Russellville Earth Day 2010

Come celebrate Russellville Earth Day at CityPark! We will have guest speakers, music, food, kids educational activities,, animal shelters (seeking pet adoptions and stressing the spay/neuter issue), and of course all those educational booths featuring outdoor clubs/organizations and environmental groups.  (Event will move inside the Hughes Center if it rains on April 17^th )

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. Also check out FaceBook …http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=229152381736&ref=ts

Hope to see you there!