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Earth Day to feature free activities, events for healthy living, environmental education

Posted at 7:41 pm April 14, 2014
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

IJAMS Earth Day 2009

The IJAMS Nature Center booth is pictured above during Earth Day 2009. (File photo)

The seventh annual Earth Day festival will feature free activities and events that promote healthy living and environmental education, and encourage individuals to create and contribute to a sustainable community, a press release said.

The festival is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 26 at Alvin K. Bissell Park in Oak Ridge.

It’s hosted by Keep Anderson County Beautiful.

There will be a Trashformations art exhibit created by local area students made from recycled/found materials. There will also be outdoor games and races for children, a bike rodeo for kids, healthy food vendors, exhibitors showcasing educational booths, and neighborhood games such as hopscotch, bocce, croquet, flying discs, ladder ball, and a special reduce, reuse, recycle game. There will also be a special area for pre-school children. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Government, Oak Ridge, Top Stories Tagged With: Alvin K. Bissell Park, Bike Rodeo, Earth Day, Earth Day 2014, environmental education, games, Healthy Living, KACB, Keep Anderson County Beautiful, Oak Ridge, Pat Imperato, races, recycling, sustainable community

Earth Day festival to feature dog jumping competition, kids’ activities, recycling, exhibitors

Posted at 1:35 pm April 21, 2013
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Dock Dogs at Earth Day Oak Ridge

Alex, a Weimaraner skilled at long distance jumping and speed retrieval, catches a football during a DockDogs competition in Oak Ridge during the 2012 Earth Day Festival.

The Sixth Annual Earth Day Festival in Oak Ridge this weekend will feature a jumping competition for dogs, a kids’ race and bicycle rodeo, and shoe collection and recycling drives.

It will also feature more than 60 exhibitors and live music. It’s scheduled from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Oak Ridge Civic Center.

The popular dog jumping competition debuted in Oak Ridge last year. It’s the Smoky Mountain Dock Dogs “Spare the Big Air Challenge,” and it features a 26,000-gallon swimming pool and four events: Big Air, Extreme Vertical, Speed Retrieve, and Iron Dog. It starts at 4 p.m. Friday at A.K. Bissell Park and ends at 5 p.m. Sunday. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Top Stories Tagged With: A.K. Bissell Park, Bike Rodeo, dog jumping competition, Earth Alley, Earth Day Festival, Eco Expedition, Erase your Trace, Green Mile race, Keep Anderson County Beautiful, Oak Ridge Civic Center, Smoky Mountain Dock Dogs, Soles4Souls shoe drive, Spare the Big Air Challenge

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