
Featured Event Family Concert with Mister G
Enjoy live family music outdoors at Chapel Hill Public Library with Latin GRAMMY Award-winning artist, children's book author, environmental activist, and educator Mister G.
The Town of Chapel Hill invites you to celebrate Earth Day all month long! We created a guide to activities, resources, and explorations to inspire action for our environment this month.
Learn about local environmental initiatives and how to make better decisions for a stronger climate future and a more sustainable planet.
Enjoy live family music outdoors at Chapel Hill Public Library with Latin GRAMMY Award-winning artist, children's book author, environmental activist, and educator Mister G.
Saturday, April 23 | 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Pritchard Park | Help us eliminate invasive weeds to promote greater diversity of native plants and animals, beautify the park, and create a healthier ecosystem for visitors to enjoy.
By Holly Felice
Installed 2021
Located at Booker Creek Basin Park
Large iridescent stainless steel sculptures towering about 12 feet above the trail. Each piece resembles a different inspect species that can be found in the space – butterfly, dragonfly, and ladybug.
By Laura Haddad & Tom Drugan
Installed 2009
Located at Southern Community Park.
Chapel Hill’s Green Way StoryWalks® feature diverse, culturally-relevant, environmentally-themed books to inspire learning about the earth and the environment, and to create connections between literacy, nature, exercise, and family time.
This April three area artists will be painting colorful murals around select storm drains in Chapel Hill to highlight the importance of clean stormwater management:
The Town’s Climate Action and Response Plan has 97 actions that are designed to lower the emissions that cause climate change, help us adapt to our changing climate, protect our local environment, and strengthen our community’s resilience.
Did you know the Town has added charging stations across the community? Plug in, free of charge, at one of the following locations:
One meaningful action each of us can take is to commit to producing less waste. By reducing what we need, reusing as much as we can, recycling what’s possible, and composting the rest, we help reduce landfill waste and greenhouse gas emissions. Orange County Solid Waste Management offers compost bins for sale and you can download this handy Do’s and Don’ts guide to get you started.
Drop your unused and unwanted prescription and over-the-counter medications in the drop box at Chapel Hill Police Headquarters so they don’t end up in our waterways or in the hands of someone they are not meant for. The drop box is in the Police Headquarters lobby at 828 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., which is open between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Chapel Hill Police will also collect medications at the Wegmans at 1810 Fordham Boulevard on Saturday, April 30, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.