Features, Schools

Earth Day 2023

Photos by Staff Sgt. Gabrielle Spalding
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
April 28, 2023
Students from Ramstein Elementary School, Germany, answer questions about the importance of trees and Earth Day prior to taking part in a tree planting in celebration of Earth Week atRamstein Air Base, April 18, 2023. Each year, Earth Day campaigners call for the event with an annual altering theme. In the U.S., the 2023 Earth Day theme is “Invest in Our Planet.” (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Gabrielle Spalding)
German Forest Department representatives demonstrate to students from the Ramstein Elementary School, Germany, how to plant trees during a tree planting event in celebration of Earth Week, at Ramstein Air Base, April 18, 2023. Tree plantings like this help reinforce the mutual partnership between Ramstein and the local communities and the mutual dedication to nature. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Gabrielle Spalding)
Ramstein Elementary School students plant trees in celebration of Earth Week, at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, April 18, 2023. The idea for a national day to focus on the environment came to Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson, a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, after witnessing the ravages of the 1969 oil spill in Santa Barbara, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Gabrielle Spalding)
Students from Ramstein Elementary School, Germany, and German Forest Department representatives work together to plant a tree at Ramstein Air Base, April 18, 2023. The tree planting is one of many events that will take place to celebrate Earth Week. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Gabrielle Spalding)
Students from Ramstein Elementary School, Germany, search for a location to plant a tree in celebration of Earth Week at Ramstein Air Base, April 18, 2023. The students planted over 45 trees in a wooded area near the schoolhouse. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Gabrielle Spalding)
Ramstein Elementary School students and German Forest Department representatives plant a tree in celebration of Earth Week, at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, April 18, 2023. The Forest Department Representatives provided shovels and over 45 tree saplings for the students to plant. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Gabrielle Spalding)
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