Wesselman Nature Society and Alcoa present the Evansville Earth Event, a community-wide celebration of all things Earth friendly. The event will take place on Saturday, April 20 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and will be held at no other than Evansville’s premier urban green space, the Wesselman Woods Nature Preserve.
 
The spring festival will feature a full day of entertainment, family oriented activities, eco-friendly demonstrations, guided nature hikes, outdoor recreation samplers, live animal encounters, scavenger hunts and much more. Entertaining programs will be provided by the Rivertown Storytellers, the Magic Gardener, the Tristate Herpetological Society and other local groups. Over 40 local organizations and environmentally conscious businesses will demonstrate tools and techniques that anyone can use to be more earth savvy or enjoy the outdoors more.

On Saturday, March 23, the Vanderburgh County Solid Waste District will hold a drop-off recycling day at Evansville Day School on North Green River Road from 8:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon.

The following items will be accepted for recycling at the program:  Newspaper, mixed household paper, magazines and catalogs, cardboard, aluminum cans, glass containers #1, plastic containers #7 and steel cans.

The District has contracted with Wesselman Nature Society to operate the drop-off programs. The next recycling day will be held at Old Walmart West on April 6.

The Vanderburgh County Solid Waste District will hold its annual Holiday Recycling Day on Saturday, January 5 from 8:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon at the Civic Center parking lot.

At this program Christmas trees will be mulched by Randy’s Tree Service with assistance from the Southwestern Indiana Master Gardeners.  However, people are asked to bring their own containers if they want to take mulch home with them.