Earth Day Festival
Saturday, April 30
10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
3540 Orange Street
The Earth Day Festival will feature displays by community groups of their earth-friendly products and practices and their information about our environment on the Pajarito Plateau. Renaissance entertainment group Clan Tynker will perform.
Book Sale A sale of used nature books will be held at the festival.
Tie-dye Stephanie Hagelberg of Snowflake Cottage Industries will be at the Earth Day Festival to tie-dye 100% cotton t-shirts or fabric, old or new. She uses non-toxic dyes. Instructions will be given, and there will be a minimal charge for the dyeing ($5.00). This will be a great way to recycle an old t-shirt.
Clothes Swap The Los Alamos High School Environmental Club will be hosting a clothes swap. Bring your old gear to drop off or trade in for something new and exciting! All clothes will be donated after the swap.
Pet Supply Drive The Middle School Green Team will be collecting old pet toys, beds, treats, and other materials at the Earth Day celebration. All supplies and monetary donations will be given to the Espanola Animal Shelter, which has a great need for gear and volunteer this time of the year.
Demonstrations Paul Arendt will demonstrate drip irrigation, which can save water as well as time and energy. Environmental Services and the Boy Scouts have teamed to demonstrate compositing to improve your soil and make your garden grow.
Earth Day Art Show
March 27 - April 27
Opening: April 7
5:30-7:30 p.m.
The Earth Day art exhibit is entitled "Growing Green: Honoring Earth's Treasures." It is now on exhibit at Mesa Public Library in the upstairs gallery. It features artwork of many genres. Join us for the opening on April 7. Light refreshments will be served. For more information, contact Terry Foxx, storyteler@comcast.net.
Earth Day Talk and Movie: Jason Lott
Monday, April 18
Bandelier National Monument
6:30 p.m.
A talk by Jason Lott, Superintendent of Bandelier National Monument, with a showing of Bandelier's beautiful, new, high-definition movie in their new theater. The talk will include Bandelier's history and future. FREE admission to the park during the week of April 16-24.
Earth Day Hikes
April 19 & April 22
Bandelier National Monument
In conjuction with National Park Week,
April 16-24, there will be two hikes at Bandelier National Monument led by Jamie Civitello
and Rory Gauthier. One hike will be a moderate
hike to Burnt Mesa Pueblo (Tues. 4/19, 10:00 a.m., meet at the trailhead; 4 miles round trip, easy terrain). The other will be
a light/moderate walk to the mesa behind campground loop (Fri 4/22, 2:30 p.m., 1 1/2 mile, meet at the amphitheater parking lot). The hikes will focus on archeology/Ancestral Pueblo
peoples, but we also will talk about Bandelier's recent ecological
restoration projects.
The hikes are free, and admission to Bandelier is also free during the week of April 16-24.
Earth Day Talk: Foundations of a Sustainable Society
Wednesday, April 27
Fuller Lodge
Reception at 6:30 p.m.
Talk at 7:00 p.m.
Dr. Donald O'Sullivan from Los Alamos National Laboratory will speak at Fuller Lodge, in a free talk sponsored by the PEEC and the Laboratory. LANL participated in the oil spill clean-up and the NM gas outage recovery - hear what advances are being made in greening our infrastructure.
As society continues to recognize the importance of a sustainable and greener planet, one element often gets underemphasized: the infrastructure and resource systems that provide the foundation for our civilization. While there are many important technologies and scientific efforts that can improve sustainability and minimize environmental impacts - they can only be effective if the world's infrastructure and resource systems can adapt to incorporate these new technologies and resources.
Likewise, understanding the impacts of our current resources can help us understand how to improve and evolve our future systems and resource needs. As the oil spill disaster of 2010 and the New Mexico Gas Outage of 2011 illustrated, our current resource dependencies are not without significant risk (without even accounting for climate change). In addition to presenting Los Alamos National Lab's involvement in these two efforts it will be explained how understanding these risks can also help society develop the systems of the future that minimize risks and vulnerabilities. In addition to reducing negative impacts on the environment, forward looking and well designed systems can also improve reliability, reduce threats and enhance national security.
Party for PEEC
Sunday, May 1
Hilltop House Best Western
Join us for our annual "Party for PEEC," a benefit dinner to support the Nature Center. The party will feature a poetry reading entitled Poemas Verdes, an auction of services by local naturalists, and a unique meal prepared with foods that were brought to the Americas by the early Spanish explorers and settlers. It will be held Sunday, May 1, from 4:30-7:30 at the Hilltop House.
Tickets for the Party for PEEC are sold out, as of 4/26. If you still want to attend, please contact the Center.
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Logo design by Emma Starrett.
Ways to Participate
- Submit a work of art for the Earth Day art show.
- Sign up for a display space at the festival (informational, interactive, or sale of earth-friendly items).
- Assist with miscellaneous jobs during the festival.
- Submit an article for the Earth Day tabloid (due 4/1/11).
- Purchase an advertisement in the Monitor Earth Day tabloid (due 4/5/11).
- Attend the benefit dinner.
- Be a sponsor.
Forms
Below are the forms needed to participate or to purchase an ad. To pay, mail or bring your payment to PEEC, or use the Paypal links below. Forms may be mailed to PEEC or e-mailed to storyteler@comcast.net.
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