NEWS RELEASE
TOWN OF COLLINGWOOD
*************************
Every April 22, Earth Day is celebrated globally, a time to join together and take collective action to protect the planet.
This year, the Town of Collingwood in partnership with the Collingwood Climate Action Team (CCAT) will be hosting an Earth Day flag raising at 10 a.m. followed by an Earth Day Fair.
Collingwood’s 2023 Earth Day flag, designed by Collingwood Collegiate Institute student Gabriela Vara Molino, will be unveiled and raised by the mayor, who will also make a proclamation. The second annual Earth Day Flag Competition, organized by CCAT in partnership with the Collingwood Youth Centre, invited Collingwood youth to showcase their creativity and share their message for Earth Day through a flag design competition.
The flag raising will be held at the community flagpole (55 Ste. Marie St.) at 10 a.m. followed by the Earth Day Fair, which will take place outdoors at the Collingwood Museum (45 St. Paul St.) from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
“Come enjoy Earth Day-themed games, crafts, and family activities, measure your household carbon footprint with CCAT and learn about how you can reduce your footprint, and children can learn about their carbon footprint with a fun learning activity,” says the Collingwood Climate Action Team.
“Collingwood’s poet laureate, Jillian Morris, will share an Earth Day poem and local youth will also perform songs and poetry. Live music will be performed by Joanna Horning, who will be playing from her children’s album, Little Tracks: Songs from the Forest; Joanna will be accompanied by teachers from the Collingwood School of Music.”
Meet members of council and learn about the town’s corporate climate change action plan. Local environmental organizations including Blue Mountain Watershed Trust, Friends of Silver Creek, the Nature League, the Escarpment Corridor Alliance, Protect Our Winters, Pollinate Collingwood and the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority will also be on site to engage with residents on their green initiatives.
Earth Day kicks off Community Clean-up Days, which runs from April 22 to May 9. Community Clean-up Days is an invitation to everyone, individually or in a group, to clean up areas of Collingwood, to remove trash from green spaces, along waterways or in the community. For more information and a map of drop-off locations visit www.collingwood.ca/communitycleanup.
To participate in Community Clean-up Days residents can pick up garbage bags and gloves during the Earth Day event and from the Collingwood Public Library, 55 Ste. Marie St., or at town hall, 97 Hurontario St., during regular business hours beginning April 19 until May 10.
Please review the safety tips located on the Community Clean-up Days web page and put safety first, protecting yourself and others from harm.
Let’s gather together as a community and invest in our planet; join us in taking part in the largest environmental movement on Earth. For more information on the Earth Day Fair visit www.collingwoodclimateaction.com/earthday.
*************************
