Midland College partner with Keep Midland Beautiful in recognition of Earth Day 2020April 15, 2020

MC and Keep Midland Beautiful (KMB) are encouraging MC students, employees and community members to post photos of original artwork made with recycled materials or repurposed projects in support of Earth Day 2020.

“Midland College usually has several student organizations who participate in Earth Day activities, such as cleaning a park or helping with other community projects,” explained Taneekwa Hurdle, MC Student Activities coordinator. “Since we are restricted from participating in group activities this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are thrilled to still be able to participate with KMB in this fun and worthwhile community project.”

For recycled art, social media postings should include before and after photo with a description of the materials used and the symbolism or message of the piece. Submissions will be accepted via social media using the following hashtags: #MCRecycleart or #KMBenvironmentalproject.

For repurposed projects, postings should consist of a before and after photo with a description of
materials that have been used from your home and the symbolism or message of the piece.  Submissions should use the following hashtags: #MCRepurposeproject or #KMBenvironmentalproject.

All posts are due by Thursday, April 22, which has officially been designated as Earth Day.

The theme for Earth Day 2020 is climate action. Earth Day is a unified response to an environment in crisis. The first Earth Day is credited with launching the modern environmental movement and is now recognized as the planet's largest civic event.

For more information about this exciting project, contact Taneekwa Hurdle.