Earth Day Activity Report
April 28, 2010
April 24 Earth Day Festival in collaboration with the White Mountain Green Team and City of Show:
Approximately 33 exhibitors and a live band were present. Booth – Sustainability banner, list of
Sustainability courses, NPC license plate holders, NPC pens, poster about NPC Sustainability courses,
display about calculating personal carbon footprint. Booth manned by Trudy Bender and Tabitha
Stickle. Attendance was small but many people stopped at the college booth. Comments from
community members: where can I recycle glass? (at least 3 times); where can I take things to recycle (at
least 5 times); where can I recycle electronics and toner and ink? People were referred to the NPC
Sustainability web page. Trudy and Tabitha will work on the glass, electronics, toner and ink questions.
One gentleman urged the college to send cardboard for recycling to Lakeside Sanitation/Sewage where
it is mixed with human waste and creates compost. Trudy and Tabitha will look into this. Michael
Sweeney (adjunct faculty for NPC) said he would contact Mark Engle about becoming the WMC person
to take care of recycling.
April 22 Campus & Center events:
Libraries: List of NPC faculty/staff recommended books was available. Most libraries had displays.
Hopi: 4 films, composting display, planting sunflowers, roses, fruit tree. Waiting for report.
Kayenta: 6 films. Viewed by 3 students, 1 faculty, 2 staff. Next year propose to show films in the Public
Health Clinic lobby.
Little Colorado: 3 films, free seeds, soil and pot. 12 people viewed films, 31 people participated in soil
and seed project. Would like to repeat the program next year.
Painted Desert: 3 films. A few students saw portions of the film while eating lunch or waiting for their
class. Perhaps next year the films should be shown in the evening for more community support.
Silver Creek: 5 clips on YouTube, sidewalk art, Earthopoly game, solar cooking demonstration. Waiting
for report.
Springerville/Eagar: 2 films. No participation.
St. Johns: 1 films, gardening workshop, recycling discussion, recycling push. 18 participants throughout
the day. Local organizations asking for more information about recycling facilities.
White Mountain: 1 film, tree planting, solar cooking demonstration, Earthopoly game, sidewalk art.
Rain and snow – 6 people attended tree workshop and planted a red-tree dogwood bush on campus. 2
staff attended the film. No one participated in Earthopoly or sidewalk art. Solar cooking was not
successful due to the weather.
Whiteriver: 6 films, recycling push, tribal presentation about recycling, gardening project. 18 watched
the films, 30 people participated in planting onions, 8 tall bags of recycling material was collected.