LA CROSSE, Wis. (WKBT) – After canceling last year due to the pandemic, a down-to-earth event in La Crosse is making a comeback. With Earth Fair in La Crosse ending, the final event was the Recycling fair which took place Sunday.
The event recycled shredded documents and also allowed people to donate items to be restored and resold. The group also took mattresses and electronics for a small price.
“The goal of today is to get as many items here that we can reuse or recycle. Whether that be furniture or your paper that was shredded and recycled, or your old electronics. Because it’s very important to keep, especially those old electronics with heavy chemicals and metals in them, out of the landfills,” said Erica Black, the Chair of the Earth Fair.
Earth Fair events continuing in La Crosse
Solar Energy presentation, Marsh clean up planned
April 22, 2021 6:22 PM Greg White
LA CROSSE, Wis. (WKBT) – Earth Fair events are continuing this week in La Crosse.
Happening Friday, there will be a ‘Solar on La Crosse Schools’ virtual presentation at three in the afternoon.
Registration is required.
And happening Saturday, the ‘Friends of the Marsh and WisCorps will hold a clean up of the marsh in La Crosse.
Any volunteers are asked to bring gloves.
Details are available on the Earth Fair La Crosse website.
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Earth Fair events underway in La Crosse
Week of events includes scavenger hunt, recycling opportunity
April 19, 2021 6:29 PM Greg White
The weeklong celebration of earth friendly activities started Monday morning with virtual kick off.
The ‘Green Goose Challenge scavenger hunt and ‘Go Green Kids Exo-Activity Challenge’ are underway now through Saturday.
And happening Tuesday, there is a virtual tour of the new ‘Drift Cycle’ Bike share program at two in the afternoon.
Events are happening through Sunday, details are available on the Earth Fair La Crosse website.
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This year’s Earth Fair is being held virtually.
The non-profit “GROW” recorded a reading Tuesday of the book “Worm McWorm and the Decomposers” by local author Nick Nichols.
They hope to teach kids more about how worms and other decomposers play an important role in our environment and even in growing healthy foods.
“The whole focus is to try to educate kids right away on how important it is to help build that soil and build compost by using food scraps and leaves and grass clippings and these kinds of things so they can break down and you can use them in your garden, they benefit the organisms in your garden and they they help grow the food you get to eat,” said Nichols.