benevity gives your people access to nearly 2 million validated nonprofits globally.

For Earth Day, consider supporting:

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Canada:

United Kingdom:

Australia:

News article

How to use this content: This template is designed to help you create a news article, a summary post linking to a volunteer or giving opportunity, to promote Earth Day. Feel free to customize it to fit your program’s goals and setup. We suggest you link your giving opportunity within this template to help drive engagement.

Champion a cleaner, safer planet on Earth Day

More than 1 billion people have participated in Earth Day since the first one in 1970. This year’s Earth Day is a rallying cry for what we can do as individuals, and a reminder of what we can achieve collectively. Nonprofit organizations across the planet are fighting for the world we will leave for the next generation. You can join with millions of people to support the vital work of protecting our future.

[Link to giving opportunity]

Communication templates

How to use this content: Here are two templates to spread the word about your campaign. One is to announce the campaign, the other is to share results. Customize the pieces that are enclosed in [square brackets]. Consider adapting the templates based on who is sending and your communication template.

Announcement template

To:

[All employees / All employees in a particular location / All employees in a particular division or department]

Subject:

[Email heading]

Body:

[Greeting]

[Add an introduction. Such as, “More than 1 billion people have participated in Earth Day since the first one in 1970. This year’s Earth Day is a rallying cry for what we can do as individuals, and a reminder of what we can achieve collectively. Nonprofit organizations across the planet are fighting for the world we will leave for the next generation. You can join with millions of people to support the vital work of protecting our future.”]

Ways you can help:

  • Make a donation [Provide more details, and then link to a campaign page or to the pages for the recommended nonprofits.]
  • [If you have Volunteering, you could search for opportunities related to this topic in your local area.]
  • [If you have Employee Groups, you could promote related activities led by your ERGs.]
  • [You can also include other associated company-wide activities or initiatives.]

[If the campaign is led or sponsored by a team member or by senior leadership, and they are not sending the email, consider including a quote from the campaign’s sponsor.]

[Include a brief summary of why this campaign is important.]

Thank you for your support!

Results template

To:

[All employees / All employees in a particular location / All employees in a particular division or department]

Subject:

[Email heading]

Body:

[Greeting.]

[Add an introduction. The introduction may be similar or adapted from the introduction in the announcement e-mail.]

[Summarize the list of possible action items you included in the previous e-mail.]

[Summarize the results of these action items, including the amount raised, the number of volunteer hours, the number of people who participated, etc.]

[Mention any specific activities or successes that you would like to highlight.]

[If possible, include the personal story and/or a quote from someone who participated in the campaign.]

[If available, include an image of someone participating in the campaign.]

[Include a final congratulations and thank you.]

Making an impact made easy

Quality content is a key contributor to campaign success and Benevity clients get access to pre-built, inclusive campaign content — right in the platform — making it easier than ever to inspire employee participation and support the causes that matter. These are just a few of the many ways Benevity’s Enterprise Impact Platform helps your company dramatically increase employee engagement and social impact — all in one place.

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