We had a good time at the Earth Day Festival. It is our city's first year holding an event like this so it will take them awhile to get it just right. But it shows signs of being a good beginning. They tried to have a waste free event, having recycling bins for paper, plastic, aluminum, & glass, every hundred yards or so. There were many vendors of the type that held demonstrations and gave out literature on the various ways and reasons for such things as; recycling, hybrid and bio diesel cars, solar and wind power, global sustainability,several state parks, many environmental groups, ET Vegetarian society, US Green Building Council, many artists that use recycled materials, wilderness planning, plants and herbs from
various areas, magic mulch;which is organic compost, there were a couple of hybrid and bio diesel vehicles and even a bus. And many more things. We learned a lot and were very happy to see such a great turnout. I look forward to next year's event being even better with a little more diversity even. Photos include; Garbage Can Band,(think STOMP), Sophie planting pumpkin seeds in a newspaper cup, Joshua at the top pf the climbing wall, & Sophie and David making side walk art. I realized of course, once I got home, that I didn't get any photos of the "eco" related items, just family shots, so I will do better at the Knoxville event. Sorry. We have another event, Earthfest, a much bigger event, in the next town, Knoxville, on the 26TH. More on Earth day then.....
various areas, magic mulch;which is organic compost, there were a couple of hybrid and bio diesel vehicles and even a bus. And many more things. We learned a lot and were very happy to see such a great turnout. I look forward to next year's event being even better with a little more diversity even. Photos include; Garbage Can Band,(think STOMP), Sophie planting pumpkin seeds in a newspaper cup, Joshua at the top pf the climbing wall, & Sophie and David making side walk art. I realized of course, once I got home, that I didn't get any photos of the "eco" related items, just family shots, so I will do better at the Knoxville event. Sorry. We have another event, Earthfest, a much bigger event, in the next town, Knoxville, on the 26TH. More on Earth day then.....
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