Special Features - April 16, 2012

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Monday, April 16, 2012 ▼ GOING GREEN 1

Every April 22, Earth Day the most celebrated environmental event worldwide Call us for your ICBC Express Estimate!

More than 6 million Canadians join 1 billion people in over 170 countries in staging events and projects to address local environmental issues. Nearly every school child in Canada takes part in an Earth Day activity. Environmental challenges abound as our daily actions pollute and degrade the fragile environment that humans and wildlife depend on to survive.

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Earth Day provides the opportunity for positive actions and results. First launched as an environmental awareness event in the United States in 1970, Earth Day (April 22) is celebrated as the birth of the environmental movement. Earth Day is a powerful catalyst for change. The first Earth Day, spearheaded by Wisconsin Governor Gaylord Nelson and Harvard University student Denis Hayes, involved 20 million participants in teach-ins that addressed decades of environmental pollution. The event inspired the US Congress to pass clean air and water acts, and establish the Environmental Protection Agency to research and monitor environmental issues and enforce environmental laws. In 1990, two million Canadians joined 200 million people in 141 nations in celebrating the first International Earth Day. In many countries, the global event brought pressure on heads of state to take part in the UN Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro to address issues such as climate change and the world

wide loss of species. In Canada, Earth Day has grown into Earth Week and even Earth Month to accommodate the profusion of events and projects. They range from large public events, such as Victoria’s Earth Walk (5,000 participants), Edmonton’s Earth Day Festival at Hawrelak Park (30,000 participants), and Oakville, Ontario’s Waterways Clean-up (2,000 participants) to the thousands of small, private events staged by schools, employee groups and community groups.

Want to get involved? Need some help? Our programs and resources will help you organize a successful activity, event or project in your organization or community. Please refer to the “resources” tab at www.earthday.ca for more information.

Earth day canada (edc), a national environmental charity founded in 1990, provides Canadians with the practical knowledge and tools they need to lessen their impact on the environment. In 2008, EDC was chosen as Canada’s “Outstanding Non-profit Organization” by the Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication. In 2004, it was recognized as the top environmental education organization in North America by the North American Association for Environmental Education. earthday.ca

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Waste Management g and Recycling The District of Logan Lake implemented ed an m that Automated Garbage Collection system olid has completely changed the face of solid waste services. Gone are the days of back rkers breaking manual collection where workers at come were exposed daily to the hazards that ted system with a hands on service. The automated picks up the garbage containers; has reduced the risk of injury to workers; and ally. reduced the collection time substantially. Under this system, residents of singlee family rovide their dwellings are no longer required to provide rict issues own solid waste containers. The District each residence one durable 250 liter (65 US Gallon) ion of a second molded plastic container, with the option rovided with container. Multi-family dwellings are provided s. Any 1,135 liter (300 US Gallon) containers. questions regarding the Automated Garbage Collection system, please contact the District office at 250-523-6225 (225) or ca email districtofloganlake@loganlake.ca

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