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Gateway again hosting annual popular Celebrate Earth Day event

Gateway Technical College will once again spotlight the environment with its annual Celebrate Earth Day, featuring fun, hands-on activities for all ages to learn how to be stewards of the environment.

Celebrate Earth Day will be held 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 21 on Gateway’s Kenosha Campus, 3520-30th Ave. and Gateway’s Elkhorn Campus, 400 County Road H, Elkhorn.

This year marks the 11th anniversary of the annual event in Kenosha which has drawn thousands over the years.

Creative energy added to Gateway’s annual EcoFest Racine event

Gateway Technical College and Greening Racine have added even more creativity, art and music to their annual EcoFest Racine event through several nature and environmentally themed music acts as well as the Ecoart for Ecofest Vital Art Project.

Ecofest, a community event aimed at sharing and celebrating sustainable practices, will be held 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 17 in the Lake Building on the college’s Racine Campus, 1001 S. Main St.

Gateway to host horticulture and urban forestry career fair

Gateway Technical College will hold a horticulture and urban forestry career internship and job fair 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 15 in the Atrium of the Academic Building on the college’s Kenosha Campus, 3520-30th Ave.

Job-seekers can meet prospective area employers at the fair who are seeking to fill internship, full-time, part-time and seasonal positions for careers in horticulture, arboriculture, urban forestry and supporting fields.

Attendees are asked to bring a résumé.

Gateway to hold pre-Celebrate Earth Day permaculture event

Gateway Technical College will offer a precursor to its Celebrate Earth Day event a couple days early by hosting the Permaculture Initiative of Kenosha event 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. April 19 at the Pike Creek Horticulture Center on the college’s Kenosha Campus, 3520-30th Ave.

“The group is focused on promoting permaculture in the community – beginning with our own yards,” said Kate Field, Gateway Horticulture instructor and certified permaculture designer. “Our aim is also to form friendships with like-minded folks and have fun.”

Gateway seeking vendors for its Celebrate Earth Day event

Gateway Technical College is seeking vendors for its April 22 Celebrate Earth Day event to be held on its Elkhorn Campus and its Kenosha Campus.

Vendor slots are free for those who fit the criteria of the event, to be held 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The college strongly encourages a booth that focuses on nature, the environment or sustainability practices and offers the following:

Melinda Myers keynotes Gateway’s annual WinterGreen conference

Well-known gardening expert, author and TV/radio host Melinda Myers will keynote Gateway Technical College’s 25th Annual WinterGreen conference, an event featuring experts offering advice and insight into the trends of the horticulture industry today. 

The conference will be held 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 27 in the Madrigrano Auditorium, located in the Conference Center of Gateway’s Kenosha Campus, 3520-30th Ave. Industry experts and the public are welcome to attend.