EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP – Happy Spring! It’s April and ACUA is celebrating Earth Month with a great variety of free online events for all ages.

Free online events begin this week with a program or two every day.

  • Monday, noon – Meatless Mondays: What do vegans eat? Have fun learning with Vance Lehmkuhl from the American Vegan Society
  • Monday, 7 p.m. – Try out Qi Gong, with a live meditative movement class
  • Tuesday, noon – All about Beekeeping with Rutgers’ Mike Haberland
  • Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. – Life in a Salt Marsh for kids! From the Wetlands Institute
  • Wednesday, 12:30 p.m.  – find out what how the Brigantine Green Team’s Active Awareness program combines wellness and Earth care
  • Thursday, 1 p.m. – See what happens to recycling collected in Atlantic County with a live virtual tour of Mazza Recycling’s state of the art processing facility.
  • Thursday, 6 p.m. – Find out how to prevent lead poisoning with Kelly McLaughlin’s Taking the Lead on Lead presentation
  • Friday, April 9 – Kids of all ages can wrap up the first week with a presentation from  Woodford Cedar Run
  • Friday, 6:45 p.m. – Screening and panel discussion of “Twelve Tenacious Invasives,” a great video produced by the Galloway Environmental Commission that introduces some of the tough local invaders, along with native alternatives.

There’s actually more, so visit acua.com/earthmonth and sign up for updates.

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Nanette LoBiondo Galloway

Award winning journalist covering news, events and people of Atlantic County for more than 20 years.