Here are Earth Day 2024 Milwaukee-area events and cleanups

Fifty years in the past, hundreds of thousands of individuals throughout america confirmed up at 1000’s of occasions with the goal of making a cleaner atmosphere.

The day, April 22, 1970, is now often known as Earth Day.

Wisconsin has ties to origins of Earth Day and the environmental motion. The previous Wisconsin governor and U.S. senator Gaylord Nelson helped launch the primary Earth Day within the U.S. in 1970. Wisconsin’s connection to conservationists additionally embrace individuals like John Muir, Aldo Leopold and Lorrie Otto, amongst others.

Now, greater than 5 a long time later, Earth Day is well known throughout the globe with environmental occasions and cleanups. From sustainable celebrations to environmental training to neighborhood cleanups, here is a lineup of Earth Day actions within the Milwaukee space.

Milwaukee Riverkeeper Spring Cleanup

Milwaukee Riverkeeper’s annual cleanup of the Milwaukee River runs is on April 20, 2024 at greater than 90 areas throughout the Milwaukee River Basin. You will discover info, together with registration, on the web site milwaukeeriverkeeper.org. If in case you have any questions, you possibly can contact [email protected] or name 414-342-0892.

Earth Week on the City Ecology Heart

The UEC is internet hosting an in depth lineup of environmentally acutely aware “Earth Week” actions from Saturday, April 20 to Saturday, April 27 at its three branches: Riverside Park, 1500 E. Park Place; Menomonee Valley, 3700 W. Pierce St.; and Washington Park, briefly situated at Washington Park Pool Home ― 4023 W. Galena St.