When: Saturday, April 17th, 2010 10:00am to 5:00pm
Where: Newhall Park - 24933 Newhall Ave

Come enjoy a variety of activities, entertainment, and displays featured in six interactive zones.

• Energy Zone: Come see displays by solar companies, green builders, and companies developing alternative energy use products for the home.
• Community Zone: Non-profit and community groups will present displays, hands-on opportunities and giveaways for visitors.
• EcoZone: Visit the Eco Footprint Tent and find out your demand on the Earth using an on-line carbon footprint test.
• Green Car Zone: Come see the latest vehicles using hydrogen fuel cells, gas-electric hybrids, electric vehicles, ethanol, bio-diesel and compressed natural gas!
• Children's Zone presented by Whole Foods Market: Children can visit Ladybug Adventure to decorate your own ladybug bag and collect ladybugs for your personal garden. Create a Recycled Art Sculpture! Visit the Whole Foods Market and College of the Canyons environmental art booth to create your own recycled art sculpture. The first 100 young artists will receive a free plant from Whole Foods Market.
  
• Water Conservation Zone presented by SCV Family of Water Suppliers: Take water footprint quiz, to find out what your on-line calculation of water consumption is.
  

2010 Earth Arbor Day Vendor Application [PDF]

Earth Day Festival Schedule [PDF]

Earth Day Festival Articles [PDF]

Zero Waste!

We all know how to “reduce, reuse, and recycle.” For a number of years now, we have been living it and have come to make it a part of our everyday lives. In 2006, City residents and businesses were responsible for diverting 54 percent of the solid waste generated away from landfills through recycling and reuse. While we are definitely making progress, we are now embarking on a new challenge — the “zero waste” concept. Zero waste is based on the concept that wasting resources is inefficient and that efficient use of our natural resources is what we should work to achieve. It requires that we maximize our existing recycling and reuse efforts, while ensuring that products are designed for the environment and have the potential to be repaired, reused, or recycled.

At the City’s Earth Day event, we will be changing it from a zero waste concept to a zero waste reality! That is right; there will be no waste receptacles at the event. Instead, the City’s franchised commercial solid waste services provider, Burrtec Waste Industries, will be providing only recycle and compost bins. A group of volunteers will guide and educate event participants on which items belong in the recycle or compost bins. Additionally, the City worked with the vendors at the event to ensure that all of their products do not generate any waste and can be reused, recycled, or composted.

 

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