Celebrate Earth Day!
Earth Day Omaha www.earthdayomaha.com
Saturday, April 18 Elmwood Park 808 S. 60th Street
Join the Earth Day Omaha celebration April 18 at Elmwood Park. Admission is free. Highlights include displays, exhibits, and hands-on events from noon to 6 p.m.; food and live music from noon to 8 p.m., and a beer garden from 3 to 8 p.m.
Earth Day Omaha also is teaming with GRX to collect and responsibly recycle electronic devices. GRX will be at Earth Day Omaha from noon to 6 p.m. to accept your devices and will take anything with a plug, except for refrigerators and air conditioners. It's free; however, an $8 charge applies for computer monitors and a $15 charge applies for certain televisions.
The keynote speaker at Earth Day Omaha is Dr. Richard Komp, an international solar energy expert who has a Ph.D. in physical chemistry and a minor in physics. He has conducted ongoing research on solar panels since 1960 and lives in an off-grid home he designed and built in Maine. Dr. Komp will speak at 4.05 p.m. Find more information at ceen.unomaha.edu/nses.
Lincoln Earth Day
www.lincolnearthday.org
Sunday, April 19 UNL Campus
Lincoln Earth Day 2009 will be held Sunday, April 19th from 1 to 5 p.m. on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus. The theme is "Energy – A Time for Action" and the event will spotlight effective ways of using "energy" to make Lincoln a more sustainable community. Lincoln Earth Day will be full of learning opportunities for energy conservation and renewable energy innovations, but even more importantly, for using human energy in the form of personal and political engagement to hasten the transition to sustainability. Dr. Komp also will present at Earth Day Lincoln. The time has yet to be announced.
Earth Day Omaha www.earthdayomaha.com
Saturday, April 18 Elmwood Park 808 S. 60th Street
Join the Earth Day Omaha celebration April 18 at Elmwood Park. Admission is free. Highlights include displays, exhibits, and hands-on events from noon to 6 p.m.; food and live music from noon to 8 p.m., and a beer garden from 3 to 8 p.m.
Earth Day Omaha also is teaming with GRX to collect and responsibly recycle electronic devices. GRX will be at Earth Day Omaha from noon to 6 p.m. to accept your devices and will take anything with a plug, except for refrigerators and air conditioners. It's free; however, an $8 charge applies for computer monitors and a $15 charge applies for certain televisions.
The keynote speaker at Earth Day Omaha is Dr. Richard Komp, an international solar energy expert who has a Ph.D. in physical chemistry and a minor in physics. He has conducted ongoing research on solar panels since 1960 and lives in an off-grid home he designed and built in Maine. Dr. Komp will speak at 4.05 p.m. Find more information at ceen.unomaha.edu/nses.
Lincoln Earth Day
www.lincolnearthday.org
Sunday, April 19 UNL Campus
Lincoln Earth Day 2009 will be held Sunday, April 19th from 1 to 5 p.m. on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus. The theme is "Energy – A Time for Action" and the event will spotlight effective ways of using "energy" to make Lincoln a more sustainable community. Lincoln Earth Day will be full of learning opportunities for energy conservation and renewable energy innovations, but even more importantly, for using human energy in the form of personal and political engagement to hasten the transition to sustainability. Dr. Komp also will present at Earth Day Lincoln. The time has yet to be announced.
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