Mother Earth is a little like your own mother. She brought you into this world, but now the tables are turned and she could use your help. But unlike your human mother, you canย’t just stick the Earth in a nursing home (damn!).

Get started this Earth Day (Sunday, April 22) at Shelby Farms Park, where volunteers will be planting trees, painting fences, and working on other park improvement projects at Hip to Be Green Day. Local groups will be handing out information on how to get more involved in environmental stewardship. And for those whoย’d rather just lounge around with the buffalo, thereย’s live music all day long.