The Martha’s Vineyard Museum was alive with activity Saturday afternoon as it hosted its first Earth Day Conservation Festival, a four-hour celebration of the Island’s natural environment.

Invest In Our Planet is the official theme for the 53rd annual celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and the Island’s conservation agencies, nonprofits and libraries are creating a diverse array of activities for Islanders to do just that.

Bands of hardy volunteers of all ages hit the beaches around the Island Saturday for the 30th annual Earth Day beach day cleanup. It marked the 30th year for the event, sponsored by the Vineyard Conservation Society.

Vineyard Conservation Society celebrates Earth Day on April 23 with its 30th Annual Beach Clean-Up Day.

Celebrate Earth Day early by lending a hand with the Vineyard Conservation Society’s 29th annual beach clean-up event.

Conservationists of all ages fanned out around shorelines up-Island and down Saturday for the Vineyard Conservation Society’s 27th annual beach cleanup.

Volunteers of all ages turned out for a cheerful spring cleaning of Island beaches Saturday morning as part of the 26th annual Earth Day beach cleanup.

Spring cleaning spreads to the great outdoors this weekend with the Vineyard Conservation Society’s 26th annual Earth Day beach clean-up.