50 Thought-Provoking Earth Day Would You Rather Questions (+ Fun Free Printable)
These fun Earth Day Would You Rather questions will spark conversations about sustainability, conservation, and our planet’s future.
From choosing between living off the grid to saving endangered species, these dilemmas challenge you to think about their impact on the Earth—while having a blast!
The Earth Day questions are perfect for:
- Classroom discussions
- Family game nights
- or Earth Day celebrations
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Choose between two interesting options.
Would you rather….
1. Plant trees OR clean up a local park?
2. Grow your own vegetables OR buy them at a farmer’s market?
3. Have the power to stop deforestation OR prevent pollution in oceans?
4. Spend a day hiking in the wilderness OR snorkeling in a coral reef?
5. Only have 1 day of electricity each week OR only have 1 day of running water each week?
6. Drive an electric car powered by renewable energy OR ride a bike everywhere you go?
7. Have a car-free day OR a meat-free day each week?
8. Use a reusable straw OR no straw at all?
9. Help plant a community garden OR pick up litter?
10. Use a clothesline OR take shorter showers?
11. Live in a treehouse OR live in a hut by the beach?
12. Use reusable bags OR use plastic bags?
13. Ride your bike to school/work OR carpool with neighbors?
14. Wash in cold water for a month OR walk or bike everywhere for a month?
15. Compost your food waste OR collect recycling and reuse it?
16. Go a year without plastic OR a year without electricity?
17. Only use reusable water bottles OR never use a straw again?
18. Have unlimited solar power OR unlimited clean water?
19. Take only bike rides everywhere OR walk everywhere?
20. Live in a treehouse OR an underground eco-home?
21. Save all the endangered sea turtles OR all the endangered tigers?
22. Talk to animals OR be able to grow any plant instantly?
23. Swim with dolphins OR hike with mountain gorillas?
24. Spend a year living in a rainforest OR a desert?
25. Have a pet penguin OR a pet panda?
26. Turn green like a plant when you stand in the sun OR glow like a firefly at night?
27. Grow all your own food OR never eat processed food again?
28. Only eat plant-based meals OR only eat locally sourced food?
29. Have the power to turn trash into trees OR make polluted air instantly clean?
30. Plant a vegetable garden OR an orchard full of fruit trees?
31. Give up chocolate OR give up coffee to help the environment?
32. Live with zero trash for a year OR only use solar power for a year?
33. Have to upcycle all your old clothes OR only shop secondhand forever?
34. Compost all your food scraps OR never use paper towels again?
35. Create a piece of art from recycled materials OR build a piece of furniture from repurposed wood?
36. Pick up 100 pieces of litter in a park OR clean up 50 plastic bottles from a beach?
37. Explore the ocean’s deepest trenches OR travel to an untouched rainforest?
38. Climb the highest mountain OR dive into the world’s biggest coral reef?
39. Spend a month volunteering to clean up the environment OR a month living completely off-grid?
40. Witness the Northern Lights in person OR see a total solar eclipse?
41. Spend a week in the Amazon Rainforest OR a week in Antarctica?
42. See the Grand Canyon OR the Great Barrier Reef?
43. Set your eyes on the Glowworm Caves in New Zealand OR Mount Everest in Nepal?
44. Live in weather that’s crazy hot OR crazy cold?
45. Wear clothes made from 100% recycled materials OR made from 100% plastic?
46. Plant 300 trees OR 300 acres of crops in a field?
47. Be a scientist on the International Space Station OR in the Aquarius Reef Base?
48. Swim in bioluminescent waters OR hike through a glowing mushroom forest?
49. Explore an active volcano OR dive into a deep-sea trench?
50. Have a garden that grows any plant instantly OR never produce any trash again?
Free Printable Would You Rather Worksheet for Earth Day
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