Earth Day/Earth Month events ~ April 2019

Will be updated throughout the month of April. Additions and comments can be left in comments section or sent to moonkat2014@gmail.com

CALENDAR
Apr 9 - Erie Green Drinks CHANGE OF VENUE- apparently renovations at Molly Branigan's so group will meet at Lavery Brewing.
Apr 13 -  "A Plastic Ocean" screening Big Green Screen at TREC, 30 Peninsula Dr., Erie PA. Free but reservations required (reserve here http://ssjerie.org/a-plastic-ocean-film-screening-reservations/ ) Hosted by Sisters of St Joseph of NWPA.

Apr 16 - "Saving Our Synthetic Seas" 7:00 pm Walker Recital Hall Mercyhurst University, Erie PA Marcus Eriksen, Ph.D., the research director and co-founder of the 5 Gyres Institute, studies the global distribution and ecological impacts of plastic marine pollution. Presented by The Charlene M. Tanner Speaker Series and co-sponsored by the Mercyhurst University Sustainability Office and the Evelyn Lincoln Institute for Ethics and Society. Info Sarah Bennett. Free, open to public 
Apr 16 Erie Coke Plant: Environmental Impact Update 6:30pm East Middle School, 1001 Atkins, Erie PA. Free, open to public. Organized by HECA (Hold Erie Coke Accountable) HECA newsletter
Apr 18 - Green New Deal - Edinboro University Panel Edinboro University (event page lists two different locations, so best to check with them.)
Apr 20 - Annual Earth Day Cattaraugus Creek Sponsored by Cattaraugus Creek Water Walker Onondowaga Protectors. Sunrise Ceremony 6sm West Valley Nuclear Site, Water Ceremony 11am Gowanda NY, Lunch 1pm Cattaraugus Community Center Pavilion, Sunset Ceremony 5pm Seneca Nation Meach.
Apr 22 - "An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power"  Meadville Council on the Arts, 910 Market Street, Meadville PA $5 Sponsored by Film 4 Thought
Apr 22 - Celebrate Earth Day with Audubon at Southern Tier Brewing 2072 Stoneman Circle, Lakewood, NY 4 PM – 10 PM. "FUNdraiser." Will be in The Empty Pint. Hosted by Audubon Community Nature Center
Apr 24 - Chadakoin River Walks - Explore Jamestown's Wild Side 701 W 7th, Jamestown NY Hosted by Roger Tory Peterson Institute 
Apr 27 - Earth Day Festival 2019 Gannon University Erie PA Link shows the day's activities and all the groups and participants in the event. Hosted by The Climate Reality Project Erie, PA Chapter and Gannon University
Apr 27 - American Spring 10AM-2PM Tom Ridge Environmental Center, Erie PA.  "Get hands-on with nature and science for the whole family!" WQLN Public Media, Regional Science Consortium, Environment Erie, Purple Martin Conservation Association, Erie County Department of Health, Erie Bird Observatory
Apr 27 - Sustainability Festival  901 Elm, Youngstown OH Hosted by Common Wealth, Inc.
Apr 28 - Multigenerational Earth Day Service: Anticipating Earth Day’s 50th Anniversary in 2020. Unitarian Universalist Cong. of Erie, 7180 Perry HWY. 10:30am.
Apr 30 - "Catholic Social Teaching and Green New Deal" 2PM-3PM EDT Webinar Register here 
May 2 - Sinking Cities: Climate Change Screening & Talk at TREC  7pm at Tom Ridge Environmental Center, Erie PA (May 2, 9, 16, 23)  Hosted by WQLN Public Media and Regional Science Consortium. Free. Light refreshments.
May 6 - Green New Deal Town Hall Hosted by Keystone Progress Erie. 6-8PM. Location: East Middle School, 1001 Atkins Street, Erie PA.

ALSO
Check out Environment Erie calendar for environmental events going on throughout the year. You can also subscribe to their newsletter.
Cuyahoga50 Cleveland This is the 50th anniversary of the Cuyahoga River fire, and there will be events all year.
Asbury Woods Nature Center Family-friendly Earth Day events all month.
Environmental groups in Erie area listing provided in this year's Earth Day Festival post. 

CLEANUPS
Apr 6 - Annual LEAF/Cascade Cleanup 9am-11am Meet at LEAF Education Center.
Apr 7 - Spring Cleanup Erie National Wildlife Refuge 11296 Wood Duck Ln, Guys Mills, PA 1-4pm Meet in parking lot at Visitors Center. Hosted by ENWR
Apr 13 - Sierra Club Lake Erie Group Annual Spring Clean-Up Waterford Hotel, Waterford PA  9am-noon
Apr 20 Presque Isle's 63rd Spring Cleanup 8am-noon. Meet at TREC
Apr 20 - Volunteer Day  Audubon Nature Center Jamestown NY 8:30am-1pm
Apr 20 - Asbury Woods Spring Cleanup 9am-11am Asbury Woods, Erie PA.
Apr 22 - Earth Day Community Trash Pick Up Roger Tory Petersen Institute of Natural History, Jamestown NY.  Noon-1PM. 716-665-2473 ext 221.
Apr 27 Pop-Up Cleanup Wadsworth Avenue Church, 339 Wadsworth Ave, Meadville, PA 9am-noon. Hosted by French Creek Valley Conservancy. 

LOOK BACK
From Pennsylvania Magazine (1976 preview edition) by R.B. Swift. About rural resistance to mid-1970s energy company efforts to foist a massive nuclear and coal "energy park" on some unlucky rural Pennsylvania community. Communities in Mercer County and Erie county were being seriously considered. The energy park idea was given up, but some of the companies went in on Unit 2 Reactor at Three Mile Island. Click on photos to enlarge enough to read.