Sestri Levante, Italy: International Creativity Conference, CREA

Bangkok,Thailand: The Learning Organization in a Learning World conference where the Bankgok WCID festival for street children was highlighted and activities held for the poorer children of Bangkok.

Buenos Aires, Zona Norte, Argentina: Quijote Pathway along 50 blocks where local businesses, artists, shops and individuals are invited to participate in creative activities.

Neenah, Wisconsin:

a family has their children plan and make dinner instead of the parents on April 21.  

Brussels, Belgium organize a number of simultaneous workshops with a number of prominent and stimulating facilitators on Creativity throughout the day.

PHD Canada and Touche media companies involve everyone in their offices to do things just a little differently.

Sydney, Australia planned a Mandala Day for April 21st which included a course and practice for the community.

Los Angeles, CA Sierra Club held a walk to generate creative ideas for getting people involved in Earth Day. The walk included four distinct habitats from marshlands to tide pools.

Staffordshire, England, a group of women each made a new recipe for a potluck dinner eaten while enjoying a new DVD.

Hamilton, Ontario, Dofasco Industries has been celebrating since 2001, having guest speakers, activities in the lunch room and idea sessions.

Toronto, Canada, one man happily wears one blue sock and one brown sock during the day and tells his children to brush their teeth with the other hand.

Markham, Ontario, a school wrote and produced a musical featuring the seven creative principles of  Leonardo da Vinci.

Pfizer Consumer Health, celebrated with a week-long series of events in everyone of their offices world-wide.

The United Nations sent "Creativity Day" emails to all its employees in Training and Development.

San Diego, a creativity and humor playshop engaged a cross-section of people in a variety of creativity-sparking exercises.

Buffalo Museum of Science and the Ontario Science Centre hosted hands-on workshops for children.

The Netherlands holds creativity walks with civil servants and officers of NGO’s to foster creative approaches to public policy and programs.

A group of schools in Argentina created collaborative art using the Internet. Students also created a radio program featuring the importance of Creativity week.

Johnson & Johnson Medical Products, Toronto held a week-long innovation campaign to boost moral and new idea thinking.

April 15 - 21 every year

What might you do this year to celebrate?

Hold a brainstorm session?  Talk about a time when you felt really creative? Release a passion? Do something differently? Do something you love? Ask a new question or two? Brush your teeth with your other hand?

Celebrations began in 2002 and has grown to include 46 countries and over 106 communities, businesses and schools.

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