Earth Day 2003
“A Sense of Place”
Monday, April 21 through Sunday, April 27
- “Readings Inspired by Nature,” moderated by Michael Smith, PEEC
- “Green Economics: Strengthening Our Regional Economy,” panel sponsored by League of Women Voters of Los Alamos
- “Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout Life Cycle Game,” Santa Fe National Forest
- “All Things Connected,” storytelling with puppets by Terry Foxx
- “Success and Failure of Prehistoric Pueblo Farming Strategies,” talk by Rory Gauthier, Bandelier archaeologist
- “Growing, Preserving, and Using Herbs,” talk by Sarah Meyer
- “Flowers, Fire, and Flood,” 12-mile hike led by botanists Brian and Elaine Jacobs
- Earth Day at the Stables, spring cleaning and recycling
- “Otowi Mesa,” Sierra Club hike with Rainer and Ilse Bleck
- “Forest Ecology and Bark Beetles,” hike in Bayo Canyon with Tom Jervis
- “North Community Pathways,” LA Trails and Pathways Committee
- “Taking Care of Your Place,” Chamisa School grounds cleanup and restoration
- “Beautify a Canyon,” Rendija cleanup with the Sportsmen’s Club
- Tree and shrub giveaway by Master Gardeners
- “Affluenza” and “Who’s Counting?” films sponsored by League of Women Voters
- “A Sense of Place Should Also Include Snakes,” with Jan and Stephanie Macek
- “A Safe Place for Wildlife,” Ed and Jo Ferdinand (and birds) from the Wildlife Center
- “Living with Skunks,” Bob and Cathy Anderson of Fur and Feathers Rehabilitation
- “How LA Deals with Wildlife,” Charles Lujan, LA County animal control officer
- “More Green per Gallon: Gardening in Our Dry Climate,” with author Judith Phillips
- GREEN FAIR IN DOWNTOWN LOS ALAMOS: hybrid car display; information tables from LA County Solid Waste (recycling) and Community Development Department (Comp Plan and open space); Animal Clinic; Defensible Space Project; Girl Scouts puppet show, LAHS Environment Club; Los Alamos Monitor; Native Plant Society; solar energy exhibit; VCNP; Volunteer Task Force seed balls and burned-area cleanup.
- “A Sense of Place,” homestead roads hike led by Dorothy Hoard
- “Historic Trail with a Timeless View,” Camp Hamilton trail hike led by Janie O’Rourke
- “Nature Photography for Teens,” on Deer Trap Mesa led by photographer Gary Warren
- “2003 Seed Ball Championship,” with the Volunteer Task Force