Great Lakes 2008
Earth Day Challenge
www.epa.gov/greatlakes/earthday2008
![]() U.S. EPA issues this Earth
Day Challenge to residents, businesses and community organizations
throughout the Great Lakes basin to plan or participate in
collection events of e-waste or unwanted medicines during Earth Week
April 19 - 27. The Challenge is to collect a million pounds of
e-waste for proper management and a million pills of unwanted
medicines for responsible disposal during Earth Week.
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Great Lakes Urban
Exchange (GLUE)
www.gluespace.org
![]() The Great Lakes
Circle Tour leads you around the largest freshwater system on the
planet - but the main route often takes you far from the water's
edge. This site shows you where to pull off the highway for a quiet
beach, a hidden lighthouse, or a secluded park.
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Great lakes
Maps
www.greatlakesmaps.org
![]() This exhibit traces
the evolution of mapmaking since the 1600s and the historical
influence of the Great Lakes on the history of Wisconsin. The
collection features an illustrated, hand-colored map of North
America made in 1670, one of the first maps to show all five Great
Lakes.
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Coastal Ohio Wind
Project
www.nwowind.org
![]() The Coastal Ohio Wind Project is a
research project focused on using technologies to monitor avian
interaction within or near an active turbine site. Area residents
are invited to attend meetings in March to hear from wind, avian,
and economic experts on the subject of wind energy, and share their
thoughts.
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Lake
Ontario-St. Lawrence River proposal for public
comment
www.ijc.org/LOSLdocuments
The IJC has released for public comment a proposed
new Order of Approval and a proposed new plan for regulating the
flows through the Moses-Saunders Dam between Cornwall, Ontario and
Massena, New York. Regulation affects water levels and flows in Lake
Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. |
National Environmental Education Week (EE
Week)
www.eeweek.org
EE Week, April 13-19, is the largest organized environmental
education event in the United States. It increases the educational
impact of Earth Day by creating a full week of educational
preparation, learning, and activities in K-12 classrooms, nature
centers, zoos, museums, and aquariums. |