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Earth Day to be celebrated Saturday, April 22 by Christine von Kolnitz MUSC Solid Waste Management Earth Day, April 22, is the day set aside each year to celebrate the earth and raise awareness of how the world can be made a better place through conservation, preservation, and environmental sensibility.   The Charleston area isn’t short on activities in April to celebrate the environment and promote sustainability in the community.   On campus, support Earth Day by recycling office paper and aluminum cans and by turning off  lights every time you leave your office or any room that is unoccupied, like a lunch or conference room.   The College of Charleston will sponsor, “Alliance for Planet Earth,” from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 21 at the College of Charleston's Maybank Breezeway. The Earth Day festival  will include a variety of community organizations, student groups, vegetarian food samples, and entertainment aimed at increasing environmental awareness throughout the college community.   The Charleston County Earth Day Festival will beheld from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., April 22 at Park Circle, North Charleston.   The festival will feature a variety of educational exhibits, entertainment, and activities for kids, and will host the Green Beret Sport Parachute Team. The festival is a way to increase awareness about preserving and protecting the environment in the Lowcountry, while also celebrating people who have made a difference in the communities.   The Tour de Tomato Bicycle Ride, Earth Fare, and Charleston Moves will celebrate Earth Day with a bicycle ride from Earth Fare’s South Windemere store to its Mount Pleasant store. The bicycle ride will begin at 10 a.m. April 30.   The ride is open to all levels and includes lunch at the Mount Pleasant location. Proceeds benefit Charleston Moves’s work to make the Lowcountry a more bicycle, pedestrian and transit friendly community. Registration is online at http://www.active.com.   For additional information on Earth Day, e-mail vonkolnc@musc.edu or visit http://www.worldwildlife.org/earthday/.     Friday, April 21, 2006 Catalyst Online is published weekly, updated as needed and improved from time to time by the MUSC Office of Public Relations for the faculty, employees and students of the Medical University of South Carolina. Catalyst Online editor, Kim Draughn, can be reached at 792-4107 or by email, catalyst@musc.edu. Editorial copy can be submitted to Catalyst Online and to The Catalyst in print by fax, 792-6723, or by email to catalyst@musc.edu. To place an ad in The Catalyst hardcopy, call Island papers at 849-1778, ext. 201.