Fayetteville Earth Day(s) Festival
April 16th thru April 30th thru-out the City of Fayetteville
Saturday, April 16th
1) ECO-TradeShow @ East Square Plaza. Just east of the Fayetteville Square 8am to 2pm
50 Local Green Businesses share their Green Products and Services with the public.
Sponsors: FFEAC – Green Economy, Fayetteville Visitors Bureau, & East Square Plaza
Contact: Mikel Lolley HYPERLINK "mailto:mikel.lolley@gmail.com" mikel.lolley@gmail.com 479.841.7801
2) Fayetteville Farmers Market @ Fayetteville Square 7am to 2pm
Saturdays, Tuesdays and Thursdays
Get your ECO-PassPort and earn your own Green Card.
Contact: Peggy Maringer HYPERLINK "mailto:fayettevillefm@gmail.com" fayettevillefm@gmail.com 479.236.2910
3) ECO-Modern Flats – Community Open House @ 130 S. Hill Av. 9am to 2pm
Tour the 1st LEED Certified Multi-Family Apartment Community in the State.
Refreshments and Rewards for those who travel by foot or bike.
Contact: Taylor Broyles HYPERLINK "mailto:talyor@ecomodernflats.com" talyor@ecomodernflats.com 479.966.7490
4) Gear Swap @ East Square Plaza Lobby 10am to 2pm
Local Bicycle Shops and gear heads swap bike parts and pieces
Sponsor: Fayetteville Bicycle Days & Ozarks Bike Coalition
Contacts: Greg Mitchell HYPERLINK "mailto:gregm307@gmail.com" gregm307@gmail.com 479.856.2350
John Goddard HYPERLINK "mailto:bfd@bikefaydays.org" bfd@bikefaydays.org 479.409.5881
5) B-Earth Day Card – Community Art Dedication @ East Square Plaza Lobby Noon
8000 B-Earth Day Cards honoring the Birth of our Planet Earth
Sponsor: Fayetteville Public Schools – Green Teams
Contact: Connie Crisp HYPERLINK "mailto:connie.crisp@fayar.net" connie.crisp@fayar.net 479.263.7555
6) FFEAC – Inclusion Group Installation @ East Square Plaza Lobby Noon
Celebrating Community Sustainability. Community starts with an open invitation for ALL to engage and participate. Only, then can a Community contemplate environmental and social sustainability.
Sponsor: FFEAC – Fayetteville Forward, Inclusion and Green Economy Groups
Contact: Patty Williams HYPERLINK "mailto:zipattie@sbcglobal.net" zipattie@sbcglobal.net 479.530.7976
7) Rug Rat Ride @ Fayetteville Square 2pm to 2:30pm
Kids 7 and under ride their bi and tri-cycles around the Fayetteville Square.
Sponsor: Bicycle Fayetteville Days & Ozarks Bike Coalition
Contact: Greg Mitchell HYPERLINK "mailto:bfd@bikefaydays.org" bfd@bikefaydays.org 479.444.3431
8) Art Bike Show & Parade @ Fayetteville Square 2:30pm to 3pm
Custom Art Bike Parade -- Depart Fayetteville Square. Travel down East Street to Dickson Street. Travel Dickson Street back to Block to Fayetteville Square. Categories with Prizes.
Sponsor: Fayetteville Bicycle Days & Ozarks Bike Coalition
Contacts: Greg Mitchell HYPERLINK "mailto:gregm307@gmail.com" gregm307@gmail.com 479.856.2350
John Goddard HYPERLINK "mailto:bfd@bikefaydays.org" bfd@bikefaydays.org 479.409.5881
9) Mayoral Fayetteville Earth Day(s) Proclamation @ East Square Plaza Porch 3pm
Mayor Lioneld Jordan will read the Fayetteville Earth Day(s) Proclamation and Proclaim the City’s Commitment to advancing sustainability thru-out the City.
Contact: Lindsley Smith HYPERLINK "mailto:lsmith@fayettevillear.us.gov" lsmith@fayettevillear.us.gov 479.409.1288
10) An Urban Bike Ride @ Fayetteville Square 4pm
Depart Fayetteville Square. Travel down College Av. to Mellow Mushroom on Joyce Blvd.
Sponsor: Fayetteville Bicycle Days & Ozarks Bike Coalition
Contacts: Greg Mitchell HYPERLINK "mailto:gregm307@gmail.com" gregm307@gmail.com 479.856.2350
John Goddard HYPERLINK "mailto:bfd@bikefaydays.org" bfd@bikefaydays.org 479.409.5881
11) B-Earth Day Party @ East Square Plaza Lobby 6pm to 9pm
Celebrate the Earth’s 4.5 Billionth and Forty first B-Earth Day! A Zero Waste, ECO-PotLuck!
Live Music: Guy Ames, Shannon Wurst, Dan Dean and the New Cliches, Kevin Bennock Duo
ECO-Slam, and Trashion Fashion Show. Bring your green self. FREE and open to the public.
Contact: Mikel Lolley HYPERLINK "mailto:mikel.lolley@gmail.com" mikel.lolley@gmail.com 479.841.7801
12) GreenZine Virtual Tour @ GreenZine 04/16 thru 04/30
Find the Green Password w/in the April Edition of GreenZine and win the ECO-Prize.
Sponsor: GreenZine
Contact: Janie Clark HYPERLINK "mailto:janiepc@cox.net" janiepc@cox.net 479.253.4257
13) ECO-Craft Party @ Mountain Air Organic Beds, 1108 N. College Av. 04/16 thru 04/30
Bring Recycled Materials, Make Recycled Content Crafts.
Weekdays and Saturdays, between April 16th thru April 30th, 1pm to 7pm
Sundays, April 17th & 24th, Noon to 3pm
Contact: Joyce & Gary Robertson HYPERLINK "mailto:naturalbeds@gmail.com" naturalbeds@gmail.com 479.966.4350
14) Eco-LOGICAL Communities @ various Earth Day(s) thru-out the City 04/16 thru 04/30
Join the Eco-LOGICAL Community and make your Eco-Pledge.
Sponsor: UofA Applied Sustainability Center
Contact: Michele Halsell HYPERLINK "mailto:mhalsell@walton.uark.edu" mhalsell@walton.uark.edu 479.200.8262
Sunday, April 17th
15) OMNI’s World Peace Wetland Prairie at 1121 S. Duncan 1pm to 5pm
Sponsor: Omni Center and Ozark Natural Foods present: 7th Annual Earth Day Celebration
Calling all Kids! Meet Mother Nature! Raw Food PotLuck. Sow SEEDS of Peace.
Contact: Kelly Mullholland "mailto:stillonthehill@sbcglobal.net" stillonthehill@sbcglobal.net 479.582.2291 or aubreyshepherd@hotmail.com 444-6072 To view video of last year's event, please see Earthday 2010 at World Peace Wetland Prairie onYoutube.
16) Earth Day Event TBD @ Fayetteville Public Library, Walker Room 2pm to 4pm
Sponsors: Green Economy Group & Green Groups Guild
Contact: Patrick Kunnecke HYPERLINK "mailto:patkunnecke@hotmail.com" patkunnecke@hotmail.com 479.544.1906
17) Garden Walk @ Botanical Gardens of the Ozarks 4pm to 5:30pm
Cindi Cope of America in Bloom & Terri Lane of Fayetteville’s Community Wildlife Habitat Project present: Native Plants & Habitat
Cost: Garden Admission – membership or $5
Contact: Judy Smith HYPERLINK "mailto:jsmith@bgozarks.org" jsmith@bgozarks.org 479.750.2620
18) Earth Day(s) Menu @ GreenHouse Grille 7pm
10% OFF w/ ECO-PassPort
Music: Beth Stockdale (Harpist)
Contact: Jeremy HYPERLINK "mailto:jerrmy@greenhousegrille.com" jerrmy@greenhousegrille.com 479. 422.3477
Monday, April 18th
19) UofA Compost Facility Dedication @ UofA Environmental Science Farm 1pm
Sponsor: UofA Office of Campus Sustainability
Contact: Nick Brown HYPERLINK "mailto:nrb004@uark.edu" nrb004@uark.edu 479.225.1000
20) “Garbage Warrior” a Film @ UofA Programs Theater 7:30pm
Sponsor: Green Groups Guild & UofA Office of Campus Sustainability
Contact: Patrick Kunnecke HYPERLINK "mailto:patkunnecke@hotmail.com" patkunnecke@hotmail.com 479.544.1906
Tuesday, April 19th
21) HameString Clean-up @ HameString Creek 4pm to 7pm
West of 540, South of Mount Comfort Road. Google: Marigold Drive for directions
Sponsor: Washington County & UofA Cooperative Extension Service
Contact: John Pennington HYPERLINK "mailto:jhpennington@uaex.edu" jhpennington@uaex.edu 479.444.1755
22) “Bag-It” a Film @ Walton College Business Auditorium 7:30pm
Sponsor: Joyce Hale & League of Women Voter’s of Washington County
Contact: Joyce Hale HYPERLINK "mailto:joycehale43@gmail.com" joycehale43@gmail.com 479.527.2777
Wednesday, April 20th
23) Recycling Facility Tour and Drop-off Beautification, 1560 S. Happy Hollow Rd. 10am to 11am
Sponsors: City of Fayetteville, Solid Waste & Recycling
Contact: Brian Pugh HYPERLINK "mailto:bpuch@ci.fayetteville.ar.us" bpuch@ci.fayetteville.ar.us 479.718.7685
24) “Local Initiatives & Climate Disruption” @ Fayetteville Public Library 6:00pm
A Round Table Discussion – Walker Room
Learn about local sustainability initiatives. Celebrate those leading the efforts. Brainstorm ways to cultivate the political will to move the debate forward given the recent legislative disappointments. Share in a sustainable future for us all.
Sponsors: OMNI Climate Change Task Force, OGH Sierra Club, & Green Economy Group
Contact: Joanna Pollock HYPERLINK "mailto:ggg73@hotmail.com" ggg73@hotmail.com 708.828.5695
25) DO WE NEED PUBLIC TRANSIT? @ Washington Regional Education Center 6:30pm
@ Pat Walker Center, 12 E. Appleby Rd.
Panel Discussion: w/ Representative Lindsey, Jerre Van Hoose & Phil Pumphrey
Sponsor: League of Women Voters of Washington County
Contact: Karen Rollet Crocker HYPERLINK "mailto:krollet@uark.edu" krollet@uark.edu 479.442.9360
26) Earth Day(s) Menu, @ GreenHouse Grille 7pm
10% OFF w/ ECO-PassPort
Music: Brandon White
Contact: Jeremy HYPERLINK "mailto:jerrmy@greenhousegrille.com" jerrmy@greenhousegrille.com 479. 422.3477
27) “The Power of Community” a Film, @ Greek Theater 7:30pm
Sponsor: Heifer International
Contact: Patrick Kunnecke HYPERLINK "mailto:patkunnecke@hotmail.com" patkunnecke@hotmail.com 479.544.1906
Thursday, April 21st
28) Green Tour & Open House, @ CourtYard by Marriott 4pm to 6pm
See what the CourtYard is doing to advance their own Sustainability and improve their bottom line. FREE Libatious Drinks and Snacks. Located @ 600 E. Van Ashe Dr.
Sponsor: CourtYard by Marriott
Contact: TJ Angelo HYPERLINK "mailto:tangelo@vistahost.net" tangelo@vistahost.net 479.571.4900
29) Earth Day(s) Menu, @ GreenHouse Grille 7pm
10% Off w/ ECO-PassPort, ½ & ½ Lunch Specials
Music: Kevin Baker
Contact: Jeremy HYPERLINK "mailto:jerrmy@greenhousegrille.com" jerrmy@greenhousegrille.com 479. 422.3477
30) “The Natural State of America” a Film, @ UofA Giffels Auditorium 7pm
Sponsors: OMNI & OGH Sierra Club
Contact: Joanna Pollock HYPERLINK "mailto:ggg73@hotmail.com" ggg73@hotmail.com 708.828.5695
Friday, EARTH DAY, April 22nd
31) UofA Earth Day Fair @ UofA Union Mall 9am to 2pm
Individuals, Businesses, NonProfits, the UofA, share their sustainable initiatives. FREE Food!
Sponsors: Green Groups Guild & UofA Office for Campus Susatinability
Contacts: Patrick Kunnecke HYPERLINK "mailto:patkunnecke@hotmail.com" patkunnecke@hotmail.com 479.544.1906
Nick Brown HYPERLINK "mailto:nrb004@uark.edu" nrb004@uark.edu 479.225.1000
32) Mullins Creek Clean-up @ UofA Campus, “The Gardens” off Razorback Rd. 2pm to 4pm
Sponsor: UofA Office for Campus Sustainability & Green Groups Guild
Contacts: Nick Brown HYPERLINK "mailto:nrb004@uark.edu" nrb004@uark.edu 479.225.1000
Patrick Kunnecke HYPERLINK "mailto:patkunnecke@hotmail.com" patkunnecke@hotmail.com 479.544.1906
33) Green Drinks & USGBC Membership Mixer @ ClubHaus Gym, 5:00pm to 8pm
ClubHaus, the 1st LEED Certified privately owned gym in the country!
Green Tours @ 530 W. Dickson with lilaceous Drinks and Snacks.
Sponsors: Green Drinks, USGBC Western Branch & ClubHaus Gym
Contacts: Keaton Smith HYPERLINK "mailto:keaton.smith@iberiabank.com" keaton.smith@iberiabank.com 479.879.7922
Mark Cloud HYPERLINK "mailto:mark@hpengineeringinc.com" mark@hpengineeringinc.com 479.9250507
Stuart Walker HYPERLINK "mailto:stu@clubhausfitness.com" stu@clubhausfitness.com 479. 287.4287
34) Cow Paddy – Earth Day – Fun Run @ Gulley Park 4pm to 7:30pm
Local Live Music Start: 4pm; 1 Mile Start: 6pm; 5K Start: 6:30pm; Awards: 7:30pm
Benefits: Fayetteville Public Education Foundation
Locavore Prizes, Locavore snacks and refreshments by Ozarks Natural Foods
Contact: Max Mahler HYPERLINK "mailto:cowpaddyrun@gmail.com" cowpaddyrun@gmail.com 479.957.6888
35) Artosphere Festival Kick-off @ Walton Arts Center 5:30pm to 7:30pm
“Garden as Muse” Art Exhibition, Joy Pratt Markham Gallery
Sponsor: Walton Arts Center & Artosphere
Contact: Beth Goodwin HYPERLINK "mailto:bgoodwin@waltonartscenter.org" bgoodwin@waltonartscenter.org 479.571.2747
36) “Planet Forward” a Film @ UofA University Theater 7pm
Sponsor: College of Engineering & Green Groups Guild
Contact: Patrick Kunnecke HYPERLINK "mailto:patkunnecke@hotmail.com" patkunnecke@hotmail.com 479.544.1906
37) Earth Day(s) Menu, @ GreenHouse Grille 7pm
10% OFF w/ ECO-PassPort
Music: Teddy Sablon
Contact: Jeremy HYPERLINK "mailto:jerrmy@greenhousegrille.com" jerrmy@greenhousegrille.com 479. 422.3477
Saturday, April 23rd
38) Fayetteville Farmers Market, @ Fayetteville Square 7am to 2pm
Saturdays, Tuesdays and Thursdays
Get your ECO-PassPort and earn your own Green Card.
Contact: Peggy Maringer HYPERLINK "mailto:fayettevillefm@gmail.com" fayettevillefm@gmail.com 479.236.2910
39) Clean Water Raingers Watershed Festival, @ Lake Fayetteville 10am to 2pm
FREE Concert, Education, Activities, Prizes, and Lunch for 1st 300 arrivals.
Sponsors: Illinois River Watershed Partners
Contact: Delia Haak HYPERLINK "mailto:deliahaak@irwp.org" deliahaak@irwp.org 479.238.4671
40) Artosphere presents “Imago Theater’s ZooZoo, @ Walton Arts Center 11am
Sponsor: Walton Arts Center & Artosphere
Contact: Beth Goodwin HYPERLINK "mailto:bgoodwin@waltonartscenter.org" bgoodwin@waltonartscenter.org 479.571.2747
41) Earth Day(s) Menu, @ GreenHouse Grille 7pm
10% OFF w/ ECO-PassPort
Music: Alex Jazz Trio
Contact: Jeremy HYPERLINK "mailto:jerrmy@greenhousegrille.com" jerrmy@greenhousegrille.com 479. 422.3477
42) Artosphere presents the DePue Brothers Band @ Walton Arts Center 8pm
“Weapons of Grass Construction”
Sponsor: Walton Arts Center & Artosphere
Contact: Beth Goodwin HYPERLINK "mailto:bgoodwin@waltonartscenter.org" bgoodwin@waltonartscenter.org 479.571.2747
Sunday, EASTER, April 24th
43) Easter, Earth Day Reflections
Job 12:7-10 -- But ask the animals and they will teach you, the birds of the air and they will tell you; ask the plants of the earth and they will teach you, the fish of the sea and they will declare to you.
1 Corinthians 4:1 – Think of us in this way, as servants of Christ and stewards of God’s mysteries.
Sponsors: Arkansas Interfaith Power & Light
Contact: Michele Halsell HYPERLINK "mailto:mhalsell@walton.uark.edu" mhalsell@walton.uark.edu 479.200.8262
Monday, April 25th
44) 5K, Run for the Cure. I mean Cause! @ ClubHaus Gym, 530 W. Dickson 6pm to 8pm
Elevate awareness. Exposure to toxins in the environment causes cancer. Mitigate exposure, and reduce incidents of cancer. Run for the Cause!
Sponsors: Fleet Feet & ClubHaus Gym
Contacts: Russ Gunnell HYPERLINK "mailto:russ@fleetfeetfayetteville.com" russ@fleetfeetfayetteville.com 479.571.8786
Stuart Walker HYPERLINK "mailto:stu@clubhausfitness.com" stu@clubhausfitness.com 479.287.4287
Tuesday, April 26th
45) West Side Woolsey Wetland Prairie Open House @ 1400 N. Fox Hunter Rd. Noon to 4pm
Tour of Plant and Wetland Prairie
Sponsors: City of Fayetteville
Contact: Duyen Tran HYPERLINK "mailto:jmcquade@ci.fayetteville.ar.us" jmcquade@ci.fayetteville.ar.us 479.443.3292
Wednesday, April 27th
46) Eco-LOGICAL Communities @ Fayetteville Public Library, Walker Room 3:30 to 5pm
Join the 1-Year Celebration of the Eco-LOGICAL Community and make your Eco-Pledge.
Sponsor: UofA Applied Sustainability Center
Contact: Michele Halsell HYPERLINK "mailto:mhalsell@walton.uark.edu" mhalsell@walton.uark.edu 479.200.8262
Thursday, April 28th
47) “Host Them and They Will Come,” Discussion, @ Botanical Gardens 6:30pm
Dr. Rita Littrell presents: Native plants in the garden as hosts for butterflies.
Sponsors: Botanical Gardens
Cost: Garden Admission – membership or $5.
Contacts: Judy Smith HYPERLINK "mailto:jsmith@bgozarks.org" jsmith@bgozarks.org 479.750.2620
48) West Side Woolsey Wetland Prairie Open House @ 1400 N. Fox Hunter Rd. Noon to 4pm
Tour of Plant and Wetland Prairie
Sponsors: City of Fayetteville
Contact: Duyen Tran HYPERLINK "mailto:jmcquade@ci.fayetteville.ar.us" jmcquade@ci.fayetteville.ar.us 479.443.3292
Saturday, April 30th
49) Botanical Gardens Plant Sale @ Botanical Gardens 8:00am to Noon
Featuring a broad variety of Plant Species. High-lighting Native Plants for the Garden.
Sponsors: Botanical Gardens
FREE and open to the public
Contacts: Judy Smith HYPERLINK "mailto:jsmith@bgozarks.org" jsmith@bgozarks.org 479.750.2620
50) 29th Annual SPRINGFEST @ Dickson Street 7am to 5pm
Pancake Breakfast - 7am. Springfest Bizarre – 10am. Live Music - Games, Activities, and the infamous Bed Races.
Enter your ECO-PassPort to win ECO-Prizes and your own Authorized GREEN Card.
Drawing 4pm. You do not have to be present to win.
Sponsors: Bank of Fayetteville
Contacts: Marilyn Shoffit HYPERLINK "mailto:marilyn.shoffit@crye-leike.com" marilyn.shoffit@crye-leike.com 479.871.1082
Ben Clark HYPERLINK "mailto:ben.clark@b-unlimitedonline.com" ben.clark@b-unlimitedonline.com 479.409.4850
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