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Saturday, April 23, 2011
Presented by: WGBY, Green Northampton, City of Northampton, BID and WRSI 93.9 The River.
Sponsored by: PeoplesBank, Alternative Recycling Systems, National Grid, Daily Hampshire Gazette, Mass Live/Republican.
 
     
Schedule of Events
10am-4pm: Eco Fair and Family Fun Fest: Pulaski Park, Northampton
11am: “EARTH DAY” Vernal Pool Discovery, Mass Audubon’s Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary, Easthampton
11:30am-4pm, 7:30pm: WGBY Earth Day Film Festival: Academy of Music
12pm-4pm: WRSI/The River Stage, see schedule below
10am-4pm: Amherst Sustainability Festival: Amherst Town Common
70 vendors! Scavenger Hunt! WRSI Stage; see the giant ball from Northampton 1-2pm
All day long: Join the People Powered Ramble procession along the Norwottuck Rail Trail from downtown Amherst to Whole Foods Market by walking, riding your bike or rollerblading!
WGBY 2011 Earth Day Eco Fair and Family Fun Fest
10am-4pm Celebrate with the following activities in Pulaski Park
- Alternative Recycling Systems: Recycling
- Northampton Public Schools: Earth Day Posters display
- Giant Ball of Plastic Bags
- Grow Food Northampton
- Pioneer Valley Electric Auto Association: electric car and electric truck on display
- Bag Share sew in
- Clothes swap: take it or leave it clothes swap
- The Saturday Market: produce demo
- Tuesday Market Town Farm: Food Stamp program
- Pedal People: Bike Repair workshop
- Northampton DPW: special solid waste collections, composters and rain barrels
- Northampton Electronics Recycling Day group
- CISA: Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture
- Transition Northampton: Oil Memorial
WRSI Stage in Pulaski Park: 12-4pm
Free performances throughout the day
Noon: Boxcar Lilies
12:45: Erica Wheeler
1:30: Green River String Band
2:15: Expandable Brass band
3:00: Primate Fiasco
NORTHAMPTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS JOIN TOGETHER TO MAKE A GIANT EARTH DAY BALL!
Green Northampton and the Center for Ecological Technology are coordinating a project with local schools to build an Earth Day ball made entirely of single-use plastic bags. The goal is to make the largest plastic bag ball ever and roll it down to the center of Northampton for the WGBY Earth Day Eco-Fair and Family Fun Fest on April 23, 2011 in an effort to get Northampton to become a “bring your own bag shopping district” to encourage customers to bring their own re-useable shopping bags.
WGBY Earth Day Film Festival at the Academy of Music
A Special Area Screening of Carbon Nation at 7:30pm!
WGBY will screen PBS eco-themed films at the Academy of Music from 11:30am to 4pm. These films are free and open to the public.
11:30am: Martha Speaks-Wagstaff Races: Wagstaff City’s environmental club is having a “Go Green Go-Cart Race,” fueled by alternative energy. Free Admission.
12pm: Martha Speaks-The Missing Metal Mystery: Who’s been stealing things from the local junkyard? When Detective TD announces the identity of his main suspect, everyone is shocked. Free Admission.
1:30pm: Fixing the Future by David Brancaccio, NOW on PBS
In a one-hour PBS special, Host David Brancaccio visits communities across America using innovative approaches to create jobs and build prosperity in our new economy. Free Admission.
3pm: Power Surge-NOVA: Can technology save the energy crisis? Are we on the brink of a clean energy revolution? Free Admission.
At 7:30pm we will present a special screening of Carbon Nation at $7 per ticket.
Tickets available at Academy of Music web site and at the door.
7:30pm: Carbon Nation; www.carbonnationmovie.com
Carbon Nation is a documentary movie about climate change SOLUTIONS. Even if you doubt the severity of the impact of climate change or just don't buy it at all, this is still a compelling and relevant film that illustrates how SOLUTIONS to climate change also address other social, economic and national security issues. You'll meet a host of entertaining and endearing characters along the way. $7 Admission.
(special guest speaker to be announced)
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