Calumet Collaborative's Earth Day Celebration 2020
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On April 22, 2020, the Calumet Collaborative celebrated the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day! This celebration included a full day of virtual programming including mini-webinars and discussions, a short video and movie with review discussion, and family activity ideas. During the webinars, Mark Bouman, from the Field Museum’s Keller Science Action Center, shared significant events that happened in the Calumet region in the 1970’s and some of the environmental changes that have taken place in the last 50 years. George Roadcap, an Illinois State Water Survey hydrogeologist that has studied water in the region for years, discussed efforts to clean-up contaminated water bodies in the Calumet region and discussed the region’s water quality. And Paul Fitzgerald, Executive Director of Friends of Big Marsh, talked about the recreational activities in the Calumet region including Big Marsh Park, the new Ford Environmental Center, and more.
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If you were unable to attend the entire event, don't worry! We recorded all of our presentations which can found below. We have also included a brief biography of all speakers with their videos.
Earth Day Event Overview 4/22/2020
Calumet Collaborative Earth Day Schedule and Links
9:00am – 9:20am: Introduction to Calumet Collaborative’s 50th Anniversary of Earth Day Celebration
9:20am – 9:40am: Video Time - Environmental Justice Video (17 minutes)
10:00am – 10:45am: Mark Bouman – Looking Back 50 Years in the Calumet Region
11:00am – 12:00pm: Movie Time – PBS Frontline Plastic Wars (56 minutes)
12:00pm – 12:30pm: Plastic Wars and Environmental Justice Video Discussions
1:00pm – 1:45pm: George Roadcap – Water Clean Up Efforts in the Calumet Region
2:00pm – 3:00pm: Activities for you and your family - UIC Virtual Earth Day Clean Up & Environmental Illinois Earth Day activities, and the Field Museum's Nature is Open activities
3:00pm – 3:45pm: Paul Fitzgerald – Big Marsh Park, Ford Environmental Center and other outdoor recreation in the Calumet Region
3:45pm – 4:00pm: Thank you and Closing
Other Interesting Earth Day Resources
Earth Day Events:
Earth Day Education Resources:
9:00am – 9:20am: Introduction to Calumet Collaborative’s 50th Anniversary of Earth Day Celebration
9:20am – 9:40am: Video Time - Environmental Justice Video (17 minutes)
10:00am – 10:45am: Mark Bouman – Looking Back 50 Years in the Calumet Region
11:00am – 12:00pm: Movie Time – PBS Frontline Plastic Wars (56 minutes)
12:00pm – 12:30pm: Plastic Wars and Environmental Justice Video Discussions
1:00pm – 1:45pm: George Roadcap – Water Clean Up Efforts in the Calumet Region
2:00pm – 3:00pm: Activities for you and your family - UIC Virtual Earth Day Clean Up & Environmental Illinois Earth Day activities, and the Field Museum's Nature is Open activities
3:00pm – 3:45pm: Paul Fitzgerald – Big Marsh Park, Ford Environmental Center and other outdoor recreation in the Calumet Region
3:45pm – 4:00pm: Thank you and Closing
Other Interesting Earth Day Resources
Earth Day Events:
- One Earth Film Festival: Join in on the Earth Day Virtual Mini Film fest all week!
- Chicago Community Climate Partnership: A shared calendar for exciting virtual Earth Day events around Chicago.
- EarthRise: The world’s largest civic event is going digital for the first time in its history to demand that leaders take science seriously, listen to their people and push for action at every level of society to stop the rising tide of climate change.
- Earth Day Ecochallenge: Select actions to take that align with your individual values and make a 30-day commitment to complete those actions, all the while practicing and reinforcing good habits.
- Sierra Club's Earth Day Live: From April 22, the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, to April 24, activists, performers, thought leaders, and artists will come together for an empowering, inspiring, and communal three-day livestream mobilization.
Earth Day Education Resources:
- Outrider Foundation: A film focusing on Senator Gaylord Nelson’s vision and work continued.
- Climate Change 101: A seven-day New York Times crash course on climate change, in which reporters from the Times’s Climate desk address the big questions.
- The ‘Profoundly Radical’ Message of Earth Day’s First Organizer: The story of Denis Hayes, coordinator of the first Earth Day in Seattle 50 years ago.
- The History of Earth Day: From Radical Roots to Elementary School Classrooms: An Earth Day history lesson for teens and kids.
- The Story of the Grand Kankakee Marsh: A film focusing on a missing piece of American ecology that compels the viewer to consider the vital role wetlands and prairies play in our ecosystem.