Earth Week 2012 and the 23rd Annual Mountain Area Earth Day Fair

Earth Week 2012 will culminate in the annual celebration at Evergreen Lake

This year's Earth Week will kick off a series of events ranging from a Children's evening to a featured speaker evening:
April 16 - EAS+Y will host the "Evergreen Community Gardens Town Hall Meeting"
April 17 - EAS+Y will kick off their 'Bring Your Own Bag' Campaign with the screening of the "Bag It" movie
April 18 - Evergreen Audubon's president Dr. Brad A. Anders will present "An Arctic Treasure - The Teshekpuk Lake Region of Northern Alaska"
April 19 - Evergreen 350.org will host a Double Feature Speaker Night with sustainable development experts L. Hunter Lovins and William S. Becker
April 20 - Earth Day & Beyond will host "EarthKids - A Children's Night" with authors Lynne Cherry and Marc Bekoff, live music by Dakota Blonde, activities by Golden High School and the Young Voices For The Planet short films

This event series will culminate in one of Evergreen's classic family festivals with the familiar exhibition hall in & outside the Lake House:

Join us at the 23rd Annual Mounatin Area Earth Day Fair from 10  to 4 on Saturday, April 21 at the Evergreen lake house.  Shuttle Parking will be available at the Wulf Recreation Center.

Growing since 1990 and now one of the largest and most popular Earth Day celebrations in Colorado, the fair regularly features over 50 nonprofit organizations, businesses and agencies.  Up-to-date information on critical issues will be available for open discussion and to take home.  A warming tent will provide space for additional exhibitions and live presentations.  HawkQuest will ahain present its live raptors, by now a well anticipated tradition for this festival.

While you are at Evergreen lake be sure to visit the historic Warming Hut, home to the Evergreen Nature Center which is operated by Evergreen Audubon.  The Nature Center will holds its grand opening the same day with numerous children's activities "Fluffed Up For Spring" focused on the Bear Creek Watershed.  If you cannot make Friday's event, Lynne Cherry will be back to read and sign her fabulous books and to share her Young Voices For The Planet short films.

Earth Day & Beyond is a small group of Mountain Area residents.  Local high school students have taken on various planning and hosting tasks.  Our major sponsors are EPRD, Evergreen Newspapers, Evergreen Audubon, the Rotary Club of Evergreen, the Evergreen Chamber of Commerce, Evergreen Sun Power, The Evergreen Wild Bird Store, the University of the Wilderness, Natural Capitalism Solutions and Dakota Blonde.