Green Day
5th Annual Maplewood Green Day Fair
Exhibit/Sponsor/Volunteer | Schedule | Your Green Ideas | Getting There
Saturday, April 28, 2012 11 am – 4 pm
Maplewood Memorial Park
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11:30 am: Cloth diapering demonstration by Green Bean Babies 1:00 pm: Silvia De La Rosa is demonstrating how to make bath salts in her booth. 1:00 pm: Cloth diapering demonstration by Green Bean Babies 1:30 pm: Rahway River Salad Bowl Toss with Dan Lipow. Come on an edible plant walk together with a salad toss and tasting. Meet at the Rahway River booth. 2:00 pm: Demonstration on how to repair old windows (which is greener than replacing them) at the Historical Preservation Commission booth 2:00 pm: Backyard Composting with Virginia Lamb at the Community Garden Booth. The Community Garden Booth will have rotating crafts and events all day including:
All Day: Rain Gardens/Rain Barrels Maplewood Parks and Gardens Committee Hilltop Honey will have a honeybee presentation every hour on the hour. Free Bike Tune-Ups with High Gear Cyclery Local Foods Cooking with Chef Randy Rabney, Conscious Plate Maplewood Library is hosting a reuse book craft
EXERCISE DEMONSTRATIONS 11:00 am Maplewood Boot Camp 12:30 pm Zumba with East Side Fitness 2:00 pm Family yoga with Shakti Yoga Studio
USED GOODS COLLECTION
Soles 4 Souls -- Morrow Church will collect shoes at their booth.
Terracycle will be collecting the following at the Green Team booth: Used Frit-Lay snack bags, digital camers, pens, mechanical pencils, and markers. BOOKBGONE will collect books and also will provide a 'free bookstore' for the participants. BookBgone accepts any kind of book, no matter the subject matter or age EXCEPT those that have been wet (at all! even a little!) or are moldy.
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ECO-ENTERTAINMENT
3:00 pm: The Habits that Save Habitats with Dave Street interactive show to help children learn the value of environmental awareness and preservation 1:00 & 2:30 pm: Live Animals of the Rain Forest with Rizzo’s Wildlife CHILDREN'S EVENTS 11:30 am & 12:30 pm: Bash the Trash performance/build that combines science, music, and environmental awareness and jam with musical instruments built from trash All Day: Liberty Science Center Worm Composting, Trash Timeline and Wonders of the Watershed Home Depot Building kits Recycling Tapestry with SOAR Arts Children, including the very young, use salvaged materials to make wall hangings.
All the Little Things with Envision Blue/Green- Interactive conservation education for children with a craft Express Yourself Studios helps children create art from “trash”.
GREEN VENDORS Over 100 green vendors, environmental organizations and health and fitness representatives
LOCAL FOOD Organic and local food providers and farmers including: Genesis Farms Organic, local farm with CSA Purple Dragon Organic Co-Op Greater Newark Conservancy - Children’s Farm Stand and Childhood Obesity Awareness. Local Foods Cooking with Chef Randy Rabney, Conscious Plate
ORGANIC WINE TASTING
Stop by the Village Wine Shop (163 Maplewood Avenue on the other side of the train tracks) for organic wine tasting. They will be offering three organic wines (two from California and one from France -- Bonterra Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay , and Dirler Riesling) from 1:00 to 6:00 pm. |
COME HUNGRY This year's food options include: BluePlate Diner Cactus Charly Mexican Crane's Cheese Freeman’s Fish Market Gina’s Bakery Lickt Gelato Roman Gourmet SONA Indian Restaurant Also, PUR2O will be providing free filtered water, so bring your water bottle. LIVE BANDS David Easton Band, 8 Bit, Mood Ring, Jimmy Lee Ramblers and Kelly Jin-Hendel PLANET-FRIENDLY FUN Climb the 25-ft Rock Wall 11:00-1:00 pm: Pat’s Petting Zoo Face Painting BIKE ATTRACTIONS 11:00 am-12:00 pm: Bike Rodeo with Maplewood Girl Scout Troops 20869, 20231, and 20699 12:00 pm Eco-Bike Tour: Visit local examples of solar, native plantings, rainwater retention and more. All day: Free Bike Tune-Ups with High Gear Cyclery Free Monitored Bike Parking Children’s Ciclovia, Oakview Avenue will be closed off to create a children’s cycling loop. SomBike is providing free Children's Bike Helmets on behalf of the Maplewood Police Department when you register your bike. Maplewood Transportation Committee is giving out area bike maps.
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