For more than 30 years, representatives and contractors from EM’s Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP), Idaho Department of Environmental Quality and INL have combined resources to host the community’s annual Earth Day celebration at the Idaho Falls Zoo. The event includes hands-on activities focused on teaching children and their families the benefits of environmental stewardship.
This year, volunteers with IEC’s weSTEAM program led activities to demonstrate how science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics can help advance environmental cleanup at INL. IEC employees also provided social media and marketing support.
“The public-private partnership that formed and helped build this event into what it is today allows us to keep costs low to families who want to participate in the Earth Day Celebration,” Eastern Idaho Environmental Education Association President Michell Walker said.
As part of IEC’s diverse cleanup mission, environmental protection and public education continue to be priorities helping to drive waste management that is protecting the Snake River Aquifer for future generations.
-Contributor: Jessica Vasseur
