{"id":3394,"date":"2015-03-27T19:45:40","date_gmt":"2015-03-27T19:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=3394"},"modified":"2015-03-27T19:45:44","modified_gmt":"2015-03-27T19:45:44","slug":"preparations-under-way-in-texas-for-45th-annual-earth-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=3394","title":{"rendered":"Preparations Under Way in Texas for 45th Annual Earth Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>by John Michaelson\/TNS<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>DALLAS &#8211; With the springlike weather that\u2019s now being enjoyed across Texas, residents are busy making plans and getting ready for next month\u2019s 45th annual Earth Day celebration.<\/p>\n<p>Jillian Moch, communications associate for Earth Day Texas, said they\u2019re expecting around 75,000 people for an event at Fair Park in Dallas, to be held April 24-26.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVisitors will be able to learn from renewable-energy groups, green businesses, conservation advocates, government entities,\u201d she said. \u201cThere is also going to be a lot of really great programming &#8211; hands-on activities, interactive activities, music, art, speakers.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3395\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3395\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3395\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/gr-45096-1-1.jpg\" alt=\" It has become the world\u2019s largest civic observance, and thousands of people across Texas are making plans to take part in events for next month\u2019s 45th annual Earth Day. Photo: JD Hancock\/Flickr.\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/gr-45096-1-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/gr-45096-1-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/gr-45096-1-1-405x304.jpg 405w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/gr-45096-1-1-120x90.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3395\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It has become the world\u2019s largest civic observance, and thousands of people across Texas are making plans to take part in events for next month\u2019s 45th annual Earth Day. Photo: JD Hancock\/Flickr.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In addition to the Dallas celebration, events also are planned in a number of other communities across Texas, although Moch noted that anyone in any corner of the state can get involved, just by making changes on their own &#8211; from recycling to changing over to LED light bulbs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s really, really simple things, and a lot of the times they\u2019re things you can do at home that might save energy,\u201d she said. \u201cIt might save the environment in some way, but it also saves money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earth Day now is the largest civic observance in the world, with more than 1 billion people participating in related activities each year.<br \/>\nMore information is online at earthdaytx.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by John Michaelson\/TNS DALLAS &#8211; With the springlike weather that\u2019s now being enjoyed across Texas, residents are busy making plans and getting ready for next month\u2019s 45th annual Earth Day celebration. Jillian Moch, communications associate for Earth Day Texas, said they\u2019re expecting around 75,000 people for an event at Fair Park in Dallas, to be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3395,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-web-exclusive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3394"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3396,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3394\/revisions\/3396"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}