[ShareTompkins] Fwd: [sustainable_tompkins-l] Earth Day 2011 on the Commons & at LACS 4 16 2011

[Shira Golding]

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> From: "Hilary Lambert" <hilary_lambert at yahoo.com>
> Date: March 29, 2011 10:25:07 AM EDT
> To: "'Sustainable Tompkins'" <sustainable_tompkins-l at list.cornell.edu>
> Cc: "'Catherine Mary Wagner'" <cmw18 at cornell.edu>, "'david kauber'" <dkauber at yahoo.com 
> >
> Subject: [sustainable_tompkins-l] Earth Day 2011 on the Commons & at  
> LACS 4 16 2011
> Reply-To: "Sustainability in Tompkins County" <sustainable_tompkins-l at list.cornell.edu 
> >
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>         Celebrating Earth Day
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>              on the Commons & at LACS
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> Ithaca NY
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>         Saturday April 16, 2011
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>                12 noon – 7pm
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> Contacts:
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> Patricia Haines levelgreen2010 at gmail.com  (607) 339-9472.
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> George Adams earthaca at gmail.com
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> Web site of the Center for Environmental Sustainability:  http://ces-ithaca.org
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> The Center for Environmental Sustainability (CES) invites community  
> members of all ages to a Saturday, April 16 Earth Day mix of  
> ceremonies, parade, film viewing, discussion and drumming in  
> celebration of our wonderful planet. Whether you are motivated by  
> gratitude for the incredible gifts of our home planet, or by worry  
> over what we stand to lose, this is an occasion to join with folks  
> who share your passion. Follow this afternoon of serious fun with  
> Earth Rhythms Drumming and potluck at Lehman Alternative Community  
> School.
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> Schedule of Events
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> 12:00 noon “Home - the Movie”  Center Ithaca, small atrium. Bring or  
> buy lunch and gather round to watch this 93 minute film: “French  
> photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand is best known for his aerial  
> photographs of the Earth. His latest project, the movie HOME, was  
> released on June 5, 2009 to coincide with World Environment Day.”
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> 1:30 pm Group discussion with Wally Woods Following the film, stay a  
> while to discuss shared concerns.
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> 2:30 Gather at the B. Milton Pavilion for parade participation: All  
> ages come & take part! Ceremony and parade are choreographed to  
> bring honor and gratitude to the four elements we use to sustain  
> ourselves on this planet: Air, Earth, Fire and Water. Parade roles  
> as elements & cardinal directions are available.
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> Go to http://ces-ithaca.org to view a list of available roles, &  
> sign up via earthaca at gmail.com – or bring your own!
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> 3:00 pm Opening Ceremony  History of Earth Day; Speakers; Honoring  
> the Earth & each other.
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> Declaration of Interdependence: www.davidsuzuki.org/about/declaration
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> 3:30 Earth Day Parade  The parade begins. The Earth is our Mother –  
> we must take care of her. Stroll, saunter, stride and sing, wearing  
> elemental creature costumes & waving banners, around and about the  
> Ithaca Commons!
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> 4:30 Closing Song & Cleanup  “Amazing Earth.”
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> 5:00 Earth Rhythms & Potluck: OneHeartCommunityDrumming.
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> Lehman Alternative Community School, 111 Chestnut Street, Ithaca.  
> Details: www.oneheartcommunitydrumming.org
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> The Parade’s opening ceremony includes a brief history of Earth Day  
> and a salute to our planet as represented by the Earth flag: one  
> planet; one people. In a custom that echoes the attitudes of  
> indigenous cultures more sustainable than our own, we are giving  
> gratitude to the elements of earth, air, water and fire that sustain  
> us with renewable energy and materials.
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> We invite organizations to promote green efforts and concerns in the  
> parade with banners & costumes.
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> Contact George Adams via earthaca at gmail.com if your group plans to  
> take part.
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> Full-color cloth Earth Flags (3’x5’) are available with a $15.00  
> donation to CES.
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> To order, contact Patricia Haines levelgreen2010 at gmail.com (607)  
> 339-9472.
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