Crowds of people gather for the festivities Saturday at the Los Alamos Nature Center on Canyon Road. After a two-year hiatus, the Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) was able to host its Earth Day celebration. The event featured local, regional and state booths as well as live entertainment by the Hillstompers. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
Los Alamos County Zero Waste Team Member and Environmental Sustainability Board Member Jessie Emerson discusses her hand-made solar-powered oven during Saturday’s Earth Day celebration. The oven, which Emerson constructed from a pizza box, aluminum foil and heavy plastic, baked chocolate chip cookies for participants at the event. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
Environmental Sustainability Board Chair Dina Pesenson, left, and Allison Chang man the Zero Waste booth during the Earth Day event. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
The staff of the Los Alamos County Department of Public Utilities including Manager Philo Shelton, far left, and Public Information Officer Cathy D’Anna man a booth at the PEEC Earth Day event. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
Petree Garden Center and Florist’s Jeremy Smith, left, chats with County Council Chair Randall Ryti during the Earth Day celebration. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce Director Ryn Herrmann chats with the public during the Earth Day celebration. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
Hillstompers entertain the crowd. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
The Los Alamos High School Eco Club Sponsor Jonathan Lathrop, left, and members Dana Roelofs and Adalee Witt sell plants in recycled cans during the Earth Day event. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
New Mexico Environment Department of Energy Oversight employees Steve Yanicak, left, Jon Celmer, Megan Green and Dave Woody exhibit their living stream display, which featured wild invertebrates. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
PEEC Youth Volunteer Isa Manzanares holds up Severus the bull snake during the Earth Day event. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
Chase Person of Affordable Solar, which is based in Albuquerque, sports a ‘delicious’ looking hat during the Earth Day event Saturday. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com