Earth Day Festival

The Ann Arbor Area 42nd Annual
Earth Day Festival

Sunday, April 22, 2012
Noon to 4 p.m.
Leslie Science & Nature Center
1831 Traver Rd., Ann Arbor 48105
www.LeslieSNC.org

Free, fun, festive--Please join us!

Nationally acclaimed Gemini performs from Noon - 1:00 with music for children and families

This community event is free and open to the public. Nearly 50 local, nonprofit environmental exhibitors will provide information and hands-on activities. Activities and entertainment for youth are featured with hands-on activities and crafts that help explore our natural world. The event focus is on community education, youth activities, and is not a forum for sales or promotion. This year, the Earth Day Festival is once again a "Zero Waste" event. Zero Waste services are provided by Recycle Ann Arbor.

Full Entertainment Schedule
12:00 – 1:00 pm	Gemini
1:15 – 1:30 pm	Trans-American Electric Bike Tour Presentation
1:45 – 2:05 pm	Animal Raps with Kinetic Kendra & Rap for Food
2:15 – 2:30 pm	Trans-American Electric Bike Tour Presentation
2:45 – 3:45 pm	Dizzy the Clown

Other Activities

Recycling crafts with the Scrap Box

Bountiful Bubbles! with Sarah and the Eco Girls

Explore Project Grow's Discovery Gardens

Take a guided nature hike with LSNC's program coordinators

Visit with reptiles and more in the Critter House

Free toxic toy testing by the Michigan Network for Children’s Environmental Health (bring some toys!)

"Why I Recycle" video contest winners shown in Nature House (by Recycle Ann Arbor)

Face-painting by Ann Arbor Cohousing

View LSNC's amazing Raptors

Alternative Fuel Vehicles on display

Local, organic food for sale

Clean Energy Expo

Exhibitors *Many exhibitors will have youth activities at their tables!*
Leslie Science and Nature Center	Ecology Center & MNCEH
Huron River Watershed Council	Ann Arbor Family Press
Veterans for Peace	Natural Area Preservation
Little Lake Learning Community	City of Ann Arbor Recycling
Humane Society of Huron Valley	Project Grow Gardens
City of Ann Arbor Summer Day Camps	Eco Girls
The Scrap Box	UM Exhibit Museum of Natural History
Huron Valley Sierra Club	Washtenaw County Parks
Friends of Wildlife	Washtenaw County Water Resources
Buhr Park Children’s Wet Meadow Project	Southeast Michigan Land Conservancy
Legacy Land Conservancy	Recycle Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor Environmental Commission	Brian Cressman’s Reptiles
Rap for Food	City of Ann Arbor Storm Water
Ann Arbor Water Treatment Plant	Tilian Farm Development Center
Bird Center of Washtenaw County	Scio Residents for Safe Water
Growing Hope	Washtenaw Bicycling and Walking Coalition (WBWC)

Clean Energy Expo
Clean Energy Coalition	A2 Energy & PACE
Ann Arbor Energy Commission	Trans-American Electric Bike Tour / EVELO
Ann Arbor Transportation Authority (AATA)	Hybrid-Electric Home
Renewal by Anderson	Howard Cooper Honda
Laura Eco-Broker	Ann Arbor Automotive
Architectural Resource	Whirlydoodles

Event summary

The Ann Arbor Area Earth Day Festival is coordinated by the Environmental Education Network of Washtenaw (EE-NOW) (external link), a coalition of over fifteen local environmental nonprofits and agencies. This annual celebration has been held at several locations over the years. Leslie Science & Nature Center, 1831 Traver Rd. in Ann Arbor is the host location for 2012. A limited number of innovative clean energy groups and businesses are highlighted each year, as coordinated by the nonprofit Clean Energy Coalition.

Exhibitors information

Due to space limits of the facility, exhibitors are included by invitation as coordinatd by the organizing committee. A list of exhibitors from 2011 can be found here. The event has a focus on showcasing local environmental nonprofits, agencies, and selected green energy businesses coordinated through the Clean Energy Coalition. There are also opportunities for local environmental nonprofits and Washtenaw County businesses with WasteKnot Partner designation to participate at the Mayor's Green Fair on Main Street in June: Please contact the Mayor's Office, listed on the Green Fair web page here.

2012 Exhibitor Set-up Information (pdf)

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