April 18 and 19
9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
It’s a Party for the Planet and you’re invited!
| Waste Management Earth Day Activities | ||
| Earth Day DJ | 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. | Reflection Pool |
| Recycle Ben | 11:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. | Various locations |
| Recycling Juggler | 12:30 and 1:30 p.m. | Werler Stage |
| Zooper Challenge | 12 p.m. and 12:30 p.m. | Children’s Zoo Butterfly Stage |
| Story Safari | 10:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. | Children’s Zoo Butterfly Stage |
| Sea Lion Show | 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. | McGovern Marine Mammal Marina |
Houston Green Expo
Sustainable Energy and Green Building Consumer Event
Saturday, April 18 - Sunday, April 19, 2009
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Reliant Park, Hall B
The City of Houston and Gulf Coast Green present the second Houston Green Expo: Sustainable Energy and Green Building Consumer Event exclusively featuring certified green products and building materials, renewable energy, energy efficiency tips, and green vehicles. FREE ADMISSION.
This is your chance to view and purchase green products. The products displayed make economic sense, strengthen the environment and makes us less dependent on foreign energy supplies.
Five themes are featured at the expo:
- Green Building
- Energy Efficiency
- Renewable Energy
- Alternative Transportation
- iGreen Youth Zone (www.igreenhouston.org)
Youth are encouraged to participate in the iGreen Youth Zone which is full of education, entertainment, interactive activities and giveaways.
Leading sponsors include: CenterPoint Energy, TXU Energy, and Direct Energy.
Tell your friends about this important community event. To learn more you can also visit www.gulfcoastgreen.org.
While admission is free to the public, we encourage everyone to ride Metro to reduce emissions and avoid the $8 parking fees around the park.
April 18, 2009
Houston Arboretum & Nature Center
A FREE, family-friendly event
Earth Day 2009 - Celebrate at the Arboretum - the greenest place in town!
Earth Day 2009 will offer Houstonians a free, family event with opportunities to learn about earth-friendly products from local companies and organizations, find out about recycling opportunities in Houston and have fun with activities such as face-painting and making crafts from recycled materials. Some of the day's activities will include:
- Native Plant Sale
- Composting Demonstration
- Scavenger Hunt
- Race to Recycle activity
- Calculate your Carbon Footprint
- Face painting
- Crafts from recycled materials
- Live Bluegrass Music
- Organic Food samples
- Wood workers
- Solar animal kits for sale.
- Member-only movie night - Friday, April 17
April 22, 2009 11:00a – 2:00p
6550 Bertner at Moursund
Through this celebration, the TMC community will learn about the benefits of recycling, ways to reduce one's ecological footprint, and how the TMC is going green. Nearly 50 hospitals, universities, businesses, governmental agencies and community organizations will participate and share information on their sustainability initiatives. Special events, including electric car rides, a roulette wheel of eco-prizes and a demonstration solar house, are also planned. Many of the exhibitors will be giving out free eco-friendly items--such as compact fluorescent light bulbs, reusable shopping bags and tree seedlings. The tree seedlings will include up to 2,000 native pine trees and hardwoods. Opportunities to recycle various items, including old eye glasses and cell phones, will be available as well.
The Commons food court will be featuring special Earth-Day selections so join us for lunch and celebrate Earth Day!
The event is being organized by the Houston Medical Center Recycling Collaborative. For more information, please email us at EarthDay@HMCRC.org.
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