March/April 2002 Featured Stories
Earth Day 2002 Events

Earth & Spirit Council together with the Green House Network and the Bonneville Power Administration and the Bonneville Environmental Foundation, will host a one-day family event Sunday, April 28, in and around the Oregon Zoo to celebrate Earth Day. Scheduled events include the Procession of the Species, the Race to Stop Global Warming and an Earth Day Expo 2002. There will be entertainment, lectures and presentations, artists, music, food and more!

The theme for the Earth Day Expo 2002, sponsored by the Bonneville Power Administration and the Bonneville Environmental Foundation, is "Protecting our Home." It is free to the public after zoo admission, and will feature earth-friendly displays and exhibits presenting environmental information, fun activities and innovative products. In addition, there will be scheduled presentations throughout the day by local experts and personalities, as well as music, food and entertainment. Registration for the Expo will begin February 19th at Bonneville Power Administration.

What better way to celebrate Earth Day 2002 than by joining in the Procession of the Species! Now in its fourth year, the Procession is a colorful and artistic celebration of our natural world sponsored by the Earth & Spirit Council. Children and adults parade in their beautiful and creative costumes, honoring the earth and all living creatures in the spirit of ancient traditions practiced by native peoples around the world.

The Race to Stop Global Warming is scheduled from 7:00am - 10:00am and the Earth Day Expo will run all day from 9 to 5 pm. At 10am participants in the Procession of the Species will gather and there will be last minute mask-making and face painting available. The Procession begins at 11:30.

For more information go to: www.earthandspirit.org; www.racetostopglobalwarming.org; http://www.oregonzoo.org/ and http://www.bonenvfdn.org/.

Celebrate Earth Day With City Repair on Saturday, April 20th at Environmental Middle School, Ladd's Addition, at SE Division & Elliott. This year the City Repair Project is collaborating with the Northwest Service Academy to bring a morning of service projects in neighborhoods with an afternoon Village Celebration! There will be social and environmental justice organization booths, a craft and kids village, music and dance, food vendors, workshops, natural building demonstrations, storytelling, the "T-Palas", a farmers market, & more! Volunteers are needed too! Express your spirit in helping create a model of the village in the city! Come plant the village roots! 503-235-8946, earthday@cityrepair.org. www.cityrepair.org/earthday.