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UCO ANNUAL ‘EARTH DAY FAIR’ TO OFFER FREE RECYCLING, ENVIRONMENTAL TIPS, ENTERTAINMENT
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The community is invited to “Go Green” with the University of Central Oklahoma at UCO’s annual Earth Day Fair in April at the university’s Broncho Lake.
Local businesses and agencies, as well as student organizations, have booths set up at the event to share their environmental missions and messages.
“The primary purpose of the Earth Day Fair is education. Through this tradition, we give the public the opportunity to get a better understanding of the environment and our responsibilities to protect it,” said UCO Earth Day Committee Chairman Dr. David Bass, UCO professor of biology.
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Participating agencies and organizations include the Oklahoma Department of Environment Quality, the Oklahoma Water Resources Board, Martin Nature Park, the Sierra Club and Edmond Beautiful, Inc. among many others.
UCO’s Physical Plant is also present to discuss developments in their award-winning biodiesel operations, which is a process that turns UCO’s used cooking oil into an eco-friendly fuel for campus vehicles.
The physical plant will also accept numerous recyclable items such as printer cartridges, cell phones and cell phone pieces, scrap metal, batteries, florescent lights, cardboard, paper, plastic and aluminum.
Free refreshments and live entertainment are provided, as well as a plant sale put on by the UCO biology club.
Earth Day T-shirts are also for sale.
The event is free and the public is encouraged to attend.
Since 1970, Earth Day has become a day celebrated worldwide to raise environmental awareness and promote environmental citizenship and year-round progressive environmental action.
For more information about UCO’s Earth Day Fair contact Bass at (405) 974-5772.
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