Party for the Planet
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Get the kids involved in celebrating Earth Day and thinking green by planning to attend one of these fun-filled educational events.
Party for the Planet at the Beardsley Zoo
Head to Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo to celebrate the 39th annual Earth Day and learn what you can do to make the planet a healthier place for you and your family. Their Earth Day event is about encouraging local, organic, earth-friendly choices as a way of promoting better health for the planet. Environmentally friendly vendors will be on hand with everything from green cleaning products to solar panels to gourmet cookies. Saturday at 1:00 pm enjoy Tom Hanford's Musical Menagerie and Sunday at 1:00 pm join the "Environmental Hootenanny" with musical performers Tom Callinan and Ann Shapiro. Get in your last minute votes to help the zoo name their ocelot kitten and be on hand for the big announcement on the 19th!
Saturday, April 18th and Sunday, April 19th, 2009 Noon - 3 PM
Beardsley Zoo
1875 Noble Avenue
Bridgeport, CT
Click here for more details.
Earth Day Celebration at Stepping Stones Children's Museum
Stepping Stones is celebrating Earth Day with special environmentally-friendly activities and performances throughout the day.
Saturday, April 18th, 2009 from 10 AM - Noon
Rainforest Scavenger Hunt
10 am – 5 pm
Grow a Plant!
10:30 am – noon
Decorate a flower pot and plant a seed to take home and watch grow!
Additional materials fee: $3 – Space is limited
Recycled Rain Sticks
11 am – noon & 3 – 4 pm
Make a rain stick out of recyclable materials.
Story Time "The Lorax"
1 – 1:30 pm
Learn about the environment through this Dr. Seuss story about the Lorax, a mossy, bossy man-like creature!
Special Performance
From Trash to Tunes with Dennis Waring
2:30 – 3:15 pm
Move and dance in this special eco-performance. Dennis Waring incorporates homemade musical instruments based on ideas and inspirations from around the world.
Stepping Stones Museum for Children
Mathews Park, 303 West Avenue, Norwalk
Phone 203-899-0606
For more information: steppingstonesmuseum.org
Earth Day 2009 Celebration at the Wilton Library
The gallery of Wilton Library will be the site for a variety of activities celebrating Earth Day 2009 including a Bio-Fuel Car from Wilton High School, Monty the Bald Python and other inhabitants of the Woodcock Nature Center, a touch tank from the Cedar Island Marina Research Laboratory. Recycling containers will be available for old cell phones, inkjet cartridges, and more. More events to be announced. Click here for more information.
Sunday, April 19th, 2009 1 - 4:30 PM
Wilton Library
137 Old Ridgefield Road
Wilton, CT 06897
Tel: 203-762-3950
Party for the Planet at the Beardsley Zoo
Head to Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo to celebrate the 39th annual Earth Day and learn what you can do to make the planet a healthier place for you and your family. Their Earth Day event is about encouraging local, organic, earth-friendly choices as a way of promoting better health for the planet. Environmentally friendly vendors will be on hand with everything from green cleaning products to solar panels to gourmet cookies. Saturday at 1:00 pm enjoy Tom Hanford's Musical Menagerie and Sunday at 1:00 pm join the "Environmental Hootenanny" with musical performers Tom Callinan and Ann Shapiro. Get in your last minute votes to help the zoo name their ocelot kitten and be on hand for the big announcement on the 19th!
Saturday, April 18th and Sunday, April 19th, 2009 Noon - 3 PM
Beardsley Zoo
1875 Noble Avenue
Bridgeport, CT
Click here for more details.
Earth Day Celebration at Stepping Stones Children's Museum
Stepping Stones is celebrating Earth Day with special environmentally-friendly activities and performances throughout the day.
Saturday, April 18th, 2009 from 10 AM - Noon
Rainforest Scavenger Hunt
10 am – 5 pm
Grow a Plant!
10:30 am – noon
Decorate a flower pot and plant a seed to take home and watch grow!
Additional materials fee: $3 – Space is limited
Recycled Rain Sticks
11 am – noon & 3 – 4 pm
Make a rain stick out of recyclable materials.
Story Time "The Lorax"
1 – 1:30 pm
Learn about the environment through this Dr. Seuss story about the Lorax, a mossy, bossy man-like creature!
Special Performance
From Trash to Tunes with Dennis Waring
2:30 – 3:15 pm
Move and dance in this special eco-performance. Dennis Waring incorporates homemade musical instruments based on ideas and inspirations from around the world.
Stepping Stones Museum for Children
Mathews Park, 303 West Avenue, Norwalk
Phone 203-899-0606
For more information: steppingstonesmuseum.org
Earth Day 2009 Celebration at the Wilton Library
The gallery of Wilton Library will be the site for a variety of activities celebrating Earth Day 2009 including a Bio-Fuel Car from Wilton High School, Monty the Bald Python and other inhabitants of the Woodcock Nature Center, a touch tank from the Cedar Island Marina Research Laboratory. Recycling containers will be available for old cell phones, inkjet cartridges, and more. More events to be announced. Click here for more information.
Sunday, April 19th, 2009 1 - 4:30 PM
Wilton Library
137 Old Ridgefield Road
Wilton, CT 06897
Tel: 203-762-3950
