 Well this weekend was Earth Day and on Saturday people both celebrated the holiday and marched to raise awareness for climate change. A.J. Feldman takes us there in this week's Northwoods Adventure. People marched their downtown brainered on Saturday both to celebrate Earth Day and to raise awareness for climate change and encourage people to make a difference year round. Well we want them to think about climate change, we want them to think about making that transition from fossil fuel to renewables and on clean energy. Marches are very important too and it's good to see people enthusiastic about the earth issues. Earth Day is a great way to celebrate that but it's a year round thing. I mean just don't stop the one day. The response was, everyone was positive. In fact I didn't hear a single negative response. People honking, thumbs up, you know and in fact one person here who was at last year's climate march said that the response was even better this year. After marching through downtown brainered everyone gathered in Gregory Park to hear speakers discuss how important it is to keep our environment safe. Sustainable changes aren't a choice that the passionate make anymore but are a necessary step for all citizens. We should all seek to make changes in our daily lives that will benefit our neighbors, our descendants and ourselves. We can do solar, we can do wind, we can do energy and development in a way that is sustainable that supports our community, that builds jobs in our community. There was a demonstration on how people can make their own rain barrels. A rain barrel collects water off of a roof so you can use that water for your garden or yard. It's one of those things where everybody does one or two and does their part, you're going to make a significant difference. So yeah it's a way of just kind of like you know keeping your own backyard, your own campfire clean, just taking care of things for yourself. There was also face painting, other activities for children, gardening demonstrations and a musical performance all to celebrate the earth and to encourage people to take action to keep it as beautiful as possible. We're hoping that with this event today we can raise awareness about those issues and get people to mobilize and hopefully persuade our elected representatives to change course. For this week's Northwoods Adventure in Brainerd, A.J. Feldman, Lakeland News. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.