WTAMU’s science clubs and local Amarillo and Canyon organizations are teaming up to host an Earth Day Fair on April 20. The fair will help educate the public about the earth and how to help the environment.

The Earth Day Committee responsible for organizing the event consists of four main organizations: The Environmental Science Society, Tri-Beta, the Wildlife Society and the Geology Society.

They will be at the event sharing information about erosion and the consequences that come with it. A risk game will be played where current events will be presented and students will be asked to respond to it.

Juan Gil from the Environmental Science Society Earth Day Committee said that probably the most important issue to be discussed is water usage and how it affects the Panhandle.

“Water conservation is the most important topic to talk about,” Gil said. “It is a day that we recognize that we will eventually leave the earth and the activities we do will have a specific impact on earth.”

Gil said that the event will help raise awareness among students.

“All students should know to prove their lifestyle efficiently,” Gil said, “changing your lifestyle and spreading the word to communicate to the masses.”

Senior English major Sarah Stone plans to attend.

“We need to be more conscience of our impact on the earth, whether it is positive or negative, by making changes through living more greenly,” Stone said.

Although Earth Day is intended to raise awareness and take action against environmental problems, some people believe that it shouldn’t stop there.

“We really should act like everyday is Earth Day,” Dusty Bryan, a senior English major, said. “We only have one planet, for now at least. We should be active everyday in being more conscientious about our wastefulness and our impact, not as individuals, but as a whole on the planet.”

The fair will take place at the Pedestrian Mall from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.