April 22nd is Earth Day. Since it was founded by Senator Gaylord Nelson in 1970, April 22nd has been a day reserved for education, action, activism, and recognition of the delicate interconnectedness of our beautiful planet. Here at CSGM, we'd like to take the opportunity to provide you with some excellent resources about the holiday, as well as let you know how some of our environmental member organizations are observing today. Please support your planet Earth.
Warmly,
CSGM Staff
CSGM Member-Sponsored Earth Day Events:
40th Anniversary of Earth Day Celebration
Sierra Club Foundation (website)
Thursday, April 22, 5:00 - 7:00 pm
Milwaukee's Lakefront Coast Guard Pavilion, 1700 N. Lincoln Memorial Drive (across from Alterra at the Lake)
Enjoy an Eco-puppet pageant, musicians, dancers, puppeteers, poets, girls' choir, photography, children's re-cycle art activities, speakers and some world-renowned guests.
Earth Day Open House Celebration
Growing Power (website)
Thursday, April 22, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
5500 W. Silver Spring Drive, Milwaukee
Celebrate Earth Day at Growing Power with tours, wine tasting, and food sampling. This year, Growing Power honors Earth Day with its new solar panel installation and a stormwater collection system.
23rd Annual Earth Poets and Musicians
Urban Ecology Center (website)
Friday, April 23, 7:00 pm
Join the Urban Ecology and special guest and recent Milwaukee poet laureate Susan Firer for this annual tradition of interactive music and poetry for the whole family. Freel free to bring along your own poem or song for Mother Earth.
Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin (website)
Saturday, April 24
Rice Lake, WI
The Bike Fed is sponsoring this Earth Day road ride in Rice Lake. For more information, contact jacob.newborn@bfw.org.
Wellspring Earth Day Open House & Herb Sale
Wellspring Inc. (website)
Saturday, April 24, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
4382 Hickory Road, West Bend, WI
Come visit Wellspring at their Earth Day Open House & Herb Sale. In addition to a variety of culinary herbs on sale, there will be tours of the gardens, refreshments, and outdoor work projects.
Friends of Wisconsin State Parks (website)
Saturday, April 24
Various Wisconsin state parks and trails
Celebrate Earth Day 2010 at a Wisconsin State Park or Trail near you! Join Friends of Wisconsin State Parks, local Friends groups, and State Park System staff on Saturday, April 24th or May 8th for a day of volunteering and fun.
Urban Ecology Center (website)
Saturday, April 24, noon - 4:00 pm
Urban Ecology Center, Riverside Park and Washington Park locations
Join the Urban Ecology Center and celebrate Earth Day at both of its Milwaukee locations. Stop by Riverside Park for music by 18 Strings, live animals, Korean drum performance, rock climbing, plant seed sale, nature hikes and more. Want to make a positive impact in your county parks? Stop by the Washington Park location to pitch in with trash roundups, lagoon restoration efforts, and park improvement projects, and stick around for recycled crafts, canoeing, music and more.
Local Earth Day News & Articles:
Rethinking our food -- from Gaylord Nelson to a tomato
Urban Ecology Center 'River Reflections,' May & June 2010
Urban Ecology Center Executive Director Ken Leinbach discusses how Gaylord Nelson's vision is reflected in the mission and actions of the Urban Ecology Center, a CSGM member organization.
Forty ways to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Earth Day
Clean Wisconsin Pressroom, April 20, 2010
CSGM member organization Clean Wisconsin offers some suggestions of ways that you can help your planet at home.
The Urban Ecology Center is challenging every household in Milwaukee to reduce the amount of water that goes into the sewerage system during a heavy storm session by 100 gallons...and it's not as hard as you might think!
Celebrate Earth Day all week in Milwaukee
onMilwaukee.com's listing of Earth Day events in the Milwaukee area.
A listing of some Earth Day entertainment and volunteer efforts you may be interested in.
Earth Day, 40 years later: Envrionment redefined
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 17, 2010
Gregg Mitman discusses the original Earth Day, and explains the initial intentions of its founder, Senator Gaylord Nelson. He goes on to examine how these ideologies are visible today, citing specific efforts by CSGM member organization Growing Power.
High cost for environmental bankruptcy
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 17, 2010
Tia Nelson argues that we are at a critical juncture both in terms of economic and environmental sustainability, and that the two not only are not mutually exclusive, but are both currently necessary, and good business.
Other Earth Day Resources:
www.EarthDay.org: The Earth Day 2010 action center.
www.MyFootprint.org: How big is your ecological footprint? Find out with this quiz.
www.NelsonEarthDay.net: Some facinating information about the origins of this historic day.
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