Celebrating Earth Day 2012 in Northern Delaware
In northern Delaware, over 750 people participated in the annual Delaware Nature Society's Earth Day Festival at the Dupont Environmental Education Center on the Wilmington Riverfront. Nature walks, demonstrations, and live bands provided entertainment for local and regional Earth Day enthusiasts.
Earlier in the day, a large group of environmentalists gathered to collect debris from the Christina River Watershed, whose waters provide three-fourths of the water in the New Castle County, Delaware, public water supply. Every year local and regional groups volunteer to clean up the watershed area. It is always surprising to hear about how much debris is actually collected. This year the groups disposed of over 20 tons of discarded tires, appliances, and trash gathered from the watershed in just one day!
More Earth Day Events continue on Sunday in the northern Delaware area. Everyone is welcome to participate, so join in to help make these and other local events a success!
Native American Earth Day Ceremony at 10:00 a.m. at Silverside Church, 2800 Silverside Road, Wilmington, DE
First Unitarian Earth Day Celebration picnic and clean-up from 12:30-2:30 p.m. at the Russell W. Peterson Wildlife Refuge, 1400 Delmarva Lane at the Wilmington Waterfront, Wilmington, DE
Earth Day Volunteer Cleanup at Newlin Grist Mill, 1:00-4:00 p.m. at 219 S. Cheyney Road, Glenn Mills, PA
Going Native at Bellevue native plant event at 2:00 p.m. at Bellevue State Park, 800 Carr Road, Wilmington, DE
Earlier in the day, a large group of environmentalists gathered to collect debris from the Christina River Watershed, whose waters provide three-fourths of the water in the New Castle County, Delaware, public water supply. Every year local and regional groups volunteer to clean up the watershed area. It is always surprising to hear about how much debris is actually collected. This year the groups disposed of over 20 tons of discarded tires, appliances, and trash gathered from the watershed in just one day!
More Earth Day Events continue on Sunday in the northern Delaware area. Everyone is welcome to participate, so join in to help make these and other local events a success!
Native American Earth Day Ceremony at 10:00 a.m. at Silverside Church, 2800 Silverside Road, Wilmington, DE
First Unitarian Earth Day Celebration picnic and clean-up from 12:30-2:30 p.m. at the Russell W. Peterson Wildlife Refuge, 1400 Delmarva Lane at the Wilmington Waterfront, Wilmington, DE
Earth Day Volunteer Cleanup at Newlin Grist Mill, 1:00-4:00 p.m. at 219 S. Cheyney Road, Glenn Mills, PA
Going Native at Bellevue native plant event at 2:00 p.m. at Bellevue State Park, 800 Carr Road, Wilmington, DE
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