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Saturday - April 25, 2009
| 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
La Crosse River Marsh Clean-up Read More
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| 10:00 AM |
Hawk Ridge Hike Read More
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Saturday - April 25, 2009 Earth Day Fair
| 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
2009 LA CROSSE EARTH DAY FAIR
LOCATION: Three Rivers Waldorf School ADDRESS: 901 Caledonia Street
COST: FREE
CONTACT: (608)612-0129 lacrosseearthweekcoalition@gmail.com
The La Crosse Earth Week Coalition invites everyone to come and celebrate the 2009 La
Crosse Earth Day Fair.
Activities include: Live music, a local foods fair,
children’s crafts, educational presentations and demonstrations,
environmental films, and recyclable art classes. You may even enjoy a lunch featuring local foods. Computers will be set up to make your "GreenLaCrosse.com Promise" online.
There will be a host of "green" vendors, including the Sierra Club with a solar panel display. Honda
Motorwerks and Steve Low’s Midwest Toyota will have a variety of “green”
automobiles on display, including: hybrid, electric, and CNG (compressed
natural gas) vehicles.
"Green" door prizes will be given out every half hour. The first 25 people at
the fair receiving a "green" gift!
The "grand prize" drawing will be
held at 4:00 PM in which two winners will receive a one month's free use of a Civic
Hybrid or one month's free use of a CNG Civic. |
Sunday - April 26, 2009
| 12:30 PM - 5:30 PM |
Sustainable Home Tours (COST: $6.00) Read More
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Earth Week Detailed Schedule
Below is a list of the complete Earth Week 2009 schedule with a complete description for each event. Return the the Quick Links View.
Saturday - April 25, 2009
| Time |
Description |
| 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
La Crosse River Marsh Clean-up
LOCATION: Myrick Park Trailhead and Leuth Park
ADDRESS: 789 Myrick Park Drive and 1200 La Crosse Street
COST: FREE
CONTACT: lee.char@uwlax.edu
We will supply trash bags. The city is providing dumpsters. Honda
Motorwerks is providing electric cars to ferry volunteers and trash to and
from points along the marsh walking and biking trails. Rain or
shine. Please dress appropriately.
This effort is jointly sponsored by the La Crosse River Marsh Coalition,
Honda Motorwerks, and the City of La Crosse. |
| 10:00 AM |
Hawk Ridge Hike
LOCATION: Go north out of La Crescent, MN on Elm Street, it turns into Apple Blossom Drive or County Road 1 as you go up the bluff. Go to the top of the hill and note the Apple Blossom Overlook Park there, go one more mile and look for #32628 on the right.
COST: FREE
CONTACT: (608)789-4733
BlackE@westerntc.edu
The hike will feature scenic views of the Mississippi River Valley and information on the natural communities and historical geology of the Coulee Region. Easy hike, but dress for the weather. |
Saturday - April 25, 2009 EARTH DAY FAIR
| 11:00 AM |
- Local Foods Fair & Vendor Market Opens
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| 11:30 AM |
Welcome
- LaCrosse City & County Officials
- Western Technical College President, Dr. Lee Rasch
- University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Chancellor, Dr. Joe Gow
- Viterbo University President, Dr. Rick Artman
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| 12:00 PM |
- Earth Week Poster Contest Winner, Isaiah Fisher, Awarded Bike by Smith’s Cycling & Fitness
- Lunch Featuring Local Foods
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| 12:15 PM |
- 1st Band Set
- Puppet Parade
- Children’s Crafts Begin
- Face Painting
- Three Rivers Waldorf School Tour
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| 12:30 PM |
- Maypole Dance
- Film – True Cost of Food
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| 1:00 PM |
- Sustainable Round Table/Q&A-Public
Discussion with City, County, Business, and Non-profit Sustainable Leaders
- Film: Seeds of: In Good Heart
- Art with Recyclables, Elementary School - UW-L, Art Methods
- Backyard Gardening Demo - Lynn Tschumper, Master Gardener
- Rapter Presentation by Suzanne & Merv Broten of the Coulee Wildlife Rehab Center, Inc.
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| 1:30 PM |
- Film: Fridays at the Farm
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| 2:00 PM |
- CPS “Growing Green Together”
Presentation - Glen Jenkins & Barb Frank
- Film: Community Supported Agriculture
- Nia Lesson-Gayle Nielsen
- Art with Recyclables, Elementary School-UW-L, Art Methods
- Compressed Natural Gas Car Presentation by
Chris Schneider of Honda Motorwerks
- Poetry Reading - La Crosse River Marsh Coalition
- 2nd Band Set
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| 2:30 PM |
- Film: Kids and Fresh Food
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| 3:00 PM |
- Three Rivers Waldorf School Presentation
- Film: Trashed
- Whole tree Architecture, Roald Gundersen
- Art with Recyclables, Middle & High School - UW-L, Art Methods
- Rain Garden demo - Karl Green, County UW Extension Agent
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| 3:30 PM |
- Film: The Story of Stuff
- Puppet Show - Marsh Magic, Lucy Freeman
- Three Rivers Waldorf School Tour
- 3rd Band Set
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| 4:00 PM |
- Grand Prize Drawings (Donated by Honda Motorwerks)
- One-month use of Honda CNG
- Civic or Honda Civic Hybrid
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| 5:00 PM |
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Sunday - April 26, 2009
| Time |
Description |
| 12:30 PM - 5:30 PM |
Sustainable Home Tours
LOCATION: People’s Food Coop
ADDRESS: 315 5th Avenue South
COST: $6.00
CONTACT: |
Earth Day La Crosse 2007:
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