Happy Earth Day everyone!
The Earth Day Fun Festival was an absolute success. The event had over 450 people in attendance from Brookwood Elementary, Craig Elementary, JC Magill Elementary and St. John Neumann Regional Catholic School- all there to enjoy the festivities and practice conservation!
It certainly warmed my heart to see all of our young environmentalists showing up to the event with loads of items to be recycled- it looked like a Six Flags ride line!
The GYF team is very thankful to: our sponsors- REI and STA Apparel, the volunteers, parents, community members, teachers, Eco-vendors and our Eco-Force club members for helping to put on such an enjoyable and informative community event.
Although we know that we should be doing something each and every day to celebrate our Earth, today is particularly a good day to demonstrate some of your actions. Use this day to spread the word to others. Help promote the day by wearing something green and when people ask or comment engage them in conversation.
Here are some items you can talk to them about...
Saying no to plastic bottles.
Americans use 2,500,000 plastic bottles every hour!
Recycling plastic saves twice as much energy as burning it in an incinerator- not to mention the amount of oil required to make a plastic bottle.
Recycle every single aluminum can you use.
An aluminum can thrown away will still be a can 500 years from now. Whereas, a used aluminum can is recylced and back on the grocery shelf as a new can in as little as 60 days.
Recycle your paper.
If every American recycled just one-tenth of their newspapers, we would save about 25million trees a year!
*On average, it costs $30 per ton to recycle trash, $50 to send it to the landfill, and $65 to $75 to icinerate it. The choice is yours.
For more information and tips to make you more energy-efficient at home, at work, and on the road visit the US Department of Energy website: www.eere.energy.gov/consumer
If we all do our part, it will make a difference now and for the next generation...
Cheers,
Angelou
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What a great reminded to be kind to our planet--and these are EASY ways to do it. Thanks for the tips GYF!!!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the success of the Earth Day Fun Festival! Great to know that awareness and interest in our planet is increasing! The stats you mention are quite alarming, especially the average costs to incinerate trash...whoah!!!
ReplyDeleteI know...it seems like it should be a no brainer!
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