2009 EarthFest

Five Green Villages and Activities:

Greener Play

Calling all kids! Put on your imagination hats and get creative at the EarthFest kids tent.
In this tent you can:

• Decorate a quilt block! Help StoneLion Puppet Theatre create a larger-than-life picnic blanket for use at The Picnic For The Planet.
• Make your own noisemaker and puppet with StoneLion Puppet Theatre and dance a giant puppet parade at 3:30 PM.
• Help construct a giant recycled art sculpture with Wonderscope Children’s Museum of Kansas City.
• Other activities with Wonderscope include making newspaper hats, playing with beads, Legos and more!
• Get your face painted! Free compliments of The Magic Brush.

StoneLion Puppet Theatre
Using multiple styles of puppetry, including marionettes, masks, shadow, mouth, and rod puppets, StoneLion Puppet Theatre brings the magic of world-class puppet shows right to your doorstep! Shows are fresh, original and educational and can be performed for 30 or 1000. StoneLion tours throughout the Midwest, the United States and beyond! StoneLion is a Smithsonian Institute touring performer, on the Missouri Arts Council Touring Roster, Kansas City Young Audiences Touring roster, a member of UNIMA International and The Puppeteers of America. Count on StoneLion to bring their dedication to excellence in theatre, art, education and fun to you! www.stonelionpuppets.org

WONDERSCOPE Children's Museum of Kansas City
Located in Shawnee, Kansas, Wonderscope is committed to sparking a lifelong love of learning in children through the power of play. Wonderscope provides fun, inter-disciplinary arts and sciences exhibits and programs for children 10 and under, their parents and teachers from across the Kansas City area. www.wonderscope.org

Entertainment

Main Stage Schedule – Theis Park Amphitheater
9:00 AM FREE Yoga in the Park - Boulevard Yoga (Bring your own mat!)
9:45 AM EarthWalk Kickoff Ceremony
10:00 AM EarthWalk Start

11:00 AM EarthFest Start
11:00 AM StoneLion Puppet Theatre’s Down the Drain
11:45 AM Eco Elvis
12:30 PM Il Grupo Folklorico Atotonilco
1:15 PM StoneLion Puppet Theatre’s Down the Drain
2:00 PM Esoke African Dance and Drumming
2:45 PM Stan Slaughter
3:30 PM StoneLion Puppet Theatre Giant Puppet Parade

About The Performers

Eco Elvis	Ill Grupo Folklorico
Esoke African Drumming and Dance	Stan Slaughter - Eco Troubador

Workshops and Presentations

11:00 AM - How to Eat Local in KC. How can you reach out to your community while at the same time finding local, sustainable methods for buying, making, and growing your own food? Come learn and share information about the exploding number of Kansas City's local and organic farmers' markets, CSAs, community and school gardening, preserving and other local-food efforts promoted by some fantastic organizations actively involved in our local "foodshed." As you grow more inspired, you can find out how to help your friends and neighbors "go local"! Hosted by Season Burnett, Director of the Kansas City CSA Coalition, and Emily Akins, member of the Kansas City Food Circle Coordinating Committee.

11:30 AM - Man Alive, How We Do Drive! For America to achieve energy independence (and clean air), we must adopt creative transportation technologies now. Learn about current and future electric cars.

12:00 PM - Imagine KC: Conversation in a Box

12:30 PM - Five Green Things. Discover which “green” activities make the greatest difference.

1:00 PM - Postcards to the Future. Hey Kids! How would you design Kansas City's future bus, bike and road systems? Write your own postcard to the future. For kids of all ages.

1:30 PM - Recycling 101. Learn how to recycle up to 80 percent of your trash here in the KC metro area. Get the latest scoop on recycling computers, old paint, plastics and glass. The Q&A session will give you a chance to find out exactly what you need to know.

2:00 PM - Economical Driving. Can't buy a hybrid right now? This presentation will explain how to drive and maintain your current vehicle in a manner that will minimize your carbon impact– and help you save money.

2:30 PM - Rain Barrel Workshop. Build your own rain barrel! Limited space available. Sign up at BTG/Info tent prior to the workshop.

Food and Beverage

This is a bottled water-free event! Bring your own reusable water container. We’ll supply the water – free!

Enjoy local and sustainable fare with blue bird bistro and Local Burger. Enjoy a local brew with Boulevard Brewing Company and support a good cause with lemonade at the Sierra Club’s Lemonade Stand.

Help us compost! Composting stations will be set up near all trash cans and recycling receptacles. Please help us have a green event by properly disposing of compostable waste. Thanks to Missouri Organic Recycling for making this possible!

Parking and Map

For Cars:

• Off-street parking is available in and around the Country Club Plaza area.
• Parking is available in the multi-level units on the UMKC campus at Oak and Rockhill. Please do not park in spaces marked “FS24/7”
• Limited parking is available in the Midwest Research Institute parking lot via the entrances on Oak (south of Volker Blvd.)
• Limited off-street parking is available on Oak Street between Emanuel Cleaver and Volker boulevards.

Please no parking in Kauffman Foundation or Kauffman Gardens parking lots.
Only Handicap-Accessible Parking is Available in the Kauffman Garden parking lot.

For Bikes:

• Free bike parking will be available at EarthFest near the southeast corner of Theis Park. Don’t forget your bike lock!

For Bus Riders:

• Find the closest Metro route or plan your trip at www.kcata.org

We recommend you enter Theis Park from the south ends at Oak and Volker or Volker and Rockhill.

Click here to see a map of Theis (Volker) Park and the surrounding area.

The 2009 EarthFest / EarthWalk is hosted by

with support from

EarthWalk Title Sponsors

EarthFest Area Sponsors

Protecting Level Sponsors

Conserving Level Sponsor
Ripple Glass Recycling

Caring Level
Advantage Metals Group
Missouri Organic Recycling
Roberts Dairy

Media Partners