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Nockamixon Township Celebrates Successful Spring Cleanup

Nockamixon Township officials recently thanked the volunteers who participated in the township's litter cleanup event on April 20.

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Promenade Saucon Valley Celebrates Earth Day All Month Long

From seed planting to bingo to earth-friendly photo opportunities, the Upper Saucon Township retail center is offering guests multiple ways to get involved.

Help Salisbury Township Plant Trees for Earth Day

The event in honor of Earth Day will be held Saturday, April 13 at Laubach Park, 1600 Lehigh Ave., Allentown, and Sunday, April 14 at Green Acres Park, 2702 Green Acres Drive, Allentown.

Girl Scouts Build Gaga Ball Pit at So. Lehigh Living Memorial Park (Photos)

Sometimes Mother Nature--and those who help maintain her parks--needs a hand. That's exactly what she received Saturday at Southern Lehigh Living Memorial Park in Coopersburg, where more than 100 volunteers including dozens of local Girl scouts helped clean up the park and constructed a new amenity as part of an Earth Day celebration.

Lehigh Bethlehem Farmers Market Earth Week
Lehigh’s Office of Sustainability Promotes Earth Day, Every Day

While Earth Day is celebrated annually on April 22, the Lehigh University community has been recognizing the spirit of the occasion by promoting sustainability and other green initiatives throughout the month of April as well as all year round.

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SV Students Are Selling Trees and They’ll Even Plant Them for You

Some environmentally-minded students at Saucon Valley High School are partnering with the nonprofit organization Tree-Plenish to help make the area a little greener while offseting their school's use of paper products.

Audio No Rain Date Ep. 51: Christopher Kocher of Wildlands Conservancy

This week--in celebration of Earth Day--we've released No Rain Date early. Fittingly, our special guest this April 22 is someone who cares deeply about our local environment. Christopher Kocher is president of Wildlands Conservancy and an advocate for preserving the Lehigh Valley's open spaces.

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Cleaning Up Lower Saucon: LSTHS Members Retrieve Roadside Litter

The volunteers who gathered at the historic Lutz-Franklin Schoolhouse for a roadside cleanup on Countryside Lane are members of the Lower Saucon Township Historical Society, which twice a year cleans it up as part of the township's Adopt-a-Road program.

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Local Cleanup Events Planned as Earth Day 2021 Approaches

As Earth Day 2021 approaches, volunteer organizations are planning cleanup events to help restore heavily-used local parks, bike paths and hiking trails. Earth Day is observed each April 22 and serves as a reminder that everyone has a role to play in keeping the planet clean.

Local Family Has Been Cleaning Rt. 378 in Lower Saucon for Over 10 Years

Many people don't even want to take the time to pick up trash in their own yards, let alone stoop to pick up someone else's litter along a busy roadway. But that's exactly what Bob Yeager and his family have been doing along a busy stretch of Rt. 378 in Lower and Upper Saucon townships for more than 10 years now.