Earth Day Activities

• Sunday, April 24: An Earth Day celebration for Ithaca and Tompkins County will take place noon to 5 p.m. at the Ithaca Farmers Market Pavilion. Activities include music, wall climbing, a demonstration of a hybrid-electric bus, and a proclamation by Mayor Carolyn Peterson. Information and exhibits about recycling, conserving energy and composting will be on display.



• Sunday, April 24: The Annual Fall Creek clean-up day is planned to begin 11:30 am. Volunteers should meet at the Fall Creek Elementary School (King Street sid) and bring work gloves.



• Monday, April 25: Volunteers monitoring water quality in Six Mile Creek will meet from 6-8 pm, at Cooperative Extension, 615 Willow Ave. For more information, call Tania Schusler at 272-2292 or email her at tms23@cornell.edu.



• Wednesday, April 27: GreenStar Cooperative Market will host a class teaching about solar and wind power at a talk and slide show by Steve and Cindy Nicholson. The class is 7:00 pm to 8:15 pm at GreenStar, 701 W. Buffalo St. Sign up at GreenStar's Customer Service, or call 273-9392.