GREAT FAMILY FUN - April 21st
Earth dwellers of all ages are invited to come and enjoy all the FREE Earth Day activities taking place on Saturday, April 21st at Big Spring Memorial Park in Athens from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Come and get a glimpse of our amazing world and the Tennessee Valley's role in making our part of this planet more environmentally friendly. Let's put down our electronic gadgets and come hear about, see, and touch the world in which we live.
This celebration will be so much fun you won't even realize how much you're learning. There will be displays, crafts, live animals including birds of prey, and activities for all ages.
KALB Membership - Become a Partner in Education and Action
Your membership allows KALB to provide this community with the tools needed to make informed environmental decisions and act on them. Here are just a few of our programs that are made possible by your membership:
- Educational programs designed to reach pre-school through high school students
- Adopt-A-Spot Program
- Clean and Green Events - Supporting outdoor event organizers in litter/recycling efforts
- Free cleanup supplies to our volunteers
CIGARETTE BUTTS CAUSE SERIOUS POLUTION
Some people who would never think of littering think nothing of flipping
a cigarette butt out of a car window or into the grass.
Cigarette butts might be small, but they are mighty when it comes to the dangers they pose to the environment.
What are cigarette filters made of? Nearly all cigarette filters are composed of a bundle of 12,000 plastic-like cellulose acetate fibers.
Are cigarette butts biodegradable? NO! Unlike paper products, they are not biodegradable. It can take years, in some cases up to fifteen, for fibers to decay into a plastic powder that can't be seen. Smokers may not realize that their actions have such a lasting, negative impact on the environment.
What happens to a cigarette butt after it is discarded?
LOOK WHAT YOU DID!
Every ton of paper products recycled spares 17 trees from being cut down to make new paper products
Together we recycled 1,907 tons of paper allowing 32,419 trees to remain standing and continue the important environmental work trees are designed to do.
We give little thought to the truth that without our trees, this planet would not be able to support life! Here are some of the ways trees contribute their life-giving gifts:
- Trees take in carbon dioxide form our air, which they need to create food for their own growth.
- Trees give off oxygen during the photosynthesis process (making their food), which allows all life to breathe. Trees are literally the lungs of the Earth!
- Trees absorb pollutants...
