1 00:00:00,46 --> 00:00:04,70 You're watching a segment of a splash greater was Fields newsmagazine show 2 00:00:05,04 --> 00:00:09,81 a clean environment benefits the earth and the community and we recently sent 3 00:00:09,82 --> 00:00:14,44 reporter Jake to the recreation activity center in West Bloomfield for an inside 4 00:00:14,45 --> 00:00:19,81 look at this vital relationship. I'm here was fields parks and recreation center 5 00:00:19,82 --> 00:00:23,52 for the Earth Day celebration where families are here learning about and 6 00:00:23,53 --> 00:00:28,74 celebrating our planet so this event is our Earth Day celebration we want to expose 7 00:00:28,75 --> 00:00:32,43 people to all different parts of nature in West Bloomfield so that they are 8 00:00:32,44 --> 00:00:36,17 appreciative of it more and want to protect it more so learning about manic 9 00:00:36,18 --> 00:00:40,83 conservation water conservation all sorts of different ways to small ways they can 10 00:00:40,84 --> 00:00:44,37 help out in their own yards and just come and appreciate nature in general we did 11 00:00:44,38 --> 00:00:48,73 a hike and it's always best to love nature by get not then getting dirty and we 12 00:00:48,74 --> 00:00:52,72 really are all about just exposing them to new things and learning about animals 13 00:00:52,81 --> 00:00:58,08 Earth Day is an important holiday because it brings awareness to different 14 00:00:58,09 --> 00:01:05,07 audiences. Earth and sometimes conservation messages so taking care of our land 15 00:01:05,11 --> 00:01:09,16 even if it's our own backyard is important because if we don't take care of our own 16 00:01:09,17 --> 00:01:14,08 backyards or our own earth earth is all we got so it's really important that we 17 00:01:14,09 --> 00:01:17,44 take care of it and we learned how to help out Mother Nature the Earth Day 18 00:01:17,45 --> 00:01:18,15 celebration had 19 00:01:18,16 --> 00:01:21,92 a variety of activities for families to partake in and in addition to the fun 20 00:01:21,93 --> 00:01:26,13 provided by the parks department local businesses also stop by to support the event 21 00:01:26,36 --> 00:01:26,97 Well you know they're having 22 00:01:26,98 --> 00:01:29,52 a great event here we're very family focused we think that's 23 00:01:29,53 --> 00:01:31,50 a great of thing that we're doing here you know it's 24 00:01:31,51 --> 00:01:34,35 a really exciting event people are really excited to get out here and get involved 25 00:01:34,36 --> 00:01:37,09 it's great to see all the families come out and we just want to be part of that 26 00:01:37,10 --> 00:01:40,90 atmosphere we just love this nature center they do so much for the kids he's 27 00:01:40,91 --> 00:01:45,17 learned so much about the animals and I couldn't be more happy about that the stuff 28 00:01:45,29 --> 00:01:47,90 they put on is just so informative I've learned 29 00:01:47,91 --> 00:01:51,80 a lot as well so our nature on is part of our recreational activity center we have 30 00:01:51,81 --> 00:01:55,71 lots of live animals here all of our live animals are Michigan native animals so 31 00:01:55,72 --> 00:01:57,05 they're from around here which gives us 32 00:01:57,06 --> 00:02:01,82 a great opportunity to talk to the public teach adults and children alike all about 33 00:02:01,83 --> 00:02:05,49 the animals that might be in their backyard or on our trails and why it's important 34 00:02:05,50 --> 00:02:07,25 to protect their habitats as well so it's 35 00:02:07,26 --> 00:02:10,33 a great place to come and visit animals and learn about them who do you like seeing 36 00:02:10,34 --> 00:02:12,57 over here buddy. I think 37 00:02:12,58 --> 00:02:19,33 a lot of that will go out. The hawk like yeah OK. 38 00:02:22,54 --> 00:02:23,66 An event like this benefits 39 00:02:23,67 --> 00:02:28,01 a community in many ways not only is it fun for families in West Bloomfield but 40 00:02:28,13 --> 00:02:32,28 also helps strengthen natural habitats in our community I think it's important to 41 00:02:32,32 --> 00:02:35,77 support the community support you know West Bloomfield West before parks try to 42 00:02:35,78 --> 00:02:39,87 take part in the activities they have here we're so fortunate to be able to do this 43 00:02:39,88 --> 00:02:44,40 event for the residents of West Bloomfield because we are a community that are 44 00:02:44,41 --> 00:02:48,23 a part of three different watershed so we have even more of 45 00:02:48,24 --> 00:02:52,02 a responsibility to take care of our land because what we do on our land affects 46 00:02:52,03 --> 00:02:57,38 our watersheds and so we want to make sure that we're doing good things keeping 47 00:02:57,50 --> 00:03:01,87 them nice and healthy and making sure our wildlife is nice and healthy so that 48 00:03:02,34 --> 00:03:08,38 generations that come after us can still enjoy this wonderful lakes rivers forests 49 00:03:08,39 --> 00:03:12,21 and trails that we have in our wonderful community so really Earth is great for 50 00:03:12,22 --> 00:03:16,57 benefiting not only our planet but our communities here in West Bloomfield reporter 51 00:03:16,58 --> 00:03:22,06 for the splash I'm Jake you stuff and to find out more you can visit the civic 52 00:03:22,07 --> 00:03:27,86 center today dot com slash Earth Day twenty nineteen. 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