Earth Day is a very important event, celebrated around the world for the past 40 years. As we need to become more and more aware of the peril our planet is facing, Earth Day is a great opportunity to teach visitors about the challenges Earth faces due to climate changes. It also teaches us about the ways, habits and solutions we can find and apply to our daily life to help preserve our planet. Earth Day is the same day as the spring equinox, the 22d of April. However it is often celebrated the weekend before, this year it is on Sunday April 18th. So if you want to learn and be part of this green global community, here is some information about diverse Earth Day celebrations on the West Coast and other major cities.

Earth Day events in San Diego

San Diego Earth Day is one of the largest Earth Day events in the world. The festivities take over Balboa Park. As it is an important environmental awareness event, it brings together a very large diversified crowd, and is a great family attraction. Many boothes are built to teach and make you aware about how to conserve energy, and other environment friendly topics; there is a large food court with lots of different cuisines, from meat to vegan and organic food. It presents various activities and introduces green concepts to reach out to a vast age ranch. So come to Balboa Park from 10 am to 5 pm on April 18th to celebrate Earth Day to learn how you can help save our planet or support organizations who works for this.

Earth Day events in Bay Area

If you are in Northern California not to worry, you will find a way to celebrate Earth Day as well! Earth Day in San Francisco is not a large festival like in San Diego, but it is still an important event. Instead of a large festival, you can find a lot of various events, sometimes even for the whole week after the actual Earth Day. On the 18th, between 11am and 4pm you can go to Sausalito to celebrate Earth Day with a group of hikers. This is a great family experience to learn about the environment.
The major event in the Bay Are is Oakland Earth Day on the 17th of April between 9am and noon, where you can volunteer to help clean Oakland! Otherwise, you should stop by the Oakland Zoo, where a great Earth Day celebration is organized between 10 am and 3 pm. Boothes, demonstrations and activities are planned to share tips with you on how to be more green and care for our planet.

Earth Day events in Seattle

Seattle also has many events planned in the honor of Earth Day. If you like to give your time and help the community, the Pacific Science Center Earth Day event is an interesting plan. You can help take care of the park. For sportive people you can participate to the Earth Day 5K and Alumni Run on the 18th. This event is a fundraising event to help protect the environment and support the community. For more Earth Day events in Seattle read here.
If you are looking to share your knowledge and be part of Earth Day to actively help the planet, a special event is planned at St. Edwards State Park. You can be there as a visitor or as an exhibitor. So don’t wait check it out and help make this day special and successful.

Earth Day events in Phoenix

On April 22d, Phoenix celebrates Earth Day at the Cesar Chavez Plaza. This business event allows people to interact and exchange ideas and projects to save the environment such as recycling techniques, water waste management and such.

Earth Day events in Las Vegas

Though Earth Day is an important celebration, not every city organizes a festival with booths and such, Las Vegas keeps it up to the business around town to celebrate Earth day in their own way. From Macy’s to the Las Vegas History Museum, various projects happen during Earth Day week to help raise awareness for green habits.

Fox Rent A Car Earth Day Event

And because at Fox Rent A Car we also believe in change toward a better and greener way of life, we decided to organize our own Earth Day celebration! We give you a whooping 15 % off on all Hybrid Rentals with Fox Rent A Car for this special day! So make sure to support the cause and rent an Hybrid on Earth Day!

Our new promotion is here: Fox Rent A Car wants to celebrate Earth Day with you and will give you a whooping 15 % off on all Hybrid Rentals with Fox Rent A Car for this special day!

History of Earth Day:

Earth Day is celebrated on 22nd April this year. The day was coined by Senator Gaylord Nelson with the first Earth Day being celebrated on 22nd April 1970. This year, we celebrate the 40th anniversary of Earth Day and it has become far more than an effort to bring the environmental concerns into the political limelight as it was 40 years back. Today Earth Day is a day where we remember to make the Earth a better, cleaner and safer place to stay for everyone. More than 500 million people across 164 countries celebrate this day in more ways than one.
Children are encouraged to take on environmental projects and make a difference to the Earth on this day. There are demonstrators that put across their point peacefully to make sure that some of the pressing needs of the environment are noticed and acted upon. People plant trees to ensure a greener environment and start projects that involve the use of renewable energy. Families cook Earth Day meals and teach others about the benefits of recycling and reusing.

Celebrate Earth Day with Fox Hybrid Rental Cars for 15 % less!

Fox Rent A Car is also making its contribution to the Earth Day this year by announcing a 15 percent discount on Hybrid Rental Cars. A car that works on two engines, the hybrid gives better mileage for less gas consumption, thereby reducing the use of non renewable energy like petroleum. One engine of the Hybrid Rental Cars uses regular gas while the other uses electricity. The dual engine ensures that there are lower emissions while ensuring adequate power and better fuel efficiency.

Fox Rent A Car’s Hybrid Rental Car option: Honda Insight

With the Honda Insight Fox Rent A Car gives you the option to choose an environmentally friendly rental car for your trip. With an elegant style and 5 person seat capacity, these hybrid rental cars offered by Fox Rent A Car are spacious too. Fox Rent A Car is one car rental company that cares about the environment and therefore promotes renting the hybrid option, especially on the Earth Day when you should be making sure that you participate in the celebration.
With comfort that is as good (if not better) than a large number of other cars and fuel efficiency that cannot be matched, hybrid rental cars are an easy way for you to contribute to the environment while getting a great 15 percent discount on the rental car bill, not to mention the fuel costs that you save.

Fox Goes Green: the Hybrid as a Rental Choice.

Fox is proud to inform you about a new choice in its listing of car models.  The hybrid,  Honda Insight, is now available!

Fox Goes Green
Fox Rent A Car is concerned about the future of our planet.  Aren’t you? This is why Fox Rent A Car promotes  the new Hybrid as an option for your car rental. Pushing the importance of making our choices more green to ensure future generations can experience what we  enjoy daily on our planet is a major concern today. Fox Rent A Car participates in this trend and incites you to be concerned as well. By promoting the Hybrid, Fox Rent A Car underlines the importance of reducing gas consumption and pollution, and increasing an environmentally friendly lifestyle. The Hybrid car option is a campaign in favor of our planet’s future; it is a campaign for better and smarter choices. Be part of it! Help Fox Rent A Car to support the transportation revolution – go green!

About the Hybrid
The Hybrid car is a new fuel efficient car that gives you better mileage for less gas consumption. The Hybrid is working with of two engines, one engine burns regular gas, the other uses electricity. Hybrid cars are better for the environment as they produce less fumes. It is also better for you since it is more fuel efficient, you will spend less on gas and the engines are much quieter than. Find out more about the Hybrid Cars here and read the Pros of Driving a Hybrid.

The Honda Insight
Fox Rent A Car gives you the green choice to rent the new Honda Insight Hybrid! Tempting, right?  This great elegant and cutting edge style car will seat comfortably 5 persons and also has room for 3 medium size suitcases in the trunk. More than spacious, this car also offers great gas mileage  – 40 to 43 mpg – and is all powered up! (You can also get a better feel for it on this review page.)

Why renting the Hybrid?
The Hybrid is more than a rental. It is a whole new driving experience. Think Green! Chose the hybrid because of its comfort, its fuel efficiency, but also because it is better for the environment. Also look for the promotions that Fox Rent A Car offers. Reserve your Hybrid now and get 5% off your car rental.

Make smarter, greener choices, let Fox Rent A Car help you to make your trip a little greener…. rent a Hybrid!

Advantages of Hybrid Cars

Car companies are offering and promoting more and more  hybrid cars…. so what is this all about anyway you ask yourself. Well it’s one of those great advantage of  technology and development that make your life easier and better! Let me tell you the advantages of driving a hybrid car.

Cut Fuel Costs
Imagine saving money while driving your car! This is the number 1 advantage to drive a hybrid. Driving a hybrid car can actually cut your fuel cost in half! A hybrid car has two engines: an electric and a regular gas fueled combustion engine. Your car therefore has two sources of power. Electric power is much cleaner than fuel power, so you are not only saving money, but also the environment!

Hybrid Tax Credit
You will say, okay saving money on gas is good, but is it really worth investing in a hybrid for this. And I will say wait!  There is more! More than just decreasing your gas expenses, the government is supporting the green cause by giving a Hybrid Tax Credits to hybrid owners… Find out more about Hybrid Tax Credit here. So now your hybrid can save you money two ways: lowering your gas and taxes expenses.

Go green
We are all aware now that our cars are an important factor that harms our environment. Thanks to its double engine, the hybrid creates less fumes, and therefore less pollution. Driving a hybrid will diminish the greenhouse effect through lower fuel consumption and reduce your carbon foot print. Driving a hybrid can give you a clean conscience about driving!e The electric engine even charges itself through breaking and the gas engine,  so you don’t even need to recharge it!

Investment
Finally it has been proven that hybrid cars are more efficient than conventional cars and have a much higher resell price. So it is a good investment on the short and longer run.

So why not drive a car that gives you economic advantages while also being eco-friendly and help decrease the oil consumption? Fox Rent A Car is conscious about saving the environment and supports clean technologies. We offer to all our customers a 5 % discount on all Hybrid car models. If  you are still hesitant to buy a Hybrid, take it on a test ride for a weekend and see for yourself if it is the right choice for you!

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