Edwards AFB Earth Day 2016 Published April 7, 2016 By Linnea Norby EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Edwards AFB is proud to announce its 2016 Earth Day. This year's event is hosted by the 412th Civil Engineer Group, Environmental Management Division, in partnership with the Muroc Joint Unified School District. This elementary student-focused event, open to all, will be held at the William A. Bailey Elementary School on the corner of Bailey and Payne Avenues. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Earth Day, April 22. Earth Day's theme this year was chosen by the base school children: "Earth is in Our Hands." The day includes a variety of activities showing how our hands can both help and hurt the Earth. Activities include learning from yesterday's debris in an archeological excavation site, ways to conserve resources (vanpool and alternate energy vehicle transportation), and how the environment is impacted from the law enforcement and firefighting perspectives. Activities also include water conservation, recycling and trash analysis, hazardous material awareness, hazardous waste precautions, nitrogen ice-cream, solar power, wildlife conservation and how to live with wildlife in our backyards. There will also be a live desert tortoise (or two), snakes and some static wildlife friends, as well as Natural, Cultural and Environmental Compliance displays. Activities are sponsored by our Edwards team and many commercial sponsors, schools and organizations that support the Edwards community from outside our military community. The school children will also show their individual thoughts on Earth Day with a poster contest. Volunteers are most welcome. For information, contact the Earth Day manager, Linnea Norby at 661-277-1867; or email linnea.norby@us.af.mil.