Earth Day for all Ages, All Backgrounds

Credit: Photo by Lawrence DeFreitas

Normandie Avenue Elementary School students pose in front a mural they helped create as part of a South Los Angeles initiative to encourage healthful, sustainable eating and living habits. To learn more about sustainability initiatives in South L.A., join Diversity Task Force Chair Melody Anderson April 17. Read her story here.

Credit: Photo by Silvia Darie

Earth Day's for families! Angeles Chapter celebrity Nadia Wilson shows mom Silvia Darie a thing or two about enjoying the Earth and its wild places. For information on getting outdoors with your little hiker, see Silvia's story.

Credit: Photos by Gabriele Rau

Gabriele Rau created an Earth Day activity at an event at the Muth Center at Newport Bay that was popular with people of all ages: I just had a roll of white paper, some colored markers and asked children to write down what they do for the environment. All ages were involved, as one can see. The event was so successful, (These signatures are but a fraction of the photos Rau submitted.) is considering offering the activity again in 2010.