Washtenaw Community College Earth Day 2015 Celebration - April 9th

[Bob Krzewinski]

Washtenaw Community College Earth Day 2015 Celebration

Thursday, April 9 – 10am to 2pm - Student Center Building, 1st Floor and North Plaza - Live Raptor Presentation by the Leslie Science and Nature Center (11 a.m. - Noon) - The Activities Are Free and Open to the Public

 

In celebration of Earth Day, information about a diverse array of solutions to today’s environmental problems will be presented by local non-profit, business, and government organizations and WCC departments:

 

• Recycling & Waste – Discover a secret stash of inexpensive books, kitchenware, sporting goods and building materials – how to put worms to work for you – why WCC has one of the best recycling records in the U.S.
• Getting Around – Learn how to cut your expenses and your commuting carbon with, bicycles, electric cars, hybrid cars, busing  and walking.
• Friends & Neighbors – Build a  resilient community, make friends and influence congressmen, grow a community garden, support your local economy with farmers markets.
• Healthy Choices – Learn many ways to keep yourself, your family and your community healthy by growing your own food, choosing a healthy diet, exercising, and quitting your fossil fuel addiction.
• Mother Earth –Prevent nature deficit disorder, enjoy the outdoors, protect the Great Lakes, help green our campus, find a green career
• Participating Organizations: AAATA/The Ride • Ann Arbor District Library • Ban Fracking Michigan • Clean Water Action • Cobblestone Farm Market • Growing Hope • Hudson Mills Metropark • Huron Valley Group, Sierra Club • Iris Waste Diversion Specialists • Recycle Ann Arbor • Southeast Michigan Land Conservancy • WCC Bookstore/B&N Council • WCC Environmental Science Program • Trader Joe’s • VegMichigan • Wake Up Washtenaw! • WCC Biology Dept. • WCC CORE Garden Project • WCC Environmental Science Dept • WCC Recycling Operations • WCC Student Nurses • WCC Sustainability Council • Wheels in Motion • Washtenaw Bicycling & Walking Coalition - Ypsilanti Food Coop and more!

Also - If you attend WCC, either as staff or a student, please consider bicycling to WCC. Its right on the Border To Border Trail which connects right to Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti!

For more information about WCC’s involvement with preserving the earth’s resources, visit http://sustainable.wccnet.edu or contact WCC faculty member Dale Petty at pe...@wccnet.edu.