911th Airlift Wing Earth Day Celebrations

Personnel assigned to the 911th Airlift Wing, pose after planting a tree at the Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, Pennsylvania, May 2, 2019. Every year the 911th AW celebrates Earth Day with a tree planting ceremony to symbolize the Air Force Reserve’s commitment to environmental sustainability. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Grace Thomson)

Dave Oleksa, 911th Mission Support Group civil engineer, gives a speech at the Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, Pennsylvania, May 2, 2019. The speech was about the 911th Airlift Wing’s commitment to environmental sustainability and to introduce the tree planting ceremony. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Grace Thomson)

Personnel assigned to the 911th Airlift Wing, shovel fresh soil onto a tree at the Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, Pennsylvania, May 2, 2019. The Earth Day celebrations started with the tree planting ceremony and continued later in the day when a member of the Penn State Extension Master Gardeners taught members how to make newspaper plant pots. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Grace Thomson)

Personnel assigned to the 911th Airlift Wing, shovel fresh soil onto a tree at the Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, Pennsylvania, May 2, 2019. This mix of uniformed personnel and civilian personnel symbolizes the sharing of responsibility for keeping the environment safe. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Grace Thomson)

Personnel assigned to the 911th Airlift Wing, prepare to plant a tree at the Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, Pennsylvania, May 2, 2019. Every year the 911th AW celebrates Earth Day with a tree planting ceremony to symbolize the Air Force Reserve’s commitment to environmental sustainability. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Grace Thomson)

Personnel assigned to the 911th Airlift Wing, listen to instructions at the Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, Pennsylvania, May 2, 2019. The instructor taught them how to fold a newspaper into a plant pot. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Grace Thomson)

Laura Delach, Penn State Extension Office master gardener, demonstrates how the folds should look at the Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, Pennsylvania, May 2, 2019. The newspaper’s are decomposable, which allows the plants to be placed in a new pot once the plant has matured. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Grace Thomson)

Debbie Vasko, 911th Force Support Squadron marketing assistant, finishes her newspaper pot at the Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, Pennsylvania, May 2, 2019. After the pots were done, the attendees were able to put soil and seeds in the pots to take home and grow. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Grace Thomson)

James Rasmussen, 911th Mission Support Group industrial hygienist, fills newspaper pot with soil at the Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, Pennsylvania, May 2, 2019. Each attendee had the opportunity to take soil and seeds to grow at their own leisure. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Grace Thomson)

Robert Clifford, 911th Mission Support Group civil engineer, pats soil down at the Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, Pennsylvania, May 2, 2019. The attendees had the opportunity to take soil and seeds to put in their newspaper pots to grow at home. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Grace Thomson)