Several local high schools and their environmental-club student-leaders are partnering with EcoAction Arlington for an Earth Day community event on April 23 from 9 a.m. to noon at Bon Air Park in Arlington.
The initiative will help to raise funds as well as educate the public, in addition to serving as a cleanup event at the park. There also will be a raffle, with the winner receiving a subscription for a year’s worth of 100-percent renewable energy for a home.
“This is the first time local Northern Virginia high schools are united to call for climate action, respresenting several thousand students in the community from public, religious and secular schools,” organizers said.
Charles Wurster, one of the founders of the Environmental Defense Fund, will be among the participants.
For information and registration, see the Website at https://www.ecoactionarlington.org under “Events.”