Tag: Earth Day

The Brownsville Independent School District will hold an annual recycling rally at 9 a.m. Friday in the parking lot of the BISD administration building at 1900 Price Road to celebrate Earth Day.

While a visit to Gladys Porter Zoo is always a celebration, Saturday visitors got invited to a zoo-wide party—for planet Earth.

A chorus of children’s thrilled screams filled the gymnasium as the lights dimmed Friday at Incarnate Word Academy in Brownsville.

Once government officials began to lift pandemic-related mask regulations, many environmentalists warned about a landscape littered with masks and other debris. After U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle of Florida invalidated mask mandates on public transportation, airlines and other carriers reported planes, buses and other vehicles littered with the items. Flight attendants and airline officials said people almost ceremoniously tossed the masks onto seats or into the air.

With Earth Day on Friday, the City of Brownsville Parks and Recreation Department has planned events around our local environment for the community this Saturday.

HARLINGEN – The slender oak sapling with its strong bark bounced in the wind gusts, remaining steadfastly next to the hole where it would soon be planted.

With Earth Day just around the corner, it makes you think of the ways our natural resources—like parks, beaches and rivers— make our community a more vibrant and nurturing place to live. As we enjoy kayaking down the Arroyo Colorado or wade in the surf at Boca Chica Beach, it is vital to remember the responsibility we have to our local environment for all the memories and joy it gives us.