Durham Earth Day
Earth Day Festival 2010
The 2010 Durham Earth Day Festival was a huge success. For those who were able to attend, thank you for your support! DPR would also like to extend a special thank you to all of the 2010 Earth Day Festival sponsors and volunteers. We hope that you will celebrate the earth in Durham every day by finding ways to conserve. We hope to see you next April at the 2011 Earth Day celebration.
About the Festival
Durham Earth Day Festival 2010
Date: Saturday April 24, 2010
Time: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Location: CCB Plaza, 201 N. Corcoran St., in Downtown Durham
Theme: Go Green
"Go Green" at Durham’s 2010 Earth Day Festival. Celebrate our sense of community, raise awareness of current local and global environmental issues, actively engage in hands-on learning activities, and celebrate our environmental success. Festival goers will participate in "green" activities and demos; learn about many green practices and products at the Sustainability Expo and Earth Art Market; and enjoy great music, food and much more! The Durham Earth Day Festival is presented by Durham Parks and Recreation and Keep Durham Beautiful, Inc.
Earth Day Festival Sponsors
The Main Stage
Kid’s Zone Activities
Eco-Lounge
Festival Highlights
Vendor Information
Volunteers
Site Map, Parking, and Street Closures
Contact Information
Earth Day Festival Sponsors
If you are interested in sponsoring the 2010 Earth Day Festival, please see the Earth Day Sponsorship Packet.
Triangle Tribune
Spectacular Magazine
Durham Skywriter
Durham Magazine
Stephanie McLean Image Works
TROSA, Inc.
Duke Energy
Durham Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission
The Main Stage
12 p.m. - Welcome by Durham officials
12:05 p.m. - Lowes Grove Middle School Drumline
12:20 p.m. - Different Drum
1:35 p.m. - Someone's Sister
2:05 p.m. - ROSE Dancers
2:30 p.m. - Michael Alvarado Band
3:30 p.m. - Earth Day Parade
4 p.m. - TROSA Band
Lowes Grove Middle School Drumline
Art teacher Shawn Smith worked at a South Carolina elementary school three years ago when he came across the school’s drumline and dance team. With 112 second and third graders, the school reminded him of his high school band experience. Upon returning to Durham in October 2009, Smith decided to start his own group. The popularity of the band has grown and many students participate.
Different Drum
Soulful Brazilian sambas, Cuban mambos, playful calypsos, swinging jazz, and danceable Afro/Pop are some of the fabric that holds this band together. This is not your run of the mill jazz ensemble. There is something almost primitive in these works, calling forth that being inside us that wants to leap and dance. The many subtle and not-so-subtle rhythms that the group incorporates add more than simply another dimension to the music; they add a magnetic, hypnotic siren song that invites the listener into the music.
Someone’s Sister
Someone's Sister" the acoustic duo comprised of Georgia Winfree and Katherine Jones released its début album "Hand Me Downs" at the end of 2004. Since then, they have traveled across the US singing and spreading their message of child abuse prevention. Their music provides the perfect blending of rock and folk as each artist lends her own life experience to create music unlike any other.
ROSE Dancers
The Realm of Senior Entertainers, better known as the ROSE Dancers are a group of dynamic mature adults that dance to the rhythms of different beats. Their often themed routines are dynamic and guaranteed to make you want to get up and dance.
Michael Alvarado Band
Michael Alvarado is a North Carolina singer/songwriter. This senior college student at Appalachian State University takes a break from class to describe the triumphs of love through strategically simple and engaging pop music. Alvarado uses a smart but real approach to songwriting; one that engages the mind with unforgettable melodies. With a strong love for performing, Alvarado finds comfort on stage while incorporating a smooth execution of vocals with his love for jazz and R&B piano. His songs portray a relatable aspect of love that will forever stamp the chorus on the mouths of those hungry for good pop music. Both "Waste the Day" and Michael's upcoming EP release suggest a brilliant start for this young artist and will have the listener falling in love all over again, track by track.
TROSA Band
TROSA stands for Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers. The band consists of staff and residents of the program. The TROSA Band has been delighting and exciting crowds for over 10 years with its infectious upbeat and superbly rendered repertoire of rock and rhythm and blues classics.
At the Eco-Lounge
Learn what you can do to "go green" at the Eco-Lounge. Relax on or purchase a second-hand chair or sofa from the TROSA Furniture Store while you listen and learn. The Eco-Lounge will include a host of interactive discussions and presentations about the environment by local organizations.
Eco-Lounge Schedule
12 p.m. - Live Green, Inc. – Morgan Crawford12:20 p.m. - Classical Indian Dance: Prema Natya Vidyalaya (The Dance School of Divine Love)
12:35 p.m. - BREAK – Music from around the Globe-DJ Piddipat
12:45 p.m. - Haw River Assembly – Germane James
1:05 p.m. - Green Energy Lawn Care – Mik Beetham
1:20 p.m. - BREAK – Music from around the Globe-DJ Piddipat
1:30 p.m. - Durham County Sustainability Office – Tobin Freid, Durham County Sustainability Manager
1:50 p.m. - Triangle Green Cleaning – Joe McCutcheon
2:20 p.m. - BREAK – Music from around the Globe-DJ Piddipat
2:35 p.m. - The Goat Patrol – Alix Bowman
3:10 p.m. - Residential Green Roof Project – Hillside NT’s InvenTeam, Hillside New Tech High School
3:30 p.m. - Durham Earth Day Parade
4 p.m. - Affordable Efficiency – Sherri Zan Rosenthal
4:30 p.m. - Center for Community Alternatives – Christian Stalberg
*Some programs and times may vary
DJ Piddipat
Patricia A. Murray hails from Chicago and has lived in Durham for nine years. A real Bull City booster, she publishes a free monthly, The Durham Skywriter, "Durham’s community paper" and hosts Radio Skywriter every Saturday on WNCU90.7fm/wncu.org. Pat also plays a wide variety of music around town (and beyond) as DJ Piddipat.
At the Kid’s Zone
Environmental education has been a key feature of the Earth Day Festival since 2000. The tradition continues with hands-on activities from the Museum of Life and Science, and many more. Kids will have a blast while engaging with the natural world and resources through hands-on activities, craft-making, and other dynamic presentations.
The Museum of Life and Science
The Museum of Life and Science is a world-class science center and the smart choice for learning and fun. Interactive inside and out, the museum’s 70+ acre campus is home to hundreds of exhibits, including one of the East coast’s largest butterfly conservatories; a nature park with bears, wolves, and lemurs; a giant radio-controlled sailboat pond; and a railroad – just to name a few.
Visit the museum's booth and learn more about some of the sustainability efforts to make the campus greener. Also, discover more about the amazing ecosystem with museum staff and volunteers through hands-on activities.
Bountiful Backyards
Bountiful Backyards is a cooperative community enterprise that started in 2006 with nothing more than a well-worn pickup truck, a handful of tools, and three pairs of budding green thumbs. Since then it has installed over 80 edible landscapes for schools, homeowners, and community organizations. Bountiful Backyards specialize in low-maintenance polycultures, which simultaneously grow annual vegetables, fruit trees, beneficial flowering perennials, berry bushes, and medicinal plants. It also offer a variety of low-cost sliding scale community workshops related to growing your own food.
Schoolhouse of Wonder
Schoolhouse of Wonder is a community of lifelong learners dedicated to celebrating the wonders of the natural world. Its programs take place outdoors between the bright blue sky and the forest floor: that is the schoolhouse. This is a place for saturation of the senses, maturation of the heart, and enchantment of the mind, a unique environment of love and respect - a place for adventure, learning, and fun. Here, the schoolhouse sparks the sense of wonder on which children thrive.
DPR Adventure Programs
Durham Parks and Recreation Adventure Programs provide a variety of programs for individuals or groups to experience outdoor and adventure recreation in a safe and supportive environment. Opportunities for outdoor experiences include: mountain biking, canoeing and kayaking, hiking and camping, teen adventure camp, teambuilding and ropes course programs, and outdoor skills classes such as Leave No Trace and Map and Compass.
The Play House
The Play House Toy Store is a unique, locally owned specialty store. It’s a great place to buy classic wooden toys made in the USA. They carry imported brands like Playmobil, Ravensburger, Lego, Calico Critters, Melissa & Doug and Haba. Their toys encourage creative play and physical activity.
The Play House has a great selection of multi-ethnic dolls including Madame Alexander, Corolle and Middleton. For parents of younger children, they feature toys that enhance infant and child development. Their store stocks a full array of kid’s music and musical toys.
The Play House staff will provide the best customer service and has expert knowledge of the products they sell. They are a neighborhood toy store with a warm hands on atmosphere. Free gift wrapping is also available.
Piedmont Wildlife Center
The mission of Piedmont Wildlife Center is to provide essential resources that ensure the health and welfare of native wildlife.
Wildlife is an integral part of our ecosystem and a reflection of the health of our environment. The center helps support wildlife to reduce the negative impact of our own species through the following programs:
Education – The center's goal is to stress the importance of the natural world and teach how we can live more harmoniously with the wildlife that shares our environment.
Conservation – The center's goal is to improve wildlife habitats to ensure that native wildlife in this area have clean air, water, food and ecosystems in which to thrive.
Promoting the care of injured and sick wildlife – The center's goal is to improve the network of veterinarians, rehabilitators, citizens and volunteers to ensure that injured and sick wildlife receive the care they need as quickly as possible.
The City of Durham Division of Stormwater Services
The Department of Public Works' Stormwater Services Division provides services related to improving drainage and the water quality of our creeks, rivers, and lakes.
Durham Arts Council
The Durham Arts Council’s mission is to promote excellence in and access to the creation, experience, and active support of the arts for all people in our community. As one of the oldest arts councils in the country, Durham Arts Council fills not one, but three major goals through its mission: Community Access to the Arts, Community Funding and Support for the Arts and Community Arts Education.
4-H Durham County
Through 4-H, more than 187,000 young people in North Carolina learn new skills and serve their communities each year. 4-H offers clubs, special interest programs, summer camps, school enrichment and after-school child care. Guided by North Carolina Cooperative Extension educators and adult and teen volunteers, 4-H'ers gain knowledge, skills and experience that help them become responsible citizens and leaders.
Samantha Gasson Stirrup
Durham County has a rich history of farming and as stewards of the land. This has been most recently demonstrated by the Durham County Farmland Preservation Board's "Farmland Protection Plan" to preserve more farmland and open spaces. The Triangle is joining other areas of the state by offering alternative, sustainable food choices from grass-fed beef to CSA memberships to urban gardens. All these farming operations start with a healthy soil and a balanced pasture for overall animal, plant and planet health. Samantha Gasson Stirrup demonstrates the key to a healthy pasture by having the kids visiting its table make their own recycled pot to grow their own miniature pasture (cow not included).
Classical Indian Dance: Prema Natya Vidyalaya (The Dance School of Divine Love)
Bharata-Natyam, literally meaning the dance of India, is an ancient classical art form. Originally performed in the inner sanctums of India's great temples, it now comes to audiences around the world, bringing delight and joy to all who watch it. It is an intriguing art form that combines music, rhythm, facial expressions, and hand gestures to tell stories from the great epics of India, as well as to show beauty in movement. Every Bharata-Natyam dance student knows the importance of honoring the earth, for the first thing a student learns is the Bhumi-namaskara, meaning the salutation (namaskara) to the earth (Bhumi). At the Earth Day Festival, audiences will have the opportunity to learn this salutation, as well as other hand gestures.
Explore! Rhythms
Music Explorium creates hands-on rhythm events for fun, education, and community building. Creative reuse artist and percussionist Shannon Morrow assists participants in using junk to make musical instruments. Make your own drums and percussion, learn some funky parade beats and proudly take part in the Earth Day parade!
Earth Day Parade
Join Music Explorium for a rousing parade. Participants can make their own parade percussion instruments and dress up as their favorite plant or animal. The parade line up begins at 3 p.m. The parade starts at 3:30 p.m. sharp!
Festival Highlights
Earth Art Market
Enjoy browsing and shopping for local, hand-made green goods, crafts, and environmental art at the Earth Art Market. A variety of local and regional artists will be selling their natural crafts and green wares.
Sustainability Expo
Visit the exposition area along Corcoran Street for green and environmentally friendly businesses and organizations selling and sharing green products, energy, transportation, building, home and personal products, gardening, clean water, and a variety of green services.
Zero-Waste Project
Festival goers and vendors will go green when they dispose of their waste at the Zero Waste stations. Each station will have areas to sort, recycling, reuse, compost, and trade materials. "It’s easy being green" with the Zero-Waste project for a trash-free festival.
Sonoco Recycling will host a shredding truck by Shred Ace and Synergy 'E-Waste' Recycling
Do some spring cleaning and bring your old computers, TVs and other electronic equipment to the Durham Earth Day Festival to recycle it for free! Want to shred your confidential documents and recycle them? Bring them to the festival to be shredded.
Shred Ace will accept any paper, NOT trash:
- Paper clips and staples are fine.
- No hanging file folders.
Sonoco will accept anything with a cord:
- Computers and peripherals including the computer, laptops, keyboards, mouse, printers, monitors, speakers, copiers, scanners, circuit boards, hard drives, computer parts, etc.
- Stereo equipment including tape players, receivers, amplifiers, record players, speakers, etc.
- Kitchen electronics: microwaves, mixers, blenders, choppers, etc.
- TVs
- Telephones, cell phones, fax machines
- Hair dryers, curling irons, vacuum cleaners
- Power tools, cordless tools, etc.
Synergy Recycling does NOT accept refrigerators, air conditioners, or anything with Freon.
Go Green Transportation Expo
Learn about greener and active modes of transportation.
Members of Durham’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission will host a valet bicycle parking service – ride in, check your bicycle for free! The Durham Bike Co-Op will also be providing tune-ups and basic bicycle information for free.
Durham Area Transit Authority (DATA) is offering free bus service on Saturday, April 24, in celebration of the Durham Earth Day Festival. Try the new DATA hybrid buses and do your part to help the environment. Visit the Web site to plan your trip on DATA. To receive free personalized trip planning, contact Jessalee Landfried of Clean Energy Durham by e-mail or at (919) 622-1309. The trip planning services are part of the Get Up & Go Durham program, co-sponsored by DATA, Triangle Transit and Clean Energy Durham.
The Blue Green Machine
Visit The Blue Green Machine on Corcoran Street for a cup of free water or bring your own water bottle to the festival to fill up. The Blue Green Machine provides the highest quality water available to communities from any local source water. Green because it is a completely eco-conservative-minded system. This mobile system filters, purifies, cools and dispenses on-demand drinking water.
Vendors
The Durham Earth Day Festival vendors area is full and we are no longer accepting applications.
Volunteers
Volunteer Form
Earth Day Volunteer Job Descriptions
On April 24, Durham Parks and Recreation and Keep Durham Beautiful, Inc., needs more than 100 volunteers to help with the festival. To volunteer, contact Malgosia Atkinson by e-mail or call (919) 560.4355. Applications can be downloaded from the link above.
Mail to:
Durham Parks and Recreation
Attn: Mal Atkinson
101 City Hall Plaza
Durham, NC 27701
Site Map/Parking and Street Closures
Contact Information
Amber Rudisill, festival coordinator
Chris Shepard and Ryan Sailstad, Kid’s Zone coordinators
Ann-Marie Strike, Eco-Lounge coordinator
Anne Harrison, vendor coordinator
Annette Smith, sponsorship coordinator
Mal Atkinson and Laura Smith, volunteer coordinators