Earth Day Festival

PACIFIC PALISADES, CA - On April 16, Resilient Palisades hosted a free community event to celebrate this years upcoming Earth Day and to spread awareness about climate change.

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Pacific Palisades non-profit organization, Resilient Palisades, is one of many groups that engages with their locals to spread sustainable lifestyles.

This year, they co-organized an Earth Day Festival with the city of Los Angeles mayor's office and council member Mike Bonin to spread awareness on climate crisis.

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Ingrid Steinberg, co-founder and board president was stunned by the events outcome. "Honestly we didn't know what to expect, but were thrilled for all the vendors that came and all the people that came to take pride," she said "theres people that are coming together, we have our vegan food trucks that are here supporting our mission of reducing the amount of animal products that we use and all the different organizations."

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Even those that were welcomed quickly became volunteers, Jacqueline Vrunnond was one of them. "And even I'm learning from the high school people that they're really making decisions," she said.

Every year since the 1970's on April 22, Earth day is celebrated as the birth of the modern environmental movement.

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Leslie Valle reports on Resilient Palisades Earth Day festival

By, Leslie Valle

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