The information below is a bit late going out in flyer form to the community - and much of the format's been lost - but I thought you'd enjoy seeing how much is going on for Earth Week this year! If anyone is willing to make the flyer and/or poster available in office or community locations, let me know - thanks to Sebastian DeGiorgio's extraordinary design, they 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
