Featuring care-for-the-Earth activities for kids, discussions for teens and events for adults, including: representatives from local environmental organizations, energy audit and solar information, community supported agriculture, recycling information and more.

When: 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 22
Where: St. Matthews Lutheran Church, 1615 Wauwatosa Ave., Wauwatosa
How much: Call for prices
Contact: 414.774.0441

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The Green and Growing: Governor's Earth Day Celebration is the start of a new springtime family tradition. If you're between the ages of 5 and 8, you and your parents or guardians are invited to join the Governor and First Lady Jessica Doyle at the Executive Residence in Madison for some Earth Day fun. You can play recycle toss, enter a globe race, make buttons and join in other activities.

Parents or guardians, sign your child up now! Participation is limited to the first 400 children who register.
Limit of two guests/child.

If you have more than one child participating, you must complete a separate registration form.

Send your registration to:
Dept. Ag, Trade, and Consumer Protection, Green & Growing 2008 Governor's Earth Day Celebration for Wisconsin's Children
P.O. Box 8911,
Madison, WI 53708

After your registration is received, you will be mailed a confirmation letter with additional information.
Questions Call 608-224-4790

http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/cool/GovEarthDay.htm

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South Milwaukee will hold a cleanup day from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 19 in celebration of Earth Day.

Pick up bags at City Hall, 16th and Rawson avenues, the intersection of Oak Creek Parkway and north Chicago Avenue or the South Milwaukee Fire Department.

Call the clerk's office at (414) 762-2222 to register.

Lunch will be served to all volunteers at the South Milwaukee Senior Center following the cleanup.

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UW-Milwaukee is hosting film screenings and workshops on April 26. For more information and a film schedule, go to:

http://thepoliticalenvironment.blogspot.com/2007/04/earth-day-continues-at-uw-milwaukee.html

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Events run all day Saturday. To view a list, visit:

http://www.urbanecologycenter.org/events/events.html#earth

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"Sustaining Wisconsin's Environment & Economy: Responding to Climate Change" on April 16, 2008 at
Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center, Madison, WI will examine actions being taken in Wisconsin to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It will also explore the potential impacts of climate change and variability on our state and adaptation strategies that may be needed to protect our health, natural resources and economy.

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Saturday April 19
UW Manitowoc Campus located at 705 Viebahn Street.
9am to 2pm

Join us at this Earth Day event for exhibits, presentations, a rummage sale and music. Concessions will be available. Learn how you can help make a difference. Participate in a number of eco-friendly collections including a Drug Disposal Program, Battery Collection (free), Mercury Thermometer Exchange and others.

For more information: call the Manitowoc County Recycling Center at 683-4333, download an Earth Day Poster (.pdf file) or visit the Manitowoc county Recycling Center website at www.manitowocrecycles.org

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Earth Week: April 21st-24th (Keshena, WI area)

The Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin, located about 30 miles south of Green Bay, is accepting e-Waste at its transfer station all month plus providing curbside pickup on April 21-24 during the annual bulk items spring cleaning collection.

http://www.menominee-nsn.gov/

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Saturday, April 19
Whole Foods, Milwaukee
12:00 - 4:00

Great "Green" Giveaways and Door Prizes Live Steel Drum Performance by Steely Pan Free Steaz Teas' Sparkling Green Tea Sodas Environmental Awareness Information from Keep Greater Milwaukee Beautiful, Greening Milwaukee, Every Drop Counts, and Friends of Milwaukee's Rivers Free Kids Face Painting Free Screenings of 'Too Hot Not to Handle' - an HBO Films Documentary on the perils of global warming in the US. Munch on free organic popcorn with showings at 1:00, 2:00, 3:00, and 4:00

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Saturday, April 19
Lincoln Park, Milwaukee
9:00 - 12:00

The Great American Cleanup is a Nationwide Program that encourages you to get involved in your own community. Millions of volunteers clean and beautify their community as part of hte Great American Cleanup each spring. The Great American Cleanup is the nation's largest organized annual cleanup, beautification, and community improvement program. Last year, more than 45,000 volunteers participated in the Great American Cleanup in the Milwaukee area alone. The GAC begins on March 1st and runs until May 31st. Keep Greater Milwaukee Beautiful will host this year's cleanup program in Milwaukee, Waukesha, Ozaukee and Washington counties. You can join an existing cleanup or organize your own.

The official Community Cleanup Day is April 19th, 2008 from 9am-12pm at Lincoln Park (1301 W. Hampton Ave., Milwaukee). For more information, contact the GAC Program Coordinator via e-mail at karolynn@kgmb.org, by phone at (414) 272-5462 x104, or online at http://www.kgmb.org/volunteer.html

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