Celebrate Earth Day with WCC

Washtenaw Community College
Celebration of Earth Day
Thursday, April 10 – 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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

WHAT:

In celebration of Earth Day, information about a diverse array of solutions to some of today’s environmental problems will be available:

• Recycling & Waste – How to deal with a secret stash of inexpensive books, kitchenware, sporting goods and building materials – how to put worms to work and the benefits if WCC Earth Tubs and how should they be used.
• Getting Around – Learn about low carbon commuting by electric motorcycle, bicycle, electric car, hybrid car, bus or foot - use less gas, save money, and reduce carbon footprints.
• Friends & Neighbors – How to build communities, make friends and influence congressmen, make a community garden, enjoy neighborhood Farmer’s Markets and prevent nature deficit disorder.
• Healthy Choices – An overview of ways to avoid being sick by a having a clean home, growing homegrown healthy food and powering homes with energy from the sun.
• Mother Earth – Tips on how to enjoy the outdoors by taking a hike, protect the Great Lakes from home and become an earth scientist.

WHO:

Participating Organizations: AAATA/The Ride • Ann Arbor Nissan • ArborBike • BGreen • Clean Water Action • Cobblestone Farm Market • Current Motors • Gene Butman Ford • Great Lakes Fishery Commission • Growing Hope • Hudson Mills Metropark • Huron River Watershed Council • Huron Valley Group, Sierra Club • Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice • Iris Waste Diversion Specialists • More Buses Campaign • Natural Area Preservation • Recycle Ann Arbor • Southeast Michigan Land Conservancy • Suburban Chevrolet • U.S. Geological Survey • WCC Bookstore/B&N • WCC Environmental Committee • WCC Environmental Science Program • WCC Facilities Management • WCC Healthy Lifestyle Club WCC Recycling Operations • WCC School of Child Care Professionals • Wheels in Motion • Washtenaw Technical Middle College • Ypsilanti Food Coop

WHEN/WHERE:

WCC Student Center Building, 1st Floor and North Plaza, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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