Gateway Technical College will once again celebrate the environment with its Celebrate Earth Day, featuring fun, hands-on activities for those of 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 23 on Gateway’s Kenosha Campus, 3520-30th Ave. The event will be preceded by a Pike Creek Cleanup on the campus from 8:45 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Gateway Technical College continues to broaden its popular communitywide Celebrate Earth Day event this year to include even more activities and ways community members can be gentle on the environment at work and home.
The event will be held 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 23 at its Elkhorn Campus, 400 County Road H, featuring a number of earth-friendly activities, a gardener’s swap, informational booths, children’s crafts and wagon rides.
Gateway Technical College has announced it will host EcoFest Racine, a new community celebration to share and celebrate sustainable practices, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 19 in the Lake Building on the college’s Racine Campus, 1001 S. Main St.
Gateway Technical College President and CEO Bryan Albrecht today signed on to the American Campus Act on Climate Pledge to demonstrate the college’s support for strong climate action by world leaders.
A total of 218 colleges and universities representing 3.3 million students from 40 states are committed to taking action on climate by signing the national pledge and detailing how they would work to meet the pledge on their own campuses.
Among other key points, Gateway’s specific pledges to this effort include:
Gateway Technical College President and CEO Bryan Albrecht today signed Second Nature’s new Climate Leadership Commitment, making public the college’s commitment to remain “green” and sustainable in its operations and provide education and training for emerging green industry careers.
Presidents and chancellors of colleges and universities across the nation signed on to the commitment. Albrecht was one of 10 leaders to sign the commitment in-person at the official ceremony.
Gateway Technical College will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new Nature Knowledge Trail 3 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. June 30 at the Center for Sustainable Living on the college’s Kenosha Campus, 3520-30th Ave.
A program will be held at 3:30 p.m.
Gateway Technical College has been provided with a Survivor Tree which will be planted 10:30 a.m. April 25 at its annual Celebrate Earth Day event on its Kenosha Campus as a living reminder of the country’s resilience, survival and rebirth in the wake of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
The ornamental pear tree and national landmark will be planted in the Pike Creek Arboretum. The tree is a descendent of a tree found at Ground Zero following the attacks, severely damaged yet alive. It was recovered and rehabilitated and returned to the 911 Memorial in 2010.
Gateway Technical College was one of five exemplary community colleges to be presented with an American Association of Community College (AACC) Green Genome Award today. The five awards were issued as part of AACC’s expanding national effort to support environmentally sustainable practices, programs, and job training at the nation’s almost 1,200 community colleges.
Gateway Technical College will host Harvest Fair, noon to 4 p.m. Oct. 4 on its Racine Campus, an event that will offer hands-on garden, food and other environmental demonstrations as well as fun activities for children.
Admission to the event is free. It will be held in the park in front of the Racine Campus, 1001 S. Main St., and a free gift will be handed out to attendees. For more information, go to gtc.edu/harvest.
