Earth Day Every Day 2007 Music CD
From a school choir to a chorus of frogs, CD is an eclectic and
soulful mix of original songs and nature sounds
$15 (includes shipping)
Press Releases:
Earth Day Music CD
"Earth Day Every Day" Event
First Annual
Earth Day Celebration
Sunday, April 29, 2007
11am - 5pm at Mission Park click to view map in a new window
across from the historic San Buenaventura Mission
Ventura's first annual 2007 Earth Day Celebration and "Curb Global Warming" event was held on Sunday, April 29th from 11am to 5pm at Mission Park in downtown Ventura.
In celebration of World Earth Day, this local event was jointly hosted by the Ventura Charter School of Arts and Global Education, VCCOOL (Ventura Climate Care Options Organized Locally) and the City of Ventura.
Admission to this community eco-event was free and included:
- Opening Native American blessing by The Aztec Dancers
- Addresses by County Supervisor Steve Bennett (2007 Climate Change Action Plan), City Council Member Brian Brennan and others
- Solar-powered entertainment stage with performances by Raging Arb and The Redheads (surf rock), Simulakro (rock en espaņol), Seeds of Whatever (middle eastern fusion), The Debra Farris Band (blues and rock) and more
- "Climate change" project displays including Ventura Cloth Bag Project, Low Carbon Diet, Step-It-Up petition and many other ways for people of all ages to get involved and pitch in to curb global warming
- Compost and recycling presentations and a craft station for kids to make art from discarded and recycled materials
- Silent Auction including environmental-friendly themed gift baskets (filled with items from pet care to gardening supplies) and Earth Day art projects made by children
- New music CD for sale: "Earth Day, Every Day" is an eclectic mix of songs from local musicians and sounds from nature, including a chorus of bellowing frogs
- Rock-climbing wall, jolly jump, story telling, Clothes-Line Capers, and face painting
- "New Games" : non-competitive, community-building games for kids and adults
- Community Exhibitors:
A.G. Edwards
Agromin
Allen Associates
Blooming Gardens
California Solar Electric
City of Ventura - Environmental Services & Recycling
City of Ventura - Transportation
City of Ventura - Water Conservation
City of Ventura - Planning a City
Ventura County - Watershed Protection
EJ Harrison and Sons
Gold Coast Recycling & Transfer Station
Green Building Council of Ventura County
Green Thumb
Habitat for Humanity of Ventura County
Hill Billy USA
Hope Dance
Island Packers
Korazon Organic
Loma Vista 4-H
Mothers Guild
Ojai Valley Land Conservancy
REC Solar, Inc.
South Coast Area Transit
Surfrider Foundation
VCCool
Ventura County Watershed Protection District
Ventura Hillside Conservancy
All funds raised support Ventura Charter School of Arts and Global Education, whose mission is to prepare students to be active citizens of the 21st century and see themselves as interconnected and interdependent members of a diverse, global community.