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Earth Week Fair taught attendees about Environment

Quad Cities Earth Week Coalition hosted the 6th annual Earth Week Fair at the QCCA Expo Center in Rock Island April 17 and 18, 2009. On Friday over 1,400 local 3rd-6th graders attended the Fair to see a presentation on renewable energy and visit booths with hands-on, educational activities. On Saturday, nearly 2,000 attended the Fair, which included Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and the general public. Scouts worked toward various environmental badges, while the public visited booths and attended adult workshops on topics such as energy, organic sprouts and native plants. See photos from the 2009 Earth Week Fair on our Photos page.

Green Revolution Conference for Quad City Area High School Students

Living Lands & Waters hosted the Green Revolution, a conference for area high school students interested in the environment, on February 10 at Stoney Creek Inn, Moline. Nearly 150 Quad City area students attended and heard presentations from experts on topics such as: Green Building, Energy Efficiency, Water Quality and Waste Reduction. In addition, students participated in group activities and shared their ideas on how to improve the environment. Check out photos from the event in the Photos section.

U.S. Postal Service announces Recycling Program

The United States Postal Service (USPS) recently announced a "Post Office Box Lobby Recycling Program," which places secure recycling bins in the lobbies of post offices where post office box customers can read and discard unwanted mail easily. Each post office box generates 184 pounds of mail per year. USPS estimates that this new program will allow up to 40 percent of this mail to be recycled at the Post Office. Visit www.usps.com/green for more information.

AMPS Receive Iowa Governor's Volunteer Award

Area Maintenance Persons (AMPS) of Davenport, IA received the Iowa Governor's Volunteer Award for their daily efforts of picking up litter throughout the city. AMPS is a group of 151 Davenport residents age 50+ who pick up litter during their daily activities. A reception was held in their honor at the Davenport Police Station Community Room and City Council recognized them during their meeting on November 12, 2008.

New Map Shows "Make it Yours" Locations

Here's something fun ... as groups, families, businesses and organizations sign up for the "Make it Yours" program through iLivehere, we're putting them on the map, literally.  Just click on the marker to learn more about the location and who's adopted it. 

(If you're having problems reading the notes on the location, click on the "View Larger Map" link to open the map in a new browser window.)

Crow Creek Quarry Clean-Up pics online

iLivehere community member Gary Kimler wrote a blog post last week inviting all of the folks here to help out with a special clean-up event this weekend.  Gary and his scuba diving crew were going to pull stuff out of the Crow Creek Park Quarry. 

Well, some iLivehere members showed up to help out and now you can see our pictures from the time we spent cleaning up the quarry and the trails and shoreline around it.  It was a great day for a cleanup and we had a great time (complete with a cook-out).

iLivehere member organizes a family cleanup

Chris Bawden, an iLivehere member from Riverdale, Iowa needed a family service project in order to earn the Family Life merit badge.  Check out these pictures from the cleanup he organized for July 26th. 

Chris went online to iLivehereqc.org and registered his cleanup with the Waste Commission of Scott County.  The materials were ready for pick-up a few days later and now the garbage is out by the curb ready for pick-up on Monday.  As a result, the ravine by Chris' house is litter free (at least for the time-being).

Organize your own cleanup (of your neighborhood, business or community), post your pictures and we'll feature you on our web site!