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| Elizabeth Contreras paints her sunflower pot during last year's Earth Day festivities at the Lyle Center. |
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| Kirk Pickler plays the drum while students dance around the maypole at last year's Earth Day. |
Cal Poly Pomona will be offering its largest Earth Day Celebration in its history for the surrounding community on Friday, April 21, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., at the John T. Lyle Center for Regenerative Studies. Entrance is free.
A family-friendly affair, Earth Day 2006 features free workshops on relevant topics such as seed-saving, biodeisel and solar energy. There will also be tours of the 16-acre Lyle Center for Regenerative Studies, food, demonstrations and displays. More than 200 local schoolchildren will be joining the celebrations from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event closes with a free music concert by modern folk band Sugar Mountain Mama Serenade.
Earth Day 2006 provides local communities with information about the Lyle Center, as well as an opportunity to join the millions of people around the world in Earth Day celebrations for a clean and healthy environment. This year, Earth Day is on April 22.
EVENT SCHEDULE
9 a.m.
- Biodiesel Workshop: Learn how to make your own fuel and transform your diesel powered car.
- Ocean-scaping Workshop: Discover strategies and techniques for reducing run-off from urban landscapes.
10 a.m.
- Wetlands Workshop: Uncover the ecological wonders and importance of wetlands.
- Sheet Mulching Workshop: Discover one of the easiest and most effective methods for creating healthy and rich garden soil.
11 a.m.
- Everyday Bicycling Workshop: Learn quick to use strategies that make traveling by bike easy.
- Seed-Saving Workshop (2 hours): Get all the information necessary to harvest, store, and start seeds from your home garden.
- Residential Solar Demo: Understand the systems and components of a household powered by solar energy.
Noon
- Activities for children including storytelling with drummers, a maypole and folk dancing.
1 p.m.
- Alternative Building Workshop: Discover alternatives to energy intensive building designs, materials, and construction techniques.
- Wetlands Workshop: Uncover the ecological wonders and importance of wetlands.
2 p.m.
- Keynote Speaker: Jesse Marquez, executive director of Coalition for a Safe Environment
3 p.m.
- Biodiesel Workshop: Learn how to make your own fuel and transform your diesel powered car.
- Everyday Bicycling Workshop: Learn quick to use strategies that makes traveling by bike easy.
- Ocean-scaping Workshop: Discover strategies and techniques for reducing run-off from urban landscapes.
4 p.m.
- Closing Ceremonies
5-8 p.m.
- Puppet Show
- Sugar Mountain Mama Serenade Concert: Playing a delectable mix of modern folk, the Sugar Mountain Mama Serenade is a dynamic six-piece all-women band that hails from Claremont and has performed throughout the region, including The Press (Claremont), Mt. Baldy Lodge, Habitat for Humanity Benefit show (private residence), and the Orange Blossom Festival (Riverside).
Opened in 1994, The Lyle Center is an experiment in sustainable living, where students and faculty work toward limiting their dependence on non-renewable resources. They do this by living in solar-heated buildings, recycling their waste and growing their own organic food.
This event is free and open to the public. Parking for the event is available in parking lot K.
For more information, call the Lyle Center at (909) 869-5155.