2018 Green Elk Rapids Events
Earth Day Coffee with Green Elk Rapids
Join the committee for coffee, tea, pastries, and stimulating discussion. Bring your own coffee mug/tea mug and save a Styrofoam cup.
Saturday April 21, 9:30-11:00 a.m. HERTH, 401 River Street.
Questions: 231-264-0618. www.greenelkrapids.org
Saturday April 21, 9:30-11:00 a.m. HERTH, 401 River Street.
Questions: 231-264-0618. www.greenelkrapids.org
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Start your Saturday in good company! Join the Green Elk Rapids committee for an informal discussion and Earth Day orientation on Saturday, April 21, 9:30-11:00 a.m. The group is celebrating its tenth year as a volunteer organization, and is asking for input on future programs.
With a mission to raise awareness about environmental issues, they are inviting the community to share ideas and suggestions for future events. The agenda highlights international Earth Day’s 2018 theme, Ending Plastic Pollution. John Nelson, Bay Keeper Emeritus, will facilitate the discussion, and research intern Bonnie Hamilton will review the status of plastics in Lake Michigan. The morning will conclude with the debut of new HERTH movie equipment presenting an inspiring video of one man’s solution to rid the ocean of plastic garbage, plus a preview of A Plastic Ocean, the award-winning documentary showing the next day, April 22, official Earth Day, at 1:00 p.m. at Elk Rapids Cinema. |
Sunday April 22, 1 PM at Elk Rapids Cinema
The problem of plastic pollution is growing exponentially every year; we are producing more than 300 million tons of plastic, half of this is designed for single use, and each year around 8 million tons of it ends up in our oceans. We can solve this problem and we can do it by educating and engaging everyone in a conversation to rethink plastic. Plastic Oceans is working to change the way we deal with plastic waste by challenging society’s perception that this indestructible substance can be treated as ‘disposable’.
