Sunday April 25, 11am-4pm
Eco-Fair & Family Funfest
Northampton, MA
Entertainment and games for the entire family, inside and outside!
Trash audits, recycling, composting, eco-friendly ideas and exhibits from Green Northampton, Pedal People, MassBike, Northampton Public Schools' Green Teams, and more Earth Day activities for the whole family!
Meet Word Girl from PBS Kids!
Inside at Northampton Center for the Arts:
11:45 am - Visit from Word Girl
12:00pm - Tom Knight Puppets with Amy Dawn Kotel
Outside in Pulaski Park:
Music on the Earth Day Stage, courtesy of WRSI-The River
Free Live Music from 11am-4pm with Swing Caravan, Mister G. and The Primate Fiasco
1pm: WGBY PBS Kids GO! Writing Contest winners announced
Family Activities throughout the Park:
- Bike Workshop - Pedal people
- Bicycle Reuse center - Solid Waste Action Committee
- Seedlings, planting advice and activities - Grow Food in Northampton
- Family friendly Earth Day activities - Green Northampton & Northampton Public school green teams
- Backyard composting - GREEN Northampton
- Take it Or Leave It Bicycles and Clothes for Children 2 to 8 years old - GREEN Northampton
- DPW- Recycle Game – Northampton Dept. of Public Works
- Baby goats - Town Farm
- Big Wandering Puppets - Mother's Day Puppet & Peace Parade
- Chickens - Pioneer Valley backyard chicken group...
- Bike Week, Leeds bike ride
- kid friendly local farming art event - CISA
- retire your dryer...clothes lines with Earth Day artwork - Leeds School
- Electric cars – Bill Farkas
- Re-Store – Center for Ecological Technology
- Home energy audits – Center for Ecological Technology
- Recipes for fun, nutritious foods for kids to make at home - Food Revolution
- Cloth Diapering Demos –Mother Herb Diaper Service
- Make Mother(Earth) Day Cards - PeoplesBank
