Earth Day 2009

Happy Earth Day everyone!

I spent this morning working at a booth here in the building I work at, for the department I work for. It was a lot of fun talking with kids, quizzing them about pollution prevention, and giving them prizes whether they got the question right or wrong (I'm a softie!). I also was able to show them that some "foods" they think are safe are actually drugs, alcohol, or worse. It was a poster that had pictures of food, next to the "bad" item. That was really worth doing. I was surprised at how many adults got it wrong.

So, here's a pic of me with Recycle Rex...

 

I also got to do a little snake handling (I love snakes!), and get up close to bees...

Thankfully, they were behind glass... thats the closest I ever want to get to that many bees (Remember, I had one anaphylactic reaction already... don't want to risk another). Before I wandered over there, I even grabbed my EpiPen, just in case they had escapees.




I rode my bike partly into work today, and will be leaving soon heading home on it and light rail/bus. I am using today as the jumping off point to begin riding daily/near daily to work again. I hope to be riding all the way from home to light rail by Friday.

So, what are YOU doing for Earth Day today?