Celebrate Earth Day in South Lake Tahoe

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - A full day of earth-friendly events and activities returns to South Lake Tahoe on Saturday, April 27 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Bijou Community Park, located at 1201 Al Tahoe Boulevard.

Earth Day recognizes, celebrates and promotes our region’s unique beauty while educating people about its environmental issues. South Lake Tahoe’s free event includes children’s activities, local vendors, environmental booths, nature walks with Tahoe Institute for Natural Science, and live “river rock and mountain blues” by Boot Juice.

The event will feature Earth Day Network’s 2019 theme, “Protect Our Species,” to raise awareness about the accelerating rate of extinction of millions of species and the causes and consequences of this phenomenon.

People are encouraged to bike, bus or walk to Earth Day. Lake Tahoe Bicycle Coalition will provide a free bike valet.

The South Lake Tahoe Drug-Free Coalition and South Lake Tahoe Police Department will be hosting a drug take-bath booth where anyone can drop off their unused prescription pills, no questions asked. Stop by and find out how you can dispose of medication in a safe way for the environment.

More information on South Lake Tahoe Earth Day is available at http://southtahoeearthday.org/.

In conjunction with the event, a climate march will start from Lakeview Commons at 9:30 a.m. and head to the celebration. More information on the march is available on the Tahoe Climate Change Action Network Facebook page.

Sierra Nevada Alliance’s 14th annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival: On Tour also takes place Saturday, April 27, at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe, with children’s films running from 2:15-5:00 p.m. and feature films running from 6:30-9:00 p.m. More information is available at: https://sierranevadaalliance.org/WSFF-2/.
The Tahoe Earth Day Foundation, a non-profit organization, formed to educate thehttp://southtahoenow.com/sites/all/modules/bueditor/icons/ico_quote.png general public regarding the Lake Tahoe and Truckee region’s unique beauty and how to preserve and protect it. The means of providing such education include, but are not limited to, regional Earth Day festivals that include environmental and educational booths with focus areas on watershed health, forest health, water conservation, pollution prevention, alternative energy and waste management. The foundation recognizes and celebrates the work of Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin whose creation of the first Earth Day, on April 22, 1970, eventually lead to national legislation such as the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act. www.tahoetruckeeearthday.org