Although the day was blustery and partly cloudy, plenty of folks showed up to hear from various representatives of organizations. The Sustainability Office offered electronic recycling and paper shredding to residents of Grant County.
Photos by Mary Alice Murphy
Earth Day 2015
Earth Day 2015
Tricia Hurley and Deb Shatzkin discuss the best plants for Deb's home.
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Earth Day 2015
Aldo Leopold Charter School students Katrina Estradea, Jaden Rubio and Ben Alfero holding Lixie explain their school activities.
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Earth Day 2015
Stacy Miller was selling tickets for the Aldo Leopold senior trip.
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Gwyneth Jones -?prices one of her plants she grows for her business, More Thyme Permaculture.
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Earth Day 2015
Carrie Johannes hears about PNM programs from Bruce Ashbury and Amy Miller.
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Earth Day 2015
Ron Groves talks about the Native Plant Society to Deb Shatzkin and Oliver Savage
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Earth Day 2015
Astrid Eagle, in back, and Frances Cooper, in front, make designs with sidewalk chalk.
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Earth Day 2015
Kendra Milligan of the Grant County Community Health Council accepts tickets for free trees from Amelia and Jill Ellis.
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Earth Day 2015
Taylor Werner paints the face of Morgan Lazzell, as Semilla Freeman watches.
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Earth Day 2015
Tracy Saavedra explains about the Therapeutic Freedom Riders.
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Earth Day 2015
Dawn Byrum and Margaret Hadderman discuss which corn seeds would be best from the seed giveaway.
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Earth Day 2015
Hasana Kudura and Azima Forest talk about the Grant County seed library.
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Earth Day 2015
Rebecca Summer hosted a table on red wiggler worms and their compost. Here she chats with Jeanne Martin.
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Earth Day 2015
Carolyn Smith represented the Grant County Food Policy Council.
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Earth Day 2015
Charmeine Wait of the Silver City Food Co-op prepares the manual apple coring and peeling contraption. Ted Pressler looks on.
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Earth Day 2015
John Song and Gary Stailey have an intense discussion.
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Allyson Siwik, director of the Gila Conservation Coalition and the Gila Resource Information Project, chats with Dr. Norman Ratliff.
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Earth Day 2015
Donna Stephens represents the Upper Gila Watershed Alliance
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Earth Day 2015
Derek Markham and Patrick Hoskins talk about the upcoming Tour of the Gila.
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Earth Day 2015
Jean Eisenhower talks about her solar ovens and garden design business.
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Earth Day 2015
Gordon West and Chris Lemme of Southwest Energy Integrators promote cellulose home insulation.
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Earth Day 2015
Patricia Taber and Sara Boyette talk about the Southwest New Mexico Audubon Society.
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Earth Day 2015
Is anything cuter than three Girl Scouts and three puppies? From left are Annabelle Jamison, Mauri Nelson and Lily Myers.
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