Forty years after the first Earth Day, the world is in greater peril than ever. While climate change is the greatest challenge of our time, it also presents the greatest opportunity – an unprecedented opportunity to build a healthy, prosperous, clean energy economy now and for the future.

Looking for ways to make an impact? Click HERE for a few ideas and check The Flagpole for local activities, including the New Earth Day Festival.

As you go about your day, take this quote with you from the great Dr. Seuss:

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,
nothing is going to get better. It's not. - The Lorax

Posted by Katie Throne

Tags: Earth Day | Athens

Kermit the Frog is coming to Athens for this year’s Earth Day celebration to spread the word, “It’s SO Easy Being Green!” The 2009 Earth Day will be hosted by the Go Green Alliance and Physical Plant Division and will take place from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Tate Plaza on Wednesday, April 22nd.

The event will include live music, free food and giveaways and live animals. Display booths with various fun and educational activities will be hosted by many of UGA’s departments and student clubs, as well as participation from various local businesses. Mayor Heidi Davison will also be in attendance.

The goal of this year’s celebration is not only to appreciate the Earth, but to try and teach UGA students how they can do their part to sustain our planet’s health and resources. With the theme, “It’s SO Easy Being Green,” the Go Green Alliance and Physical Plant Division hope to bring not only fun, but education to the day by showing students easy ways to live green. So come on out to Tate and join in the celebration!

For more information on Earth Day 2009 or the Go Green Alliance, please visit the organization’s Web site, www.gogreen.uga.edu. Or check out our blog, www.ugagogreen.tumblr.com.

Posted by Katie Throne

Tags: earth day | uga | athens | green

Athens Technical College will host a "4Ever Green@ATC" Earth Day expo from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday with more than 30 exhibitors and vendors, tours of the Athens-Clarke Recycling Center and film screenings.

The expo will be held in the Athens Tech Student Center, while environmental awareness films will be shown in the college auditorium. The event will feature door prizes and panel discussions.

Exhibitors are scheduled to include Athens-Clarke Public Utilities and Stormwater, Athens Transit, Keep America Beautiful and the State Botanical Garden of Georgia. Source: Athens Banner-Herald

Posted by Katie Throne

Tags: earth day | green | athens

THIS IS THE WORLD’S FIRST GLOBAL ELECTION, BETWEEN EARTH AND GLOBAL WARMING.

Posted by Katie Throne

Tags: earth | energy