Come celebrate Russellville Earth Day at City Park! We will have outdoor clubs/organizations, environmental groups/organizations, animal shelters (seeking pet adoptions and stressing the spay/neuter issue), guest speakers, music, food, kids educational activities, and of course all those educational booths.
Saturday April 17th, 2010
Begin: 10:00am
End: 3:00pm
Bands:
The Last Shade, Some Guy Named Rob, and Judgemental
Guest Speakers:
* Stan Starling the Source Water Protection Specialist, with the Engineering Section of the Arkansas Department of Health
* Robert McAfee with RePower Arkansas Alliance for Economy & Climate Solutions
Educational Displays:
Sierra Club, Ducks unlimited, The Ozark Society, Arkansas Forestry Association Education Foundation, Keep Arkansas Beautiful, Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality, Arkansas Canoe Club, AmeriCorps, MARVA sheltered workshop, the Pope County Farmers Market, Arkansas Environmental Education Association, RePower Arkansas, Arkansas Urban Forestry Council, Lake Dardanelle State Park, Arkansas Heritage Department, Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission, Campus Environmental Coalition, the Arkansas Environmental Defense, and many many others.
Workshops:
* Bikes Benefits & Maintenance-with Doug Housley of Poppa Wheelies
* Lobbying & Contacting Your Representatives-with Dr. Robert McAfee of RePower Arkansas
* Native Food Cooking-with Dr. Walkingstick
* Food Preservation
* Gardening
* And more to come!!!!
See http://russellvilleearthday.blogspot.com/ and http://www.arkansasearthday.org/node/279 for more information. Hope to see you there!
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