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Earth Day brings Hay River out for movies and garbage pickup

Hay River celebrated Earth Day with cleanups and Disney environment-related movie showings throughout the day on April 22.
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Cheryl McMeekin scoops up handfuls of trash from the ditch along the Mackenzie Highway on April 22. McMeekin was involved with three other people during the evening doing an Earth Day cleanup in and around The Rooster. Simon Whitehouse/NNSL photo

Hay River celebrated Earth Day with cleanups and Disney environment-related movie showings throughout the day on April 22.

Louise Schumann of Arctic Energy Alliance partnered with Ecology North and the library to combine cleanups with the release of films The Polar Bear and Explorer: The Last Tepui.

Schumann said there were close to 30 people involved in the Friday afternoon cleanup.

Later in the evening, four adults picked up garbage in and around The Rooster convenience store.

The Last Tepui features mountain climbers scaling a towering, 300-metre cliff in Guyana to seek rare flora and fauna.

Some of the filmmakers involved in the project happened to be in Hay River on Earth Day. They answered questions from audience members in attendance.

Drew Pulley, producer and director of the film; Renan Ozturk, director; and Mark Synnott, one of the climbers; were present to watch with a crowd of about 14 people.

The film shows the crew travelling through dense jungle to reach a tepui with 80-year old biologist Bruce Means to help him collect samples of biological species he seeks. The film follows Synnott and Alex Honnold as they scale the tepui to reach the top.

The filmmakers that were in Hay River were on their way to the Far North to work on a separate project about the John Franklin Expedition.

SA国际影视传媒淚t just worked out perfectly that as they were coming in and they got to be there with us when this movie premiered,SA国际影视传媒 Schumann said.

Tom Gross, a John Franklin search enthusiast in Hay River, is working with the film team to develop a documentary on the quest to find the famous 19th-century explorer, who perished after his expedition got lost in the Arctic.

Work on that project is expected to take place on June 1 on King William Island.

Ecology North used part of Earth Day to promote its education campaign of SA国际影视传媒楴o Butts in My Backyard,SA国际影视传媒 which tries to discourage the littering of cigarette butts.

SA国际影视传媒淎nytime that we can spread awareness, especially with the younger generation like we did on Friday, and having all the young kids come out is great because we all have to do our part,SA国际影视传媒 Schumann said.

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Louise Schumann, regional energy project coordinator with Arctic Energy Alliance in Hay River, was involved in the Earth Day clean-up on April 22. She also helped with other scheduled activities. Here, she carries a big black bag to pick up garbage near Disneyland. Simon Whitehouse/NNSL photo
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Noel Demarcke fills up a black garbage bag with trash found along the ditch near The Rooster during Earth Day cleanup on April 22. Simon Whitehouse/NNSL photo
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Drew Pulley, director; Renan Ozturk, director; and Mark Synnott, climber and cast member; stand with Tom Gross during the premiere film showing of DisneySA国际影视传媒檚 Explorer: The Last Tepui as part of Earth Day celebrations in Hay River. The event was held at the public library on April 22. The filmmakers will be working with Gross later this spring on a documentary about the John Franklin expedition. Simon Whitehouse/NNSL photo
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Josie Farrell stands with her granddaughter Emrys Kipling, left, and friend Addison Morrissey at the Hay River Public Library during a community garbage pickup on April 22. The three were among nearly 30 people out in the early afternoon on Earth Day, trying to clean up the environment. Photo courtesy of Louise Schumann




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