2009 Earth Day Festival
2009 Earth Day Festival helps citizens be green and save green
Published: April 17, 2009
Updated: April 17, 2009
The Savannah 2009 Earth Day Festival will be held Saturday, April 18, at the south end of Forsyth Park, and the theme this year is a timely one: Be green, Save Green.
The event starts with the always popular RecycleRama, from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m., when citizens can drop off difficult-to-recycle items such as tires, electronics and paint cans.
It will be followed from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. with a number of Earth-friendly and easy-on-the-pocketbook activities, including:
Educational exhibits demonstrating low-cost environmental tips
Free classes including composting, green parenting, and building a rain barrel
Free prizes including an Earth Machine outdoor compost system, a kitchen compost worm bin stocked with red wrigglers, and a rain barrel
Free live entertainment and performances—all using solar-powered amplification systems.
The Festival will come to a close with the Earth Day Savannah Wheelie Community Bike Ride. This evenly-paced ride, open to all bicyclists, leaves from Forsyth Park at 3 p.m. and winds its way through downtown to end at Blowin’ Smoke BBQ on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
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