SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – Lake Tahoe Earth Week’s daily challenges start off the week with Mother Nature Monday. Spring is in the air and so are all the animals migrating back to Lake Tahoe after their winter away. What better way to appreciate Lake Tahoe than by appreciating Mother Nature this Earth Week?
Here are a few ways to show your love:
Start a Nature Journal – Get your creative juices flowing by starting a nature journal. Step into your own backyard or explore new habitats at a local park and observe the world around you. Start by drawing pictures, writing down what you see, or creating a poem. Fun for all ages, nature journaling can be done alone or with friends and family.
Turn off the Lights – Join the dark sky movement by turning off your lights tonight. Nocturnal animals sleep during the day and are active at night. Light pollution radically alters their nighttime environment by turning night into day. By turning off the lights you help to protect nighttime wildlife and save energy too!
Become a Citizen Scientist – Join Tahoe Institute for Natural Sciences for their The Tahoe Wildflower Big Year (TWBY) celebration. Many hundreds of plant species make the Tahoe region their home and we need your help to learn more about them. TWBY documents the plant community of the area and provides occurrence data that can be critical to resource management decision-making. Learn more by visiting tinsweb.org/tahoe-wildflower-big-year, to join and share your observations of Lake Tahoe.
End your Tahoe Earth Week fun by joining in the fun at the Earth Day Festival on Sunday, April 24 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Bijou Community Park. Learn more at southtahoeearthday.org
The Tahoe Earth Day Foundation, a non-profit organization, was formed to educate the general public regarding the Lake Tahoe and Truckee region’s unique beauty and how to preserve and protect it. The means of providing such education include, but are not limited to, regional Earth Day festivals that include environmental and educational booths with focus areas on watershed health, forest health, water conservation, pollution prevention, alternative energy and waste management.