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PHOTOS: SOS promotes sustainability with ‘Earth Claire’

Student orgs, sustainability groups hold campus event as part of earth month programming
Story by Lance Stridde, Staff Writer
April 30, 2025
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Photo by Lance Stridde
Students gather outside Centennial Hall for UW-Eau Claire’s “Earth Claire,” a day for student and community groups involved in environmental efforts to talk to the students of Eau Claire about conservation, sustainability and more.

Stridde can be reached at [email protected].

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