Celebrate Earth Day 2010 With The Urban Divers And Their Enviromedia Mobile

The Urban Divers Estuary Conservancy, a not-for-profit environmental and cultural organization, has a fun filled series of events planned in the neighborhood for the 2010 Earth Day Celebration . Activities starts on April 18th with a "Gowanus Earth Day Spring Clean-up" event. Here is a great opportunity to volunteer and to give back to your community.

Read on:

URBAN DIVERS EARTH DAY CELEBRATIONS:

April 18th- 11th Annual Gowanus Earth Day Flotilla Spring Clean-up

FOLLOW THE ENVIROMEDIA MOBILE

April 25th- Earth Day Celebrations at IKEA/Erie Basin Park- Ceremonial Launch of Giant Floating Earth Ball

SPRING/SUMMER EARH FEST KICK OFF

June 5th- at IKEA/Erie Basin Park - In conjunction with American Cancer Society's "Relay for Life"

June 6th- at Washington Square Park- In conjunction with WORLD SCIENCE DAY.

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EVENTS Details:

Just a brief reminder that we will be continuing with our tradition of the Annual Gowanus Earth Day Spring Clean-up

as we have we now going on 11yrs as part of the EARTH DAY CELEBRATIONS. The event will be held on SUNDAY APRIL 18th

at 11am- 3pm. We have been getting alot of interesting questions about the Superfund and its impact on the community.

I hoping that some of you would come out to share and help educate and inspire.

We will be hosting an educational ecocruise aboard our 32ft indian shipping canoe that accommodates 21 paddlers at a time.

This event follows with an EARTH DAY CELEBRATION with the ENVIROMEDIA MOBILE at Erie Basin Park in Red Hook, next to IKEA.

On SUNDAY APRIL 25th, 1PM. A wonderful day for a little nature appreciation , waterfront recreation, environmental literacy and maritime cultural enrichment at a most beautiful community waterfront park, on the historic Erie Basin. Come vision a future of family fun experiences at a clean and ecologically restored Gowanus Canal.

We are inviting you to walk, bike, hike, jog, paddle, swim or dive ( the latter two at your own risk) downstream to Erie Basin. Maybe risk free 12 yrs down the line.

PS ( WE NEED A COMMUNITY DOCK IN THE AREA FOR HUMAN POWERED WATERCRAFTS...food for thought).

Activities will include

a) public tours of the mobile museum,

b) a Recycling event- we will be collecting old junk electronics ( carry-by-hand items only) and ready to throw away sneakers ( ps there are very cool things being done with recycled sneakers)- lots of reusable materials in a sneaker.

c) the CEREMONIAL LAUNCH OF THE GIANT FLOATING EARTH BALL- Come help float a Giant Floating Earth Ball to 100ft in the air- signifying 100% commitment to mitigation

of impacts on Climate Change, Ocean Acidification and Fostering a New Green Generation in Brooklyn...bring the entire family for this historic event.

This activity is in conjunction with the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day Celebrations. That is 40 Millenia for some of us...right?

d) half a dozen environmental literacy activity stations for parents and children to enjoy ( catch and release fishing and biodiversity monitoring, live underwater video observation station, estuary wildlife marine touch tank, aquatic ecology lab, falconry and birds of prey display station, solar scoping

e) mobile museum gift shop

f) refreshments

g) A Raffle with a Chance to Win an IKEA Prize. Last year's winners won solar powered lamps, and the lucky grand prize winner won an IKEA office design and furnishing.

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