What’s Earth Day mean in Asheville?
photos and musings by Jerry Nelson
Tag: Earth Day
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Edgy Mama: Kids and Earth Day
The focus on the conservation of our Mother Earthship (aka Earth Day) takes place in Asheville on Saturday, April 16, at Pack Square Park. There will be lots of kid friendly activities, particularly between the hours of 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. to promote child and family healthy living and connectedness with the Earth.
Scenes from Earth Day
Earth Day was a blast! Check out photos of the festivities at Martin Luther King Jr. Park.
Earth Day: Martin Luther King Jr Park, Asheville, NC
Photo by Xpress staff reporter David Forbes. Check out a photo gallery from the festival here!
Don’t throw out that old cell phone! Win festival tix with Xpress’ recycling program
Got a junky old cell phone you don’t know what to do with? Don’t throw it out. Bring to to Xpress for a chance to win festival tickets
Earth Day art/poetry contest deadline March 17
There’s only one week left to submit for RiverLink’s 3rd Annual Earth Day Art and Poetry Contest! Submission deadline is Wednesday, March 17, say contest sponsors RiverLink. Pictured here, Olivia Soosar, a second-grader at Veritas Christian Academy, offers her vision of Earth Day.
Edgy Mama: Parenting through climate change
In honor of Earth Day, I talked to Enviro-spouse about his work on climate change with the Sustainability Institute and how it affects the kids of today and tomorrow.
Earthy celebrations
In the Asheville area, Earth Day isn’t just a one-day affair. The 39-year-old tradition falls on Wednesday, April 22, this year, but related events start this weekend and continue for more than a week, promising a bounty of workshops, presentations, kids’ stuff, enviro tips and more. The big picture: Second-grader Noah Sulzman was the grand […]
The Green Scene
If you want to understand the importance of air quality, ask yourself how long you can hold your breath. That’s what environmental scientist Meng-Dawn Cheng of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory told a group of journalists gathered in Knoxville, Tenn., last month. A summer photo taken in the Shining Rock Wilderness near Asheville shows a […]