The 41st Anniversary Earth Day Festival!
The Ann Arbor Area
Earth Day Festival
will be held on Sunday, May 1, 2011
Noon to 4 p.m. at
Washtenaw Community College
4800 E. Huron River Drive
Free, fun, festive--Please join us!
This community event is free and open to the public. Nearly 60 local, nonprofit environmental exhibitors will provide information and hands-on activities. Activities and entertainment for youth are featured, including The Bubble Man, live raptors from the Leslie Science & Nature Center, face-painting, recycled instrument creation, and 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.
Entertainment Tent schedule
2010 Festival participant list (2-page PDF)
Event summary
The Ann Arbor Area Earth Day Festival is coordinated by the Environmental Education Network of Washtenaw (EE-NOW), a coalition of over fifteen local environmental nonprofits and agencies. This annual celebration has been held at several locations over the years. Washtenaw Community College is serving as the home base for this year's event, and combining its weekday Earth Day campus event into the larger community-wide Sunday festival format. A limited number of innovative clean energy groups and businesses are highlighted each year, as coordinated by the nonprofit Clean Energy Coalition.
Bike to the event!
WCC is conveniently right off the Border To Border non-motorized trail, which means residents of both Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti can bicycle right to the Festival on off-road, paved paths. For maps on the Border To Border Trail, visit www.bordertoborder.org (click on the "B to B Maps"link).
Volunteer with us!
The Ann Arbor Earth Day Festival is currently recruiting volunteers to assist with onsite coordination during the event on Sunday May 1, 2011 at Washtenaw Community College. We are looking for individuals and organizations that have interest in contributing towards making this year’s event a success. This opportunity is great for older scouts, high school volunteer groups, college and adult organizations and individuals. Volunteers can select from a variety of positions ranging from costumed Assistants to onsite Zero-waste facilitators. For more information on how to be involved please see the attached document that outlines volunteer duties from 2010 and how to register. Thank you for considering volunteering at this wonderful community event! Last minute information from catriona@umich.edu.
Exhibitors information
Due to space limits of the facility, exhibitors are included by invitation as coordinatd by the organizing committee. 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.