Saturday, April 17, 2010:

10am - 2pm: Green Exhibitors' and Vendors' Tables
On display along N. Sandusky Street sidewalk
[Map]
   
10am - 4pm:

Film Screenings
Film Shorts:

  • "Finding Balance" [View Website]
    Villagers in Madagascar talk about the link between population growth and the destruction of a unique rain forest.
  • "Acid Test" [View Website]
    Featuring stunningly beautiful undersea footage, this film explains how climate change is changing the waters and threatening the oceans.
  • "A Forest Returns" [View Website]
    Ora Anderson, 94, witnessed how exhausted farmland become the magnificent Wayne National Forest in Southern Ohio. You can hear his story.
  • "World Population" [View Website]
    An eye-catching mapping of global population growth and spread from the earliest humans to today.
  • "The Story of Stuff" [View Website]
    Everything you never knew about the impact of your "stuff", from its beginning as a natural resource to its end in a dump (unless you recycle).
  • "What If..."
    Evangelical leaders and young people speak of their concern for climate change and call for "creation care" to protect the earth.
  • "American Rivers" [View Website]
    This History Channel short shows us that rivers have had a place in the history and culture of America, and now need to be protected and restored for America's future.

Children's Film: TBD

The Strand Theatre: 28 East Winter Street [Map]

1:30pm

Full-Length Film:

  • "Dirt! The Movie" [View Website]
    The story of the "skin" of the earth - upon which all forms of life depend - from its miraculous beginning to its degradation and new appreciation.

Family Activities & Workshops:

  Animals and Children's Activities
Sponsored by the Ohio Wildlife Center
   
10:30am, 1pm and 3pm: Book Readings
Sponsored by Fundamentals Children's Books
25 W. Winter Street [Map]
   
  Water Safety with Corey the Safety Boat
Sponsored by US Army Corp of Engineers
   
  Composting
Sponsored by Stratford Ecological Center
   
  Music
   
  Recycling and Water Treatment
Sponsored by City of Delaware
   
  "Greasel" Mobile
Sponsored by Buehler's Fresh Foods
   
  DATA Bus and Demonstration of New Bike Racks
Sponsored by DATA Bus
   
  Ride Solutions
Sponsored by Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission
   
 

Birds
Sponsored by Delaware City Bird Club

   
 

Plant Seeds
Sponsored by Delaware Hayes High School

   
  Environmental Survey
Sponsored by Delaware General Health District
   
  Book Mobile
Sponsored by Delaware County District Library
   
 

Rain Garden Workshop
Sponsored by Nora Hiland  

   
  Green Scavenger Hunt
Sponsored by Downtown Delaware Shops

Sunday, April 18, 2010:

1:30 - 4:30pm: City of Delaware River Clean-Up
Central Avenue Bridge to the William Street Bridge [Details]
   
1pm:

Film Screening

  • "Food, Inc." (www.foodincmovie.com)
    A thought-provoking, close look at what we eat and how it is produced. Following the film, local agricultural and food industry panelists will respond to the film and the audience.
    The Strand Theatre: 28 East Winter Street [Map]

 

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Thanks to everyone who participated. It was a great day. Don't forget, Food Inc. is playing tomorrow at The Strand... http://bit.ly/bAvuCc
@EDDelaware (4/17 @ 1:37 PM)

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