A Sneak Peek at This Year's Earth Day Family Fest
Editor’s Note: If you missed it this morning, we had a review of great Earth Day-focused books from Usborne (and a giveaway). You can find it HERE. Now, it’s time to get the scoop on the fun Earth Day Family Fest, which kicks off next Saturday. Hope you are having a lovely weekend!
April is really the beginning of the year here at OBE as it marks our first big community event of 2010 – the Earth Day Family Fest in partnership with Vancouver Island Music Fest and World Community.
This is the second year OBE has taken the helm of the Family Pod area of this fun event and we are so excited to give you a sneak peek at the line up of family activities that get us all learning a bit more about the environment, getting our creative vibe on and having a great time.
Earth Day Family Festival is a free, community-centered event that runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 24 at Simms Park in Courtenay.
This year’s Earth Day theme is “Biodiversity – celebrating nature, culture and community”. The whole Comox Valley is invited to be part of this full day of free interactive learning, live music, community displays, fun-filled hands-on kids activities, live demos and so much more! Earth Day Family Festival is truly “community in action” where organizations and individuals come together in a celebration and exchange of ideas, inspiration and tools for life on planet Earth.
One of the most exciting things we get to do this year is help kids and families who head on over to Simms Park create a public art biodiversity mural that combines creativity and environmental awareness. Kids can come and add an animal to the mural that is part of the Canada’s amazing biosphere.
After we are all finished, the mural will make its way to the halls of the Robert Bateman Get to Know Program (OBE is a national partner) where it will be displayed as part of this year’s national campaign to get children back outside.
Check out all of the great events for families:
All Day:
- OBE helps the community create a biodiversity mural celebrating Canadian wildlife and nature.
- The famous OBE binoculars will be back. Kids can come by and make a pair to spot Eagles and other amazing creatures at Simms Park
- Bruce Carron of WildSpirit will have his hands-on nature museum on hand for kids to check out and discover cool bits of nature like bones, feathers and more
- The Comox Valley Montessori Society will be helping kids create terrariums out of recyclable materials
- The Comox Valley Multicultural Society is back for a fun-filled day of collaborative games including sack races, three-legged races and more.
- Louisa McClellan from Usborne Books will be on hand making recycled truck toy art.
- Sharon Daly from Eco-Life Solutions will be available to answer your questions about simple ways to green your home and workplace.
10 a.m. to Noon
- Becky Powsey and her team from Creative Explorations will be helping kids build wind chimes out of recyclables
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- Jamie Black from Horne Lake Caves will host an Amazing Race (every hour) that leads kids through the forest to discover the outdoors, get some exercise and have a great time.
11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- The crew from the Courtenay Museum is out with a fossil-making project and more. The museum Elasmosaur may even show up to check things out.
11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
- Rebecca Watkin and the team from Saltwater School will be celebrating Spring with song and ritual as well as a puppet show. Shows are every half hour.
11:30 to 12:30 p.m.
- Maureen Wagner from StrongStart will be storytelling
Check out the line up of performers on the Vancouver Island MusicFest website and vendors who will be sharing information, products and more on the World Community website as well.
Looking forward to sharing a fantastic day and celebrating the Earth will all of you!
Come and be prepared to learn, talk, explore, understand and get inspired about the ways each of us can lessen our ecological impact and build stronger communities while were at it!
Category: Community Events, Comox Valley Events, OUT & ABOUT
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Robin is Our Big Earth’s Executive Editor. A journalist with more than 20 years under her belt, she’s worked for newspapers and magazines across North America. Vancouver Island became her home in 2006 when she and her husband ditched big-city life to raise their daughters close to familySubscribe
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This sounds like so much fun!!! We can actually make it this year. I can’t wait for the crafts and fun…. oh, I mean the kids can’t wait
See you there!