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Tribal school students speak out about importance of protecting Mother Earth at the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin
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1 yr 4 mos ago
Menominee Tribal School students learn about Earth, Sturgeon, honored for environment projects
(Keshena, Wisconsin) - Menominee Tribal School students are learning valuable lessons about protecting the environment and learning their tribe’s heritage including keeping native language alive. In April 2008 - the tribal school’s 180 students participated in “Clean Up the Rez Day” that improved the look of the reservation. The students went on several outings - including during gym class - to pick up garbage and litter around the reservation. The students collected numerous bags of trash that was properly disposed. The cleanups in Neopit and Keshena were among several projects during which the students and their families learned to respect the environment - a lesson that is a vital part of Menominee culture. The many environment projects at the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin were part of the tribe’s participation in the EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day challenge. Teachers and elders honored the… |
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Earth Healing: Hancock, MI RSVP June 21 e-waste collection for Michigan's NW Upper Peninsula part of EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge
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1 yr 6 mos ago
Western U.P. electronic waste collections set: June 21 in Houghton and Keweenaw counties; July 12 in Baraga County; dates for other areas TBA
The initiative received grants and/or other assistance from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality and United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). |
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Earth Healing: Hancock, Michigan RSVP e-waste collection June 21 for NW Upper Peninsula residents is part of EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth day Challenge
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1 yr 6 mos ago
Western U.P. electronic waste collections set: June 21 in Houghton and Keweenaw counties; July 12 in Baraga County; dates for other areas TBA
The Western Upper Peninsula Electronics Recycling Program, a project of the Retired & Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP), provides households with an environmentally and economically sound solution to disposing of electronic waste. Residents of Baraga, Gogebic, Houghton, Keweenaw, and Ontonagon Counties, who have generated electronic waste in their household, may bring their items to e-waste collection sites on the specified collection dates in their area. The initiative received grants and/or other assistance from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality and United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The northern Michigan collection is connected to the EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge that involves over 100 projects in eight states across the Great Lakes Basin. More than a dozen previous collections since 2005 have garnered nearly 48 tons of e-waste from over 850 participants. --- 2005:… |
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E-waste, pharmaceutical collections vital to protecting Great Lakes, environment, Earth and your drinking water
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1 yr 6 mos ago
The EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge removed a huge amount of electronic waste and pharmaceuticals from eight states.
The goal of the EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge was the collecting and recycling of one million pounds of electronics (e-Waste) plus the collection and proper disposal of one million pills. These goals were exceeded many times over. A few examples: --- In Milwaukee: 32 tons of electronic waste and 3.5 tons of pharmaceuticals were turned in. --- At the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin near Green Bay: Approx. 4 tons of e-waste was collected plus thousands of pounds of other trash cleaned from reservation Tribal members turned in ver 23 pounds of medicines including 100 bottles of pills, more than 25 computers and dozens of related components like hard drives, printers, keyboards and speakers; televisions, radios, DVD players, 12 cell phones and over 100 small batteries. --- In Traverse City: Over 28,750 pounds (over 12.5 tons) of… |
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Milwaukee residents show love for Lake Michigan by turning in 36 tons of electronics, pharmaceuticals during EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge
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1 yr 6 mos ago
Milwaukee collects about 32 tons of electronics and 3.5 tons of pharmaceuticals in EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge
(Milwaukee, Wisconsin) - Milwaukee area residents turned in nearly 36 tons of electronics and pharmaceuticals during the Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge, organizers said. The challenge was issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and involved over 100 projects in hundreds of cities across eight states that comprise the Great Lakes basin. More than 700 residents brought old and broken electronics (e-waste) weighing nearly 32 tons to the April 26 e-waste collection organized by the city of Milwaukee Department of Public Works (DPW) in a large parking lot south of the Italian Community Center near the Henry Maier Festival Park Summerfest Grounds. About 3.5 tons of unused pharmaceuticals were turned by 2,350 residents at numerous sites in four counties on April 19 during the third annual Medicine Collection Day organized by the… |
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Youth learn about sturgeon heritage from elders at Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin: EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge & the Interfaith Earth Healing Initiative
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1 yr 7 mos ago
(Keshena, Wisconsin) - The Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin contributed over 4 tons of electronic and pharmaceutical waste to the EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge.
This is the second of several videos explaining the numerous MITW projects including teaching youth about the legend of the sturgeon and its place in tribal culture, cleaning up the reservation, and replacing gang symbols with Native American art. In part two, the non-profit interfaith Earth Healing Initiative looks at the sturgeon education classes. The tribe was creative as it added other facets to the challenge like teaching the children about their culture and the close relationship to the earth and its many lakes and streams. All classes at the tribal school taught the students about the sturgeon, that is a vital part of Menominee legend and heritage, said Joe Awanahopay, language arts instructor at the Menominee tribal school. Called the protectors of Menominee wild rice, the sturgeon… |
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College of Menominee Nation Great Lakes Recycling 101 & EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge & Interfaith Earth Healing Initiative
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1 yr 7 mos ago
The Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin contributed over 4 tons of electronic and pharmaceutical waste to the EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge
This is the first of several videos explaining the tribes numerous projects that included cleaning up the reservation replacing gang symbols with Native American art teaching youth about the legend of the sturgeon and its place in tribal culture In part one the non-profit interfaith Earth Healing Initiative looks at the many recycling projects of the College of Menominee nation --- (Keshena WI) - The Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin in Keshena is being praised for its massive cleanup projects during the EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge - involving over 100 projects across eight states that comprise the Great Lakes basin Other tribal projects during the challenge included the clean up of two reservation communities by tribal school students The Menominee Teen Court Panel and many other volunteers All classes… |
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EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge: Tribal students take a stand against gang graffiti; clean up Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin reservation
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1 yr 7 mos ago
Menominee tribal school students remove gang graffiti, pick up litter; College students collect 23 pounds of pills; dozens of computers in Earth Week projects connected to the EPA Great Lakes Earth Day Challenge
The College of Menominee Nation e-waste and pharmaceutical collection pulled in 23 pounds of pills, and dozens of computers, related equipment and cell phones. Pictured, above left to right, are Heidi Cartwright, a part-time police officer in the town of Manawa and a police science instructor at the college, who guarded the drugs; College of Menominee Nation event co-organizer and student Cheyenne Caldwell; her daughter, Jazzmin Caldwell, 7 years old, first grade student at Keshena public schools; and Diana Wolf, MITW Solid Waste/Recycling Coordinator. (Photo courtesy tribal college professor William Van Lopik, Ph.D., who teaches the Implementing Sustainable Development classes) (Keshena, WI) - Faculty… |
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EPA Regional Administrator Mary A. Gade at Chicago Earth Day celebration: EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge & Great Lakes wonder
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1 yr 7 mos ago
At the Metcalfe Federal Building, the unwanted medicines collection continues under the supervision of two plainclothes Chicago police officers. (Photo courtesy EPA Flow of the River Blog) EPA Regional Administrator Mary A. Gade encourages public to participate in EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge; lauds the wonder of the Great Lakes and reminds audience how much progress has been made since Earth Day started nearly 40 years ago
Speaking during Earth Day 2008 ceremonies at Daley Plaza in Chicago on April 21, 2008 is Mary A. Gade, the EPA Region 5 Administrator and the Great Lakes National Program Manager. The Regional Administrator reports directly to the EPA Administrator in Washington, D.C. (Photo courtesy EPA Flow of the River Blog) (Chicago, Illinois) - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Mary… |
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Chicagoe Earth Day 2008 event: EPA Regional Administrator Mary A. Gade on Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge, and wonder that is the Great Lakes
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1 yr 7 mos ago
EPA Regional Admin. Mary Gade: Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge a success & U.S. environment care has come far in past 40 years when Ohio rivers burned, Lake Michigan steel mill air pollution was thicker than fog
(Chicago, Illinois) - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Mary A. Gade celebrated Earth Day 2008 with crowds gathered at Daley Plaza in Chicago. Gade encouraged everyone to participate in the EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge that runs through the end of April. While some events were held last weekend, many of the challenge electronic and pharmaceutical collections are this Saturday, April 26 across eight states. During the event, Gade and other EPA officials dropped their unwanted medications into a collection barrel. Gade noted how far the fight to protect the environment in America has come over the past 40 years - reminding Chicago residents there was a time when it was necessary to turn… |
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