Haverhill Goes Green!
Haverhill's Brightside, in conjunction with most of the other volunteer groups serving Greater Haverhill, is organizing an environmental fair called Haverhill Goes Green! This free event is to promote the efforts of local business and the community to grow in a sustainable way. Here you can learn about wind, solar and geothermal energy alternatives, the benefits of green cleaning using non-hazardous ingredients, and hook up with local farms to set your table with healthier foods for your family. Live music will accompany a host of vendors and speakers and demonstrations of green technologies. It will be a nice way to spend the day at Winnekenni's beautiful park. Click for Mapquest Map/Directions or please contact us at Haverhill Goes Green!
Businesses and organizations are encouraged to participate by filling out a participant application and submitting it to Haverhill's Brightside.
Earth Day -
City-wide Cleanup
Earth Day began in 1970, when 20 million Americans took to the streets, parks and auditoriums to demonstrate on behalf of a healthy, sustainable environment. That first Earth Day signified the birth of the modern environmental movement in the United States and led to the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and passage of the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act and the Endangered Species Act.
In 1990, Earth Day went global, with 200 million people from 141 nations participating. The international groundswell of concern for the environment elevated the status of environmental issues on the world stage. Today more than 1 billion people take part in Earth Day activites across the globe.
See our Haverhill Earth Day City Cleanup page for full details.
And if, while you are doing your own spring-cleaning at home, you come across any old electronic gadgets you'd like to get rid of, consider donating them to the Crowell Technology Recycling Drive. It's free, helps the environment and helps parents ease the financial burdens on their children's schools so better education can take place. Everybody wins.