✦ Sponsor an Earth Day Cleanup ✦
As a nonprofit, we rely on community support to sustain year-round lake cleanups and environmental education programs. Your contribution ensures that we can continue this important work. If your organization would like to sponsor an Earth Day cleanup this Spring, you can find more information here.
Lake Merritt Bird Walk
Wednesday, March 26, 2025 – 9:30am to 12 pm
Spring is springing at the lake and the winter visitors will have mostly – but not all – headed north. The little grebes and Ruddy Ducks will be beginning to put on their party clothes, and with luck the cormorants will be nesting and squabbling and casting blessings on the bench by the playground. Registration closes two days before event at 11pm on Monday, March 24.
🌎 Join Lake Merritt Institute for
Oakland’s 31st Annual Earth Day! 🌎
We’re honored to be part of this citywide celebration of community and stewardship. Help us clean Lake Merritt for the wildlife!
📅 Saturday, April 19th, 2025
⏰ 9:30 AM – 12:00 PM
📍 568 Bellevue Avenue, Oakland
✅ RSVP here:
https://bit.ly/lmivolunteer
Light refreshments will be provided. Thank you Equator Coffees!
Spring Serenade – A Concert for Sustainability and Renewal
Zach Salsburg-Frank, Music Director
Featuring strings from Young People’s Symphony Orchestra (YPSO) and internationally acclaimed organist, Benjamin Bachmann.
This concert is in partnership with YPSO, Keep Oakland Beautiful, and the Lake Merritt Institute.
Saturday, April 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Park Boulevard Presbyterian Church
Sunday, April 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church
Tickets $35
Pacific Boychoir Presents: For the Beauty of the Earth
Join the GRAMMY-winning Pacific Boychoir for an inspiring spring concert celebrating the beauty of our planet and the urgency of environmental stewardship. For the Beauty of the Earth brings together powerful choral works that honor nature, reflect on our relationship with the environment, and call for sustainability.
Featuring selections from Haydn’s The Creation, Bernstein’s Make Our Garden Grow, Shaw/Walker’s Deep River, and more, this program weaves together themes of wonder, reverence, and responsibility. In partnership with Young People’s Symphony Orchestra, Lake Merritt Institute, and Keep Oakland Beautiful, this concert is part of a larger commitment to environmental action during Earth Week.
Through music, we reflect on our place in the natural world and the responsibility we share in preserving it.
🐝 Keep Oakland Bee-autiful: Earth Day Celebration 2025 🐝
Join us on 5/10 for the Bay Area’s BIGGEST Earth Day Celebration as we honor Oaktown folks who beautify our community!
Lake Merritt Institute is excited to be an exhibitor at this incredible event. Come down to learn more and enjoy this wonderful Earth Day celebration.