Statewide Earth Day Art Contest Taking Submissions
As a kid I remember watching Nickelodeon and being so pumped about Earth Day. They had a whole initiative called The Big Help that encouraged kids to take part in community projects that helped the environment. Trash cleanup at parks and beaches, starting a community garden, planting trees, recycling events all these awesome ways to help sustain the earth. What I loved about that as a kid is that it was always presented in creative ways that made you want to get involved.
So I was pumped to see creativity and environmental consciousness collide in Idaho National Laboratory s Earth Day art competition. This year s theme is Creating Change For A Sustainable Future. Contestants can submit artwork created in any medium so long as it s inspired by the theme or Earth Day itself. It can be a sculpture made of potato scraps in the shape of a windmill. It can be a painting that from far away looks like a can, but close up is different ite