Taking affliction of our ambiance is abundant too important to endure for just one day, and this year Green Columbus has appointed a abounding anniversary of activities focused about adulatory and accommodating in Earth Day 2008. Building on the absorbing assembly of their 2007 A Year in a Day event, Green Columbus has appear Now Get Busy! as the appellation of this year's event, a byword to activation participants city-wide into action in the anniversary alpha Saturday, April 19.
Columbus, OH -- Taking affliction of our ambiance is abundant too important to endure for just one day, and this year Green Columbus has appointed a abounding anniversary of activities focused about adulatory and accommodating in Earth Day 2008. Building on the absorbing assembly of their 2007 A Year in a Day event, Green Columbus has appear Now Get Busy! as the appellation of this year's event, a byword to activation participants city-wide into action in the anniversary alpha Saturday, April 19.
As the amateur for the week-long event, Green Columbus is analogous a aggregation of worksites to be fabricated accessible to volunteers on the morning of Saturday, April 26. Nearly 1,400 volunteers pitched in at the endure Earth Day, and the ambition has been set for 2,500 bounded across citizens to appear out and advice the could cause this year. All their harder plan will be adored with a chargeless cafeteria donated by Whole Foods Market, Jeni's Ice Cream, and Clintonville Community Market as able-bodied as a above anniversary for guests of all ages at Goodale Park. Two stages will be set up for ball including abide music and speakers. The anniversary will aswell affection kids activities and will be a aught decay event, with aggregate either recycled or composted.
"The advance plan of 2,500 Central Ohioans in a unified could cause will aftereffect in cleaner rivers, the burying of hundreds of trees, and all address of association beautification," said Tad Dritz, Green Columbus' advance organizer. "We are appreciative to accompany calm these volunteers and are aflame about adulatory a job able-bodied done!"
Columbus Zoo and Aquarium's Earth Day event, a account concert, appropriate blur screening at Studio 35, tai chi demonstration, and accepted children's appearance appearances annular out the blow of this Earth Week celebration. Green Columbus has been alive with The CW on WWHO-TV, Columbus Foundation, Comfest, Corna/Kokosing, Great Lakes Brewing Co., Brighter Minds Media, MORPC, and Grossman Group to ensure an arrangement of agitative contest and is aswell accouterment booths at Goodale Park for ecology affable organizations.
For added information, amuse appointment www.nowgetbusy.org
About Green Columbus
Green Columbus exists to advance acceptable active in Central Ohio and globally by 1) accouterment forums for ecology groups, citizens and others to interact. 2) adopting acquaintance about ecology issues and what can be done to abode them, and 3) auspicious accord in action aggressive blooming events. More advice is accessible at www.greencbus.org
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