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Everyone is invited to our Earth Day 2008 Events. Check it out:

Saturday, April 19th

The boat tour will begin and end at The Matthew Henson Eath Conservation Center, where we will also hold the panel discussion. It is about 1 mile from the Navy Yard Metro Station, but the weather is supposed to be really nice. We will meet at 1:30 at the M Street Exit. If you want to meet us directly at the Matthew Henson Center, the address is 2000 Half Street, SW Washington DC. Here is a link to walking directions from the Metro.

– Boat Tour of Anacostia with Earth Conservation Corps, 1:30-4:00
Members of DCYEA will tour the environmental
injustices and current pollution issues in the Anacostia River.

– Local DC Environmental Panel, 4:00-5:15
The boat tour participants and anyone interested will convene at ECC’s facilities to hear from several local environmental leaders on what we should focus on as a priority for DC’s environmental agenda. Panelists include Chris Weiss of the DC Environmental Network, Jim Dougherty of the DC Sierra Club Chapter, and Rachel Edwards of Environmentors. Refreshments will be served, please check back for exact location.

Sunday, April 20th
– Tree Planting with Casey Trees
Come help beautify DC by planting trees at the Embassy of Zambia, from 9:00am-1:00pm. Meet us at Massachusetts Ave NW ad 24th Street NW at 9:00am. If you would like to travel as a group, either get one together with your campus or meet a group from GW at 17th and I St NW at 8:00am. A light breakfast will be provided. Please RSVP to FollowerofThoth@mac.com

– Green Apple Festival with Earth Day Network- 11:00am-7:00 +set up/down
This will be the huge exciting part! We will have a 10′x10′ tent with tables at this giant outdoor festival and concert on the National Mall. It’s all free, and the likes of The Roots, Umphrey’s McGee, O.A.R. (acoustic), and Thievery Corporation will be there. At our table we will have face painting, a video booth to speak to your Congressional Reps, bike powered generators, environmental personality quizes, the 1 Sky petition, and giant “no coal” kites. ***Our booth will be west of 7th street on the north side of the Mall.*** Also, email Claire at claireroby (at) gmail.com if you want to help out at our booth.

Monday, April 21
We will be tabling again, this time at the DC government’s Green DC Day fair at Freedom Plaza. We will be booth #8, we will be there from 10:00am – 4:00pm.

Tuesday, April 22 EARTH DAY!!!!
Some of you have full schedules of activities on your campus in honor of Earth Day. If you are looking for a way to implement some political involvement, check out Earth Day Network’s Call for Climate Campaign. There are details on how to get involved on our website. This could also be an easy tabling thing if you don’t have anything planned. In the evening, Chesapeake Climate Action Network is having an awesome event with foremost climate scientist James Hanson and Amy Goodman.

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