Calumet City youth win accolades at Earth Day event

Winners of the Calumet City Earth Day coloring and poster contest are pictured with 2nd Ward Alderman Magdalena "Leni" Wosczynski. The winners are, from left, Jorge Zaroia, Jimena Ortega, Michael Casner, Rebeka Hernandez, Ava Rance and poster winner Kiara Scott.

Kindergarteners celebrate Earth Day through art and education

CEDAR LAKE | The kindergarten classes at Jane Ball Elementary School celebrated Earth Day recently by painting t-shirts and learning how they can reduce, reuse, and recycle. The students talked about ways to save water like turning off the faucets when brushing their teeth.

Valpo Parks horticulturists at Earth Day Expo

Valpo Parks horticulturists attended the 2013 Earth Day Expo held at the Porter County Expo on Saturday, April 20. Native landscaping and xeriscaping/xerogardening were some of the topics they discussed with visitors at the expo. They also displayed live examples of some native plants. Xeris…

Environmental activists get preview of possible future park

CHICAGO | More than two dozen people, including bird watchers and environmental activists, got a close-up look Monday of Lake Calumet, a preview of what could someday be a public attraction of the Southeast Side.

Free trees highlight Lake Station Earth Day event

Austin Metz, 12, front center, carries a spruce tree as he leaves the Lake Station Earth Day celebration at Grand Boulevard Lake Monday morning. His mother, April, left, and brother Dylan, 15, right, also got free spruce trees at the event.

Free trees highlight Lake Station Earth Day event

Lake Station Parks Department secretary Teri Norkus hands out blue spruce, flowering dogwood and redbud trees Monday morning to residents during the city's Earth Day celebration at Grand Boulevard Lake.

Earth Day sheds light on climate change close to home

Ryan Richardson knows all too well how global climate change can affect local lives.

Lake Station to observe Earth Day, distribute trees Monday

LAKE STATION | The city will observe Earth Day with a scheduled 10 a.m. celebration Monday at Grand Boulevard Lake off Central Avenue and Grand Boulevard.

Eighth annual Earth Day event in Porter County highlights environment information

MORGAN TOWNSHIP | “Amazon Bob” held Whoosier, the Eurasian eagle owl, while kids lined up to pet him.

Calumet City celebrates Earth Day

Eighth annual Earth Day event in Porter County highlights environment information

Portage resident Abby Cutsinger, 10, back, and Wheatfield resident Phylissa Dowell, 9, pet a Eurasian eagle owl named Whoosier on Saturday during the Earth Day celebration at the Porter County Expo Center in Valparaiso.

Eighth annual Earth Day event in Porter County highlights environment information

LaPorte resident Gunnar James, 3, stretches to reach the pedals of the "Recycle Cycle" on Saturday during the Earth Day celebraton at the Porter County Expo Center in Valparaiso.

Friends of Robinson Lake give away trees today in Hobart

HOBART | Friends of Robinson Lake will celebrate Earth Day by giving away bare root native hazelnut and nine bark shrubs and pin oak trees from 9 a.m. to noon today at the Robinson Lake/Oak Savannah Trail parking lot.

Radio Disney, Lake County Green Team, world record diaper change added 2013 Earth Day Celebration lineup

VALPARAISO | Radio Disney will close out the 2013 Northwest Indiana Earth Day Celebration with 90 minutes of activities beginning at 2:30 p.m. Sponsored by NIPSCO in partnership with the Indiana Pipeline Awareness Association, Radio Disney will provide games, activities, music, dancing and g…

Earth Week celebration begins April 22 at PSC

CHICAGO HEIGHTS | Prairie State College is hosting several events to celebrate Earth Week from April 22 through 27. All events during the week are free and open to the public, and will take place on the PSC main campus, 202 S. Halsted St.

It's not easy being a kid at heart

I read Times’ columnist Vanessa Renderman last Sunday about being a kid at heart in a grown-up world. I am a multiple of her age, but it still struck a chord with me.

Metro Recycling sponsors Earth Day Saturday

VALPARAISO | Metro Recycling is excited to be part of the Northwest Indiana Earth Day Event on April 20, 2013. This entertaining, free event will be held at the Porter County Expo Center from 9am – 4pm. Northwest Indiana Earth Day will include family fun and educational activities on ways to…

Lake Station set to give away trees at Earth Day celebration

LAKE STATION | The city will observe Earth Day with a 10 a.m. celebration on April 22 at Grand Boulevard Lake off Central Avenue and Grand Boulevard.

Metro Recycling sponsors Earth Day

VALPARAISO | Metro Recycling is excited to be part of the Northwest Indiana Earth Day Event on April 20. This entertaining, free event will be held at the Porter County Expo Center from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Northwest Indiana Earth Day will include family fun and educational activities on ways to…

Washington Park Zoo to host Community Market Day Sale in celebration of Earth Day

MICHIGAN CITY | It's true what they say, "one man's trash is another's treasure" so let’s reuse, renew and recycle your gently-used, unwanted goods and turn them into someone else's treasure! On April 27, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., the Zoo crew is teaming up with the Zoo society to organize a co…