From The Green Corner: Happy Earth Day on April 22!

This time of year is filled with important Earth-friendly dates and ideas. Here are some of the best:

APRIL 24: CELEBRATE EARTH SUNDAY AT ST. JAMES’: The Green Team invites you to its Earth Sunday E-Vehicle Show in the St. James’ parking lot from 9 AM until noon—we’ll have a Tesla, Chevrolet Bolt, Prius and knowledgable folks to answer all your questions. Learn more about the ways to travel without adding CO2 to the atmosphere.

APRIL 27 Stop Food Waste Day: Did you know that 30% of the world’s food is wasted? This is not just a waste of food but also of the energy used to produce it. Find ways to help: https://www.stopfoodwasteday.com/en/index.html

APRIL 28 is National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. Make Spring Cleaning your medicine cabinet a priority, and get rid of unwanted medications. Never, never pour them down the toilet or sink; sewage treatment facilities do not remove these chemicals from the treated water and they will go into the river. Instead, take all unwanted medications to the Fauquier Sheriff’s Communications Office or the CVS on  Blackwell.https://www.cvs.com/content/safer-communities-locatehttps://www.fauquiercounty.gov/government/departments-h-z/sheriff-s-office/resources-services/prescription-drop-off-location

APRIL 29 Arbor Day: Celebrate the 150th anniversary of Arbor Day. Trees are one of the most important tools we have in fighting climate change and the higher temperatures in summer.  https://www.arborday.org/celebrate/  Did you know that Warrenton is a registered “Tree City?” https://treesvirginia.org/outreach/tree-city

THE MONTH OF APRIL  is Citizen Science Month  https://scistarter.org/citizensciencemonth This means that each one of us is an important collector of science whether counting birds for eBird https://ebird.org/home or butterflies https://www.naba.org/butter_counts.html or just talking with children about the importance of nature.

CREATION CARE TASK FORCE AT THE DIOCESE OF VA.: https://www.thediocese.net/resources/ministries/creation-care/