The information below is a bit late going out in flyer form to the community - ANDMUCH OF THE Fbut I thought you'd enjoy seeing how much is going on for Earth Week this year! If anyone is willing to make the flyer available in office or community locations, let me know - thanks to Sebastian DeGiorgio's extraordinary design, the poster and flyer cover are gorgeous this year. Patricia Haines 339-9472
EARTH WEEK ITHACA 2009 On-Going § FREE Desk-top Earth Day images from Cornell Sustainable Computing Download instructions <computing.fs.cornell.edu/fasit/sstainable/earthday.cfm> § R.E.S.P.E.C.T: SewGreen Eco- Fiber Art & Fashion Exhibit. CSMA 330 E.State St. <[email protected]> § Tree Houses & Turtle Travels Exhibits, Sciencenter, 601 First St. <sciencenter.org> Saturday, April 18th § 10:30 a.m.– 4:30 p.m. Earth Day Vision Board Workshop with Pamela Moss. Borg-Warner Room, Tompkins County Library. Pre-registration <innervisionportraits.com> § 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.: Celebrate the Planet. Museum of the Earth, 1259 Trumansburg Road/Rt 96. Noon lecture, family-friendly activities, prizes, ecological footprint <museumoftheearth.org> Sunday, April 19th § 7:30 – 9:30 a.m. Spring Bird Walk (also 4/26) Cayuga Nature Center <cayuganaturecenter.org> § 12:00 Noon – 5:00 p.m. CELEBRATE WELLNESS! Center Ithaca. Panel/audience reflections on nourishing bodies, minds & spirits while working together to create sustainable lives, families, community and world. “Just a Taste” of movement modalities, Conversation Circles, Meet the Practitioners, Creativity Corner. Questions < [email protected] > Details <ithacahealth.org> § 2:00 p.m. ScienCenter Showtime: Vegetable Gardens from Native American traditions. 601 First St. <sciencenter.org> Monday, April 20th § 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Creative Writing Workshop. CSMA, 330 E.State St. “Seeing the World Through Haiku Eyes: Celebrating our Lives on Earth” with Zee Zehava. FREE. <sew-green.org> Tuesday, April 21st § TBA. Creating a Stewards Program for Cayuga Lake. Lifelong, 119 W. Court St. Questions <[email protected] > Details <tclifelong.org> Wednesday, April 22nd – NATIONAL EARTH DAY § 12:00 Noon – 1:30 p.m. Greening the Workplace. Center Ithaca Atrium. Brown bag luncheon with speaker TBA. <downtownithaca.com> § 10:00 a.m. – ongoing. Planet Earth Film Screening. Emerson Suites, Ithaca College Environmental Society < [email protected]> § 3:00 – 6:00 p.m. Earth Day Fair, Buttermilk State Park. Nature walks, crafts, plant mini-gardens. <nysparks.com> *** PARTY FOR THE PLANET *** Friday, April 24th 6:30 – 11:00 p.m. Women’s Community Building ,100 W.Seneca St Family-friendly (costumes welcome!), face painting, solar stage, three bands, arts activities, door prizes, raffle for Roberta Dixon painting. Suggested donation $10-5 or dish to share. Tickets: Home Green Home, Greenstar, Volume Records, Ludgate Farms Market Saturday, April 25th § 10:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. SUBADO GIGANTE Children’s Festival. Ithaca Commons § 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. SewGreen Crazy Quilt Bee. FREE. CSMA § 11:00 a.m. – Noon Cornell Roots & Shoots 5K Run. Cornell Plantations. Registration10:30 a.m. <plantations.cornell.edu> § Noon – 3:00 p.m. ART FOR A JUST & SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY. Parade: Ithaca Commons (gather 11:00 am, parade noon-1:00 pm) FORUM: Exploring Directions for the Arts in Downtown Ithaca. Borg-Warner Room, Tompkins County Library <downtownithaca.org> § 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. OrienTREEing in the Arboretum. Cornell Plantations, near ponds. Family-friendly basics of navigating using map & compass. Small fee. § 2:00 p.m. Showcases: Sun-Powered Houses & Seeds Galore!. Sciencenter. 601 1st St. <sciencenter.org> *** EARTH DAY ITHACA 2009 COMMUNITY CELEBRATION *** Sunday, April 26TH Noon – 5:00 p.m. Steamboat Landing (Ithaca Farmers’ Market) * Opening Ceremony – Speaker Joe Mareane, Tompkins County Administrator * Breaking Bread Together - Conversations for Community * Parade for the Earth * Interfaith Sacred Ceremony * Cooperative Extension COMPOST FAIR * Primitive Pursuits Children’s Pavilion * Solar stage – music & dancing * TRANSFIGURE Eco-Friendly Fashion Show * Floating Classroom on the Lake * Food & Beverages * Eco-Information booths & demonstrations * Exhibit: Art for a Just & Sustainable Community ** RAFFLE for painting “Currents” by Roberta Dixon *** to benefit Earth Day Ithaca 2010 - ON DISPLAY IN CENTERITHACA ON SUNDAY, APRIL 19 & ELSEWHERE (TO BE ANNOUNCED ) DURING EARTH WEEK *** Brought to you for the 12th year by the Center for Environmental Sustainability (CES) – for event details see <ces-ithaca.org> Special 2009 thanks to WVBR, Tompkins County Room Occupancy Tax, Downtown Ithaca Alliance, Ithaca Health Alliance, Level Green Institute, Gnomon Copy, DeGiorgio Design and Ithaca artist Roberta Dixon <rdixonart.com> LEVEL GREEN - fostering sustainable community through collaborative initiatives in hospitality, education and the arts, in the 150 year-old democratic spirit of the Danish Folk School. 1519 Slaterville Road, Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 339-9472 _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins Questions about the list? ask [email protected] free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
