For over 10 years, the Suncor Energy Foundation has sponsored the annual Earth Day Canada celebration in Waterloo Region, with event coordination by local partners Grand River Conservation Authority and the City of Waterloo.

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For 2010, Waterloo Earth Day will be held Saturday, May 8th at the Laurel Creek Conservation Area in Waterloo. You are invited to join in on planting 1,000 trees, and to participate in a variety of free hands-on educational activities, offered by local experts.

The Laurel Creek Citizens’ Working Group will facilitate a hands-on educational activity at the Earth Day event. Aquatic “critters”, collected from a nearby stream, will be on display for participants to investigate the variety of creatures that live in Laurel Creek. Participants also have the chance to play an aquatic identification game, and learn about different aquatic insects and their indicators of stream health.