What did you do to celebrate Earth Day? The greenest day of the year started early for me, when I woke up at the crack of dawn to head over to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles for a big Earth Day announcement.

The big news: A whole bunch of concrete and asphalt is going to be ripped out of the area, to create 3.5 acres of urban outdoor natural space and hands-on learning exhibits! More on that soon; for now’s a photo of one of the renderings of the new and improved museum space.

Then I went up to Los Angeles’ Koreatown for the Wilshire Center Earth Day. There I heard local bands, smelled local chanterelles (above), and watched people make off with free tree saplings to plant in their yards (below).

Best of all, I got a bargain on local, organic oranges from the people at Jae Il Farm, who came down from San Bernardino for the event.

Once I got back home, I was unable to resist the oranges:

In the evening, I headed over to Green Lounge Celebration and Awards, an eco-luxe event in Santa Monica. There I watched green-clad aerielists perform!

There was organic pizza from Pizza Fusion (the Santa Monica location) — and in real L.A. style — wheatgrass cocktails made with 360 vodka shaken up by a friendly bartender –

And served up in a biodegradable cup — which I reused a few times!

What did you do on Earth Day? I missed out on the I Heart Earth Green Drinks and the Avatar star-studded benefit, both in downtown L.A. — as well as many other eco-happenings. Did you go to those? Share the green details in the comments –

And don’t forget about the Earth Week events happening this weekend!

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