Children play in the Peace Park creek

Olivia James, 7, right, throws pebbles into the creek in Peace Park as Ean Crites, 9, and José Kintner, 10, play on the rocks at the Earth Day festival in April 2017. There were many kid-friendly booths at the Earth Day festival, but few things beat playing in a creek.

Learning how to properly conserve natural resources and recycle could save the planet — so say the organizers of the Columbia Area Earth Day Festival, set to take place Sunday in Peace Park.

“There’s a lot of opportunity to be educated about how we can be kinder to the Earth,” said Jody Cook, volunteer programs specialist for the City of Columbia.

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  • Kathryn Palmer is an education reporter for the Columbia Missourian and a graduate student at the MU School of Journalism. She can be reached at kathryn.palmer@mail.missouri.edu