Earth Day Celebration
April 22, 2012
Join us for Earth Day: a citywide celebration of local efforts to reduce, reuse, conserve and work together for a better global future.
| 10am – 5pm |
Celebrating Century 21 Exhibit |
International Fountain Pavilion
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| 11am – 12 noon |
Earth Day Celebration-Welcome |
Next 50 Plaza/Next 50 Pavilion
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The City’s official Earth Day celebration marks the beginning of Sustainable Futures month at Seattle Center and commences with an opening ceremony presenting insights on the environment by elected officials and keynote speaker, Roberto Ascalon/FEEST. Program will also feature Habitat for Humanity Build Project kick-off, Our Sustainable Futures Experience Exhibit ribbon cutting, and more.
| 11am – 5pm |
NASA’s Driven to Explore Exhibit |
The Armory/Center House |
| 11am – 5pm |
Habitat for Humanity Building Project: The House of the Immediate Future |
Next 50 Plaza
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Help Habitat for Humanity volunteers and partners design and build a home at Seattle Center using sustainable building practices, technological innovation and civic commitment to create future communities.
| 11am – 5pm |
Our Sustainable Futures Experience Exhibit |
Next 50 Pavilion
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Our region, aware that every choice matters, exports to the nation and the world ideas, policy, innovation and technologies that help us to live more sustainably. This exhibit addresses what might surprise us about our region’s collective efforts when we look back 50 years from now.
| 12 noon – 4pm |
Sustainable Futures Partner Program Highlights |
Activity Tent, Next 50 Plaza
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FREE, hands-on activities explore our environment and showcase the region’s innovations in sustainability, presented by more than a dozen partner organizations.
| 12 noon – 4pm |
Community Crochet for Mandy Greer's art installation
Mater Matrix Mother and Medium
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Activity Tent, Next 50 Plaza
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| 12 noon – 5pm |
Living City Design Competition Exhibit |
Playhouse/INTIMAN
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| 1:30pm – 2pm |
Tom Watson - King County EcoConsumer
Ten green game-changers for the future |
Activity Tent, Next 50 Plaza
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King County's Tom Watson, the EcoConsumer columnist for the Seattle Times and a regular purveyor of green advice on local TV and radio, will show or describe 10 items and concepts that will help us achieve a greener future the next 50 years and beyond. Hear Tom’s perspective, and share your ideas and questions.
| 2pm – 3:30pm |
Arts and Sustainability Panel Discussion |
The Armory/Center House
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The Seattle OFFICE OF ARTS & CULTURAL AFFAIRS' 1% for Art Program, in partnership with Seattle Public Utilities and Seattle City Light, presents a moderated panel in which three artists explore temporary artworks to be showcased during Sustainable Futures month and address the connections between art and the environment. Participating artists include: Adam Frank (Current, The Armory/Center House); Mandy Greer (Mater Matrix Mother and Medium, Alki Courtyard by Northwest Rooms); and Stacy Levy (Straw Garden, Broad Street Green)
Earth Day Partner Organizations:
The Nature Conservancy • Habitat for Humanity • Forterra and Green Seattle Partnership • Cascade Harvest Coalition • National Parks Service/Olympic National Park • King County Wastewater Treatment Division, Department of Natural Resources and Parks • Seattle Public Utilities • Seattle City Light • Seattle Department of Neighborhoods P-Patch Program • City of Seattle Office of Sustainability • Community Power Works • Seattle Parks Department • FEEST •
Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs