Across the country today, Americans are honoring the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., by participating in community service projects. (Even the president and his family are doing it.)

Here’s the Environmental Protection Agency blogger Jeanethe Falvey’s take on how stronger community leads to a healthier planet.

Even the smallest efforts for the environment have always felt good and happily I can report there are others like me! In fact, one girl beat me to a plastic bag blowing across the street in downtown Boston a few weeks ago – kept me a whole notch cheerier for the rest of the day (…still actually).

A second ago, someone was a total stranger in a big city; the next, you feel like you’re a part of a community.

I’ve never seen a community service project that wasn’t filled with people smiling; happy to be helping others where they live and making their community a brighter, healthier place to be.

Read her blog on greening MLK day here.

You can also search for and register projects at mlkday.gov.

And if you get outside and give back today, tweet about it using #GreenMLK and #MLKDay.

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