Earth Month - That’s a Wrap! 🌎
What a month! Spring is our favorite time of year because we are celebrating Earth Day and Earth Month! This year was better than ever, with a great lineup of events all benefitting our environment.
Here are some of the highlights:
Picked up 609 lbs of trash at our three plogging events, which surpassed last year’s total by 250 lbs and brought our Keep Nature Wild lifetime impact to a grand total of 1146.46 pounds of trash picked up!
1,400 seedlings were planted in Newport & Bristol Counties.
Distributed 75 rain barrels, which will divert thousands of gallons of polluted stormwater from the watershed.
Read for the full recap of Earth Month!
Plogging
Plogging is jogging or walking while picking up trash. Over the three plogging events we hosted in April, we picked up a whopping 609 pounds of trash! Thank you to all of our ploggers, Orsted Americas, Rhode Races, Newport Run & Chug, Tiverton Litter Committee, Farmcoast Run Club, Keep Nature Wild, and the Low Impact Alliance!
Plog Newport - Picked up 212 pounds of trash after the Newport Rhode Race (almost 100 lbs more than last year!)
Plog Tiverton - Picked up 150 pounds of trash around the coastal Fogland Beach area (over 20 lbs more than last year!)
Plog & Chug - Picked up 247 pounds of trash around Newport with local running group Newport Run & Chug (over 130 lbs more than last year!)
Surpassed the goal of reaching a Keep Nature Wild impact total of 1000 lbs by achieving a new grand total of 1,146.46 lbs of trash collected.
Earth Day Seedling Sale
On Earth Day we distributed over 1,400 seedlings to local residents. These seedlings will grow into resilient allies for Narragansett Bay - absorbing excess stormwater, creating habitat for wildlife, and controlling erosion. Thank you to all of our volunteers who helped to prepare the seedlings, Horus from Hawk & Handsaw Farm for his expertise, to Greenvale Vineyards for hosting us, and in-kind donations from BioBag and Home Depot.
Rain Barrels
For the fifth year we hosted rain barrel workshops for local residents. Overall, we sold out and distributed 75 barrels. These barrels collect stormwater for use in gardens and on lawns. This stops stormwater from flowing down our streets, collecting pollutants before being washed into the watershed. Rain barrels are an easy way to reduce water use at your home. Thank you to all of our volunteers including students from Roger Williams University and the Mount Hope High School Green Club. Thank you to Coca Cola for donating the barrels and to the towns of Bristol, Barrington, and Middletown. Thank you to Kathy at the Middletown Tree Commission for the successful native tree giveaway at the Middletown workshop. We will be having more events in the future - they usually sell out so sign up when you see them!
