Celebrate Earth Day & Participate in Earth Week 2008!

Saturday April 19 - Sunday April 27

Saturday, April 19 -

• Health and Sustainability of the Great Lakes; a forum on the Great Lakes Compact. Keynote speaker Peter Annin, author of the Great Lakes Water Wars, along with other presenters and Q & A panel discussion. (UW-Green Bay, Rose Hall, Room 250, 1-4 p.m.)


• Fox River Clean Up. (St. Francis Park, 9-NOON)


• Joannes Park Clean Up. (Joannes Park, 9-NOON)

Sunday, April 20 -

• Take Back the Pavement! Watch as Green Bay’s streets are reinvented with artistic greenery displays! (Broadway Avenue, downtown Green Bay, 9-11 a.m.)

Monday, April 21 -

• What's all the Woof about Wolves? Bring your children and join naturalist Cindy Mueller to learn about wolves. (Brown County Library, 515 Pine Street, Green Bay, 6-8 p.m.)

Tuesday, April 22 -

• Earth Day Story Time. (Brown County Library, 515 Pine Street, Green Bay, 10:30-11 a.m.)


• Earth Day Recycled Craft Projects. (Brown County Library, 515 Pine Street, Green Bay, 5:30-7:30 p.m.)

Thursday, April 24 -

• Leave Your Car At Home Day Challenge! Join the City-wide challenge to bike, walk, run, take the bus, etc. to work, school, or anywhere else you have to go today!


• Story Time at Barnes & Noble. (2498 S. Oneida Street, Ashwaubenon, 7-8 p.m.)

Friday, April 25 -

• FREE showing of the film, "The 11th Hour" starring Leonardo DiCaprio. A portrayal of humanity's impact on our planet. Discussion lead by Dr. Mike Draney and others immediately following film. (Brown County Library, 515 Pine Street, Green Bay, 6-9 p.m.)

Saturday, April 26 -

• Baird Creek Clean Up. (Triangle Hill Pavilion, Beverly Rd., Green Bay, 9-NOON)


• Willow Creek Clean Up. (NEW Lutheran Cul de sac, 1311 S. Robinson Ave, Green Bay, 9-NOON)


• Hikes, Rain Barrel and Composting Demonstrations. Learn all about composting and rain barrels, while your children go on nature hikes and fish and macro invertebrate counts! (Triangle Hill Pavilion, Beverly Road, Green Bay, 1-3 p.m.)


• Rain Garden Demonstration. (Christa Mc Auliffe Park, Green Bay, time TBA)


• Ecojam! Featuring Burnt Toast & Jam and Kojo. $5 per person, otherwise $4 with a used cell phone donation. (Holiday Inn City Center, 200 Main Street, Green Bay, 5:30-MIDNIGHT)

Sunday, April 27 -

• Izaak Walton League's Teddy Bear Hunt in Bellevue! Food, Fishing and more! A family 'hunting license' will cost $10 (Osprey Point Hwy GV ~1 mile south of 172, NOON-4 p.m.)

Questions? Ask Kim at 920.429.9008 or kim@conservationvoters.org