St. Louis Earth
Day has lots of things for kids
The “All Species” parade is only
one of a large number of activities for kids at the St. Louis Earth Day
Festival on Sunday, April 22.
The theme of the 2001 Earth Day celebration
is “Our Waters, Our Rivers.”
Last month, Young Saint Louis.com
previewed another of the Sunday Festival events for kids. An Earth Day
Boat Regatta story included information on how to get recycled material
to make your regatta boat.
(You can review that article by clicking
on archives on the home page and calling up the February, 2001, edition.)
Other kids events at the Sunday Festival
in Forest Park include:
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Shark petting and other hands-on water
exploration activities.
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Native American storytelling.
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Free tree seedlings for planting will
be given away.
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Bi-State bus painting.
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World Bird Sanctuary shows.
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Cleanup of the Forest Park river system.
In addition, you can participate in
Earth Day service projects. They include:
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Stream Team projects where groups adopt
a stream and agree to pick up trash. There are over 1,700 Stream Teams
in Missouri. This is under the direction of the Missouri Department of
Conservation. For information, call (573) 751-4115, Ext. 3166.
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Assisting with wetland restoration on
Saturday, April 21. For information, call Green Center in University City
at (314) 725-8314.
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Stenciling storm drain sewers to remind
people to keep our storm water pollution-free. For information, call Resource
Recovery Project at (314) 481-8770 or the Metropolitan Sewer District at
(314) 768-6340.
For overall information about Earth
Day in St. Louis you can log onto the website at www.stlouisearthday.org. |