WheatonArts :: Calendar :: 2009 Events :: Eco Fair :: Eco-Fair
2009 Events
FREE Community Open House!
Join Us! ECO FAIR at WheatonArts
Saturday, May 2, 2009 10am to 5pm
Saturday, May 2, 2009 10am to 5pm
Produced In Partnership With
The Cumberland County Improvement Authority
The Cumberland County Improvement Authority
The Day Features
Environmental Information
Eco Friendly Products and Services
Highlighting this year’s Eco Fair are presentations
Environmental Information
Eco Friendly Products and Services
Highlighting this year’s Eco Fair are presentations
by Jane Kirkland, award-winning author of the
“Take A Walk®” Books, and Lance Simmens
from The Climate Project.
11am in the Event Center
11am in the Event Center
Jane Kirkland Presentation
“I Saw A Bald Eagle Soaring Over My Grocery Store”
Question and answer session and a book signing.
1pm in the Event Center
1pm in the Event Center
Lance Simmens slide show presentation based on
the Academy Award winning documentary film,
“An Inconvenient Truth”
Plus
Purchase A Composter For $35.00
Plus
Purchase A Composter For $35.00
(Retail Value: $99.00. First come, first served.)
Native Plant Sales
Native Plant Sales
Marine Animals
Tree Tour 12 noon from the Event Center led
Tree Tour 12 noon from the Event Center led
by the Rutgers University Master Gardeners
Fun-Filled Eco Crafts For Kids
Fun-Filled Eco Crafts For Kids
10:30am to 3:30pm
Live Music By Package Goods Orchestra
Live Music By Package Goods Orchestra
12 noon to 3:30pm
Food and Refreshments
Food and Refreshments
This event will provide information, resources, products
and real solutions for people to live better, healthier lives with less environmental impact.
Eco-Fair vendors include: Melaleuca – The Wellness Company; Al & Sam’s Canoe, Boat & Kayak Rental & Sales; Little Egg Harbor Soap Company; and Valley Berry Farm. Additional commercial organizations and businesses include White Cloud Therapies and Spa, Deppen Wood Products, Nature’s Healing Gifts, Old Shep’s Honey, Nutrilite, and Skye Flooring.
Participating organizations include: American Vegan Society; Slick/Outdoor Club of South Jersey; Great Egg Harbor Watershed Association; Atlantic County Utilities Authority; Cumberland County Improvement Authority; Bayshore Discovery Project; Citizens United; Natural Lands Trust; Rutgers Cooperative Extension Water Resources Program; Rutgers University Master Gardeners Program; Tuckerton Seaport; The Nature Conservancy; and the Wetlands Institute.
Enjoy WheatonArts!
■ Visit the Museum of American Glass
■ Watch artist demonstrations in the Glass, Ceramics
and Woodcarving Studios
■ Discover the Down Jersey Folklife Center
■ Browse the Award Winning Museum Stores
(3½% sales tax and free packaging)
