Join Your Neighbors to aide our Community Earth Day Saturday
April 24, 2010, 10am – 12pm
Call 965-3896 for more information. (Rain date: Sunday, April 25, 10 am –12 pm) Suggested tools to bring: gloves, rakes, brooms, shovels.
Rewards
• Meeting and gathering with your neighbors
• Beautifying your neighborhood park
• Enjoying healthful exercise
• On-site refreshments
EPA@40 Celebration
The EPA itself is hosting a EPA@40 event, which will feature a variety of interactive, family-friendly exhibits that highlight the work of the Agency, reflect on the past four decades of environmental accomplishments and look forward to the next 40 years of promoting healthier families and cleaner communities.
Among the exhibits are an environmental crime scene forensics demonstration, air quality monitors, cutting edge automotive technology, geiger counters, climate change habitat loss exhibits, video interviews for the EPA Website, mobile environmental Web application tutorials, environmental photography exhibits, environmental films, an interactive kids booth about environmental hazards, backyard composting demonstrations, a Chesapeake Bay water model, and live mascots teaching kids about recycling and protecting nature and much more.
In addition to the exhibits related to environmental protection, there will be a performance and speaker stage, packed with events all day Saturday and Sunday.
EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson is scheduled to appear at the EPA Earth Day tent on Saturday between 12pm-2pm
Location: Between 4th-7th St., National Mall, Washington, DC
Date: April 24, 2010 10am to 6 pm, April 25th, 10am-5pm
6th National Sustainable Design Expo
The 6th National Sustainable Design Expo will display new sustainable or green technologies. More than 40 college teams and other exhibitors from across the country will show innovative solutions for an environmentally sustainable future.
Location: National Mall between Constitution and Independence Avenues and 3rd and 4th Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C.
Date: Saturday, April 24 – 9:00 a.m. – 5 p.m., Sunday, April 25 – 9:00 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Contact: Mary Wigginton, 202-343-9861 wigginton.mary@epa.gov
Earth Day 2010 – Trees, Shirt Sleeves and 26th Street Park Spring Cleanup Day
Join Your Neighbors to aide our Community Earth Day Saturday
April 24, 2010, 10am – 12pm
Call 965-3896 for more information. (Rain date: Sunday, April 25, 10 am –12 pm) Suggested tools to bring: gloves, rakes, brooms, shovels.
Rewards
• Meeting and gathering with your neighbors
• Beautifying your neighborhood park
• Enjoying healthful exercise
• On-site refreshments
EPA@40 Celebration
The EPA itself is hosting a EPA@40 event, which will feature a variety of interactive, family-friendly exhibits that highlight the work of the Agency, reflect on the past four decades of environmental accomplishments and look forward to the next 40 years of promoting healthier families and cleaner communities.
Among the exhibits are an environmental crime scene forensics demonstration, air quality monitors, cutting edge automotive technology, geiger counters, climate change habitat loss exhibits, video interviews for the EPA Website, mobile environmental Web application tutorials, environmental photography exhibits, environmental films, an interactive kids booth about environmental hazards, backyard composting demonstrations, a Chesapeake Bay water model, and live mascots teaching kids about recycling and protecting nature and much more.
In addition to the exhibits related to environmental protection, there will be a performance and speaker stage, packed with events all day Saturday and Sunday.
Location: Between 4th-7th St., National Mall, Washington, DC
Date: April 24, 2010 10am to 6 pm, April 25th, 10am-5pm
6th National Sustainable Design Expo
Date: Saturday, April 24 – 9:00 a.m. – 5 p.m., Sunday, April 25 – 9:00 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Contact: Mary Wigginton, 202-343-9861 wigginton.mary@epa.gov