Would You Rather Earth Day Questions

Press a side to vote on 60 planet choices, from trash and gardens to talking with whales.

Would You Rather Earth Day Questions

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How it works

These would you rather Earth Day questions are choices about looking after the planet: what to fix, reuse, grow, protect or give up. Earth Day falls on April 22 each year; the cards work any day.

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Six topics, from the bin to the whole planet

Trash and reuse, Energy and water at home, Getting around, Wild places and animals and Food and gardens hold 10 real choices each, such as Walk everywhere for a month or bike everywhere for a month. Planet-sized wishes holds 10 that no one can do yet, such as Talk to whales or talk to trees.

Where the argument starts

Press Hard for 12 cards where both sides cost something, such as Give up flying for ten years or give up driving for one year. Ask each side to name what they would miss most.

Tips
  • Deal Energy and water at home last: every family finds out who leaves the lights on.

Questions and answers

What are good Earth Day would you rather questions for a class?

Start with the Easy cards, such as Build a home for bats or build a home for bees, and Heat your home with the sun or cool your home with the wind. Each side is something a student can picture at once.

When is Earth Day?

April 22 every year. The first Earth Day was held on April 22, 1970, in the United States, and it is now marked around the world.

Can I print the Earth Day questions?

Yes. Press Print questions for all 60 as slips to cut apart, or press a topic first to print only its 10 cards.

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All 60 questions

Trash and reuse 10

  • Would you rather carry a reusable bag everywhere or carry a reusable bottle everywhere?
  • Would you rather compost every food scrap or never waste a food scrap at all?
  • Would you rather fix a broken toy or build a new toy from scraps?
  • Would you rather give away half your things or buy nothing new for a year?
  • Would you rather live next to a recycling plant or live next to a compost farm?
  • Would you rather make no trash for a week or pick up litter for a whole day?
  • Would you rather pack every lunch with no wrappers or eat every lunch from a garden?
  • Would you rather sort the recycling every day or take out the trash every day?
  • Would you rather turn old jars into lamps or turn old shirts into a quilt?
  • Would you rather wear only secondhand clothes or wear one outfit you mend forever?

Energy and water at home 10

  • Would you rather catch rain in barrels for the garden or grow a vine to shade the windows?
  • Would you rather dry every load of washing on a line or wash every dish by hand?
  • Would you rather give up hot water or give up the fridge?
  • Would you rather have solar panels on the roof or have a wind turbine in the yard?
  • Would you rather heat your home with the sun or cool your home with the wind?
  • Would you rather keep the heat low and wear a sweater or keep the air off and use a fan?
  • Would you rather live in a house with a grass roof or live in a house made of old bottles?
  • Would you rather spend a night with no electricity or spend a day with no tap water?
  • Would you rather take a two-minute shower or take a bath once a week?
  • Would you rather turn off every light you pass or unplug every charger you pass?

Getting around 10

  • Would you rather carpool with your neighbors every day or take a slow bus alone every day?
  • Would you rather cross the country by train or stay home and explore your town?
  • Would you rather deliver mail by bicycle or deliver mail by sailboat?
  • Would you rather give up flying for ten years or give up driving for one year?
  • Would you rather live where you can walk everywhere or live where you can see the stars?
  • Would you rather pedal a bike that powers your house or row a boat that lights a street?
  • Would you rather plant trees along every road or paint bike lanes on every road?
  • Would you rather ride a bus that runs on sunshine or ride a train that runs on wind?
  • Would you rather skate to every errand or scooter to every errand?
  • Would you rather walk everywhere for a month or bike everywhere for a month?

Wild places and animals 10

  • Would you rather adopt a stretch of trail or adopt a patch of shoreline?
  • Would you rather build a home for bats or build a home for bees?
  • Would you rather clean up a beach after a storm or clean up a river after a flood?
  • Would you rather count birds in a park for a day or count frogs in a pond for a night?
  • Would you rather let a wild corner of your yard grow or fill your yard with bird feeders?
  • Would you rather protect a coral reef or protect a rainforest?
  • Would you rather save one species from dying out or save one forest from being cut?
  • Would you rather spend a year as a park ranger or spend a year on an ocean research ship?
  • Would you rather talk to whales or talk to trees?
  • Would you rather turn your lawn into a meadow or turn your lawn into a vegetable patch?

Food and gardens 10

  • Would you rather cook every meal from leftovers or cook every meal from one pot?
  • Would you rather eat only food grown near you or eat only food with no packaging?
  • Would you rather go meat-free one day a week or waste no food one day a week?
  • Would you rather grow a garden on a rooftop or grow a garden on a balcony?
  • Would you rather grow all your own vegetables or buy everything at a farmers market?
  • Would you rather keep chickens for eggs or keep bees for honey?
  • Would you rather pick your own apples or pick your own strawberries?
  • Would you rather plant a fruit tree or plant a herb garden?
  • Would you rather share a garden with your street or share a fridge with your street?
  • Would you rather turn apple cores into compost or turn banana peels into plant food?

Planet-sized wishes 10

  • Would you rather bring back one lost animal or protect every animal alive today?
  • Would you rather have every day be Earth Day or have one perfect Earth Day a year?
  • Would you rather hear what the planet thinks of us or see Earth from space once?
  • Would you rather invent a bottle that becomes a seed or invent a shoe that plants flowers?
  • Would you rather live in a treehouse city or live in an underwater city?
  • Would you rather make plastic melt into soil in a day or make cars run on puddle water?
  • Would you rather plant a million trees with one wave or clean every ocean with one wave?
  • Would you rather power your town with laughter or power your town with dancing?
  • Would you rather shrink to the size of an ant or grow as tall as a redwood?
  • Would you rather turn every parking lot into a park or turn every rooftop into a farm?
How this list was compiled

Own work: 60 two-option questions written for this page in September 2026, none taken from another site's list, and no card or option reused from the other would you rather decks on this site (checked by script on 2026-09-23). Every card is a choice about looking after the planet: trash and reuse, energy and water at home, getting around, wild places and animals, food and gardens, and a few planet-sized wishes. No card states a fact to be checked. The Earth Day date on this page follows https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Day, read 2026-09-23: Earth Day is held on April 22 each year, and the first was in 1970. Nothing here involves danger, a phone or a brand. Licence: own work