Earth Day
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Earth Day is Friday, April 22, 2011
- EPA will participate in Clearwater's Great Hudson River Revival
, Croton Point Park, Croton-on-Hudson, NY, Saturday, June 18 & Sunday, June 19, 9am-8pm each day.
- On Friday, April 15, The Earth Institute, Columbia University and the EPA presented "The Path to a Sustainable Future: Public Health and the Environment," a day-long conference to mark forty years of environmental protection.
- On Friday, April 22, EPA participated in Earth Day New York's events in Times Square, New York City.
- Also on Friday, April 22, EPA exhibited at the Disney Earth Day Fair in New York City.
- EPA manned a booth at Rutgers Ag Field Day , in New Brunswick, NJ, on Saturday, April 30.
- We also participated at the Go Green! Greenpoint! Earth Day Festival , Saturday, April 30, noon to 4pm at McCarren Park, Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
EPA Region 2's Events on Earth Day, 2010
Rutgers Day
On Saturday, April 24th, EPA employees ran a booth at the annual Rutgers Day fair at Rutgers University. Children learned about stormwater and runoff by playing with EPA’s 3-D “enviroscape” display. Parents left the booth with educational brochures on a variety of topics. For more information, visit the Rutgers day site.
Green For All Community Garden Planting
To kick-off the Earth Day celebration on April 23rd, EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson dug into the dirt at a community garden in West Harlem, New York. She was joined by many participants, including EPA Regional Administrator Judith Enck, actor Anthony Mackie, and representatives from Green For All and the community garden.
North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System and EPA "Green" MOU Signing
On the eve of Earth Day, EPA Regional Administrator Judith Enck and North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System (NSLIJHS) CEO Michael Dowling signed a “green” agreement. Under the agreement, NSLIJHS will incorporate a number of environmentally-sound practices into daily operations at the 12 hospitals it manages across Long Island and in New York City. Read the press release.
2010 Environmental Quality Awards Ceremony
On Friday, April 23rd, EPA Regional Administrator Judith Enck presented plaques to the winners of the 2010 Environmental Quality Awards. Guest speaker Chief Oren Lyons delivered an inspiring speech to the awardees. Read about the New York, New Jersey winners.
Ocean City, New Jersey Earth Day Festival
On Sunday, April 18th, EPA employees traveled down to Ocean City, New Jersey for their annual Earth Day Celebration. EPA handed out literature and coloring books, and answered questions from local residents.
Earth Day New York
EPA participated in a two-day Earth Day festival hosted by Earth Day New York outside Grand Central on Friday, April 23rd and Saturday, April 24th. EPA encouraged people of all ages to pack a “waste free lunch.”
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Other Areas of the Nation
- More activities from earthday.net
- EPA Region 1: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
- EPA Region 2: New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands
- EPA Region 3: Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia
- EPA Region 4: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee
- EPA Region 5: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin
- EPA Region 6: Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Texas
- EPA Region 7: Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska
- EPA Region 8: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming
- EPA Region 9: Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, the Pacific Islands
- EPA Region 10: Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington
