April 16, 2007 For Immediate Release Contacts: Joey Gates, Earth Day Ithaca organizer, 607-351-0664 Wendy Skinner, Earth Day Ithaca publicity coordinator, 607-277-7611; 229-0919 Ithaca Celebrates Earth Day This Sunday The Ithaca Earth Day celebration will be held on Sunday, April 22, from noon to 5 pm at the Ithaca Farmer's Market pavilion, Steamboat Landing. Mayor Carolyn Peterson will open the event at noon, and the public is invited to enjoy music, dance, good food, and to explore more than 40 exhibits about sustainable living and ways to protect and preserve the planet. Visitors can learn more about renewable energy, global climate change, our local ecosystem, gardening, composting, permaculture, recycling and reuse, and local earth-friendly products.
Exhibitors include Buy Local Foods!, Energy $mart Communities, Engineers for a Sustainable World, Farm Sanctuary, Finger Lakes Native Plant Society, Level Green Institute, Master Composters, Significant Elements, and White Hawk Village. Two new additions this year are an air conditioner collection service, providing safe disposal of old cooling units; and rides on one of TCAT's new hybrid-electric buses. Highlights of the celebration include many activities for children; the second annual eco-fashion show at 2 p.m.; the traditional Earth Day parade which will gather at 3:30 p.m.; and the daylong Compost Fair sponsored by Cornell Cooperative Extension. Ithaca Earth Day is sponsored by the Center for Environmental Sustainability (CES). For more information, contact Joey Diana Gates at 351-0664, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -end- _______________________________________________ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
