News and Events
Earth Day
April 24, 2010
The Center for Environment & Society teamed up with the Kent County Humane Society and the Town of Chestertown for the annual Mutt Strut & Earth Day Festival in Fountain Park. Earth Day featured eco-friendly exhibitors, crafters and vendors; free paper shredding; free recycling of fluorescent bulbs; free recycling of rechargeable- and alkaline batteries; environmental education, and opportunities for kids of all ages to learn why it is important to take care of Mother Earth's air, land and water.
Click to enlarge photos by Tara Holste '07.
The day started off with the Humane Society's annual Mutt Strut.
Dogs big and small prepared for the Mutt Strut.
Many dogs wear green bandanas to show support for Earth Day.
John Evans '13, Danny Wood '11, and the WC men's soccer team volunteered to walk dogs up for adoption at the Humane Society.
Jared Parks and Jennifer Pollard of the Eastern Shore Land Conservancy pause to spend some time with one of the Mutt Strut participants.
Ford Schuman of Infinity Recycling takes guesses for the weights of compacted recyclables.
Chesapeake Semester Program Manager Mike Hardesty '05 and Benjy Duke '10 explain the CES Oyster Program to a festival goer.
Sabine Harvey of the UMD Extension Office explains the Grow It Eat It Program.
Chesapeake Conservation Nurseries demonstrates how to use native plants.
The Chestertown Farmer's Market went on as usual.
A potential future Chesapeake Semester student checks out the information on the upcoming semester.
Jenny Lee '13, Thomas Luttrell '11 and Nicole Robinson '11 man the Student Environmental Alliance table.
Kelsey Hallowell '12 helps festival goers to plant seeds for Earth Day.
The Mutt Strut led around town and along the waterfront.
Jon Hanley mans the Chestertown Goes Green booth.
The Women in Need booth featured gently used items for sale.
The Solar Harvest booth explains how to put solar panels on residences.
A student from Radcliffe Creek School shows off another four legged creature who joined the Mutt Strut.
Yerkes construction demonstrates how to build green homes.
Climate Action Coordinator Briggs Cunningham points out features of the Chestertown Urban Greening program.
The Sassafras River Association talks about water quality in Kent County.
CES Program Manager JoAnn Fairchild '84 M'94 and Kees DeMooy '01 distribute rain garden information.
Many painters were out to enjoy the beautiful weather.
Town residents came out to protest the ending of Kent County curbside recycling.
Alumni Trevor Williams '08, Jake Deal '10, Brooks Long '08 and Ian Trusheim '07 of the band The Took rock Earth Day for the 5th year running.