Please Share Widely: Tompkins County Earth Day 2020 - Over 50 Presenters & Performers - April 22nd, 2-6 PM
Karim Beers, Get Your GreenBack Tompkins
Over 50 Presenters & Performers Cued for Tompkins Earth Day - Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020
We’re delighted to announce over 50 local presenters and performers will be participating in the 50th anniversary celebration of Earth Day in the Tompkins County area. The full list and program can be found on this website, and is pasted at the end of this note as well.
The Earth Day celebration, with the theme of “Connection, Solidarity, & Action”, is an opportunity to deepen our connection with others, share information on activities related to improving the health of our natural environment and our communities, reinforce the feelings and actions of solidarity that have arisen from the COVID-19 response, and make connections to others who might help.
The whole program will be streamed live on the Get Your GreenBack Tompkins Facebook page. Attendees may also join via Zoom. A link for this option will be on the Earth Day website.
Date: Wednesday, April 22nd
Time: 2PM - 6PM
Venue: Stream Live on Facebook on the Get Your GreenBack Page
The event is free and open to all members of the community. One portion of the program--from 4-5 PM--is specially focused on families with children.
We look forward to connecting on Earth Day!
The organizing team,
Tammy Butler, Southside Community Center
Rebecca Evans, Ithaca College/Sunrise Ithaca
Kirby Edmonds, Building Bridges Initiative/Dorothy Cotton Institute
Karim Beers, Get Your GreenBack Tompkins
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EARTH DAY PROGRAM
First Set - 2-3 PM
Welcome & Overview - Anke Wessels & Kenneth McLaurin, MCs
Kirby Edmonds - Building Bridges
Rebecca Evans - Sunrise Ithaca
Ithaca Green New Deal - Nick Goldsmith or Svante Myrick
Rakim “Rock” Jones - Original Songs
Laurie Konwinski - Earth Day Lessons from Daffodils for People of Faith & Everyone else too
Marty Hiller - Ithaca Community Gardens
Bill Foster - Discover Cayuga Lake
Food Policy Council - Monika Roth or Don Barber
Get Your GreenBack Tompkins - Free Energy Advising - Karim Beers or Energy Navigator
Southside Community Center & Recycle Ithaca’s Bicycles - Nicholas or Tammy Butler
Sonja Skelly - Cornell Botanic Gardens - Connection between plants & people
Second Set - 3-4 PM
Lee Yoke Lee - Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County - Electric Vehicle Myths & Experiences
Lee Dillon - Tompkins Community Action - Helping Low-Income Households
Elisa Evett - Mothers Out Front Tompkins County - Photos of Ithaca High School art students’ project on Whales, Pollution and Climate change
Elisa Keeler - Participatory Song with Movement
Peter Bardaglio - Tompkins County Climate Protection Initiative
Jonathan Comstock - HeatSmart Tompkins
Christa Nunez - The Learning Farm - Farm Bathing: interactive presentation
Astrid Castillo - Youth Farm Project & Food Sovereignty
Marisa Lansing - Sustainable Tompkins - Finger Lakes Climate Fund
Guillermo Metz - Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County Energy Team - DIY Home Energy Diagnostics
Jennie Cramer - Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County Master Gardener Volunteers - Quarantine Greens: Grow Your Own @ Home
Amie Hamlin - Coalition for Healthy School Food - Plant-Based Recipes for School Lunches
Alexa Palumbo-Martin - LACS Strike/Sunrise Hub - Taking action on social media
Third Set - *Focus on Families & Children* - 4-5 PM
Juliana Garcia - “When the Sick Bugs Come to Town”, Children’s Book Reading
Honey Sweet Harmony - Nature-themed Singalong or Storytelling
Janelle Alvstad-Mattson - Friends of Stewart Park - Updates & Music from Stewart Park
Richard Anthony Martinez aka “Captain Jack” - Conservation of ocean and seas
Frank Towner aka “Crossroads the Clown” - Learn how to Juggle!
Yael Saar - Mama’s Comfort Camp - About MCC & Self-kindness activity
Patrice Lockert Anthony - Seeds of Hope: Family Journaling as an Act of Resistance & Resilience
Leo Sack - Cornell Lab of Ornithology - Bird-Watching & ID Demo from Sapsucker Woods
Emily Belle - Sciencenter - Explore habitats, adaptation and conservation in the Sciencenter's Animal Room
Josh Dolan - Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County - Cooking demo with local and food pantry items
Coddington Road Community Center - Children’s Song with Ms. Lisa
Joey Diana Gates - Solar Oven Cooking Demo
Fourth Set - 5-6 PM
Paul Speight - New Roots Charter School - Cayuga Wetlands Restoration Project at Stewart Park
Erin Marteal - Biophilia: Ithaca Chapter - Equitable Access to Nature
Mike Moritz - Building Bridges & the Ithaca Green New Deal
Dawn Montanye - Way2Go - Photos & Drawings Thanking Transportation Providers & Illustrating Sustainable Transportation Options
Ingrid Zabel & Alexandra Moore - Paleontological Research Institute/Museum of the Earth/Cayuga Nature Center - Climate Science & Energy
Erica Herman & Denise Katzman - Get Your GreenBack Tompkins - 3 Ways to Go Solar (including for renters and people with limited income)
Susan Holland - Historic Ithaca/Significant Elements - Using Salvage for Projects or Repairs
Jessica Swindon - Sustainable Tompkins - How can our regional sustainability movement provide leadership in the Age of Coronavirus?
Jennifer Karius - U.S. Census - The Census, Equity & The Environment
Laura Branca - Dorothy Cotton Institute
Lauren Miller - Sunrise Ithaca
Hector Chang - Bike Walk Tompkins - Sneak Peek of Bicycling for Everyone: An Action Plan for Ithaca and Tompkins County to make bicycling accessible and safe for people of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities.
Taili Mugambee, Keyanna Mozie, and Rakim Jones - Ultimate Re-Entry Opportunity - The Healthful Transitions Program
The Odyssey Choir from Opus Ithaca - Songs on Peace & Community
CLOSING
- Stay in touch via Facebook and our monthly Community Newsletter
- Get support saving energy & money with free Energy Advising
- Let's meet! - Zoom Meeting
- Not in Tompkins County? Check out Smart Energy Choices, a sister program serving the Southern Tier