Communities throughout Windsor-Essex are getting together to celebrate the most eco-friendly day of the year — Earth Day.
Millions of people took to the streets to protest the negative impacts of 150-years of industrial-development on April 22, 1970 — 48 years later Earth Day is still going strong.
The city of Windsor is celebrating Earth Day by "Crushing Plastic" at Malden Park from 10am to 3pm Sunday. More than 40 environmental-exhibits will run alongside dozens of events.
It's the 28th year the city has organized an Earth Day gathering.
Essex Powerlines, the Essex Regional Conservation Authority, the Town of Tecumseh, and the Windsor Islamic Council are all holding tree-planting events to mark the occasion.
An estimated 1-billion people from 192 countries participate in Earth Day worldwide, according to the Earth Day Network.