HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) – April 22 is Earth Day, and other people across the Valley bought outdoors to study in regards to the planet.
College students at Keister Elementary Faculty planted marigolds and greens within the faculty’s group gardens Friday. JMU college students got here out to show the youngsters in regards to the fundamentals of gardening.
“The unique thought was to get college students outdoors extra to ensure that them to find out about nature and that was the butterfly connection, to find out about pollinators and the significance of pollinators and particularly for meals rising which can also be in the identical backyard,” Amy Goodall, affiliate professor at JMU mentioned.
Staunton is holding its Earth Day celebration Saturday at Moore Fields, however specialists say it doesn’t should be Earth Day to assist save the planet.
“Lots of people in Staunton have put photo voltaic panels on their houses and that’s an amazing factor if you are able to do that,” Caroline Sheridan, secretary of Shenandoah Inexperienced mentioned.
Nonetheless, in the event you can’t afford photo voltaic panels there are on a regular basis methods to chop down in your carbon footprint.
“It is very important take into consideration the way you’re utilizing power to be sure you flip off electrical retailers you’re not utilizing substitute gentle bulbs with LEDs,” Sheridan mentioned.
Recycling is one other scorching matter on Earth Day.
“Don’t purchase the plastic water bottles, get a reusable water bottle to hold, attempt to keep away from the plastic grocery baggage, use the paper ones or convey your individual,” Sheridan mentioned.
Nonetheless, there’s extra plastic being produced than recycled. Specialists say plastics largely come from fossil fuels and it’s finest to scale back our use of them.
“There’s approach an excessive amount of recent plastic being produced to recycle I believe it’s lower than 10% that we really efficiently recycle,” Sheridan mentioned.
Harrisonburg has a recycling comfort heart. You too can drop off recyclables on the metropolis’s farmers market.
Staunton additionally has an enormous recycling program to assist streamline plastic so it doesn’t find yourself harming the earth.
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