Central Florida Earth Day has a variety of activities and information for everyone! Music, speakers, massage, kid's activities, and more will all be available to let you know what you can do to help the planet and have fun doing it.

Many fun and educational activities are happening throughout the day at Central Florida Earth Day! Come out for the whole day and take in as much as you can. The title of each area is a link to the page with more information. Schedule is subject to change, so please check back often.

 

Speaker Panels (sponsored by the Orlando Sentinel)

 

11:00 a.m. Our Energy Future

Andy Bell, Sunshine Interfaith Power and Light

Michael Brown, Solar-Ray

Diana Schultz, Green and Healthy Homes

 

12:00 p.m. Health and Wellness

Erica Boucher, Empath Yoga

Dominick D'Anna, Simply Well

Samadhi Keever, In Joy Healthcare

Emily Ruff, Florida School of Holistic Living

 

1:00 p.m. Youth Involvement

Susan Hargreaves, Humane Educators Reaching Out/Kids Help Animals

Erik and Annika Slaby, The Bunk Room Magazine

Elizabeth Tran, Teens Go Green Global

 

2:00 p.m. Edible Landscaping

Sarah Benjamin, Homegrown Co-op

Alexandro Herrera, Lemongrass Edible Landscaping and Education

 

3:00 p.m. Sustainable Government Practices

Ken Pelham, City of Orlando City Planning Division

Aaron Watkins, Florida Department of Environmental Protection

Scott Tess, Orange County Environmental Protection Division

 

4:00 p.m. Building a Local Food Network

Tom Carey, Sundew Gardens

Tia Meer, Homegrown Delights/Simple Living Institute

Michael Tinner, Homegrown Co-op

 

Acoustic Music Stage (Sponsored by Ourlando Music Alliance and BRINK Magazine)

11:00 a.m. Freethought M.C. "Humanist hip hop/neo soul/freethought rap (clean)"

12:00 p.m. Katie Gentsch "Acoustic songs for warming your heart"

1:00 p.m. Gote VanDeMaat "Fun, charming, smart music with a hint of freedom"

2:00 p.m. Kyle Cox "Simple folk songs with attention to detail"

3:00 p.m. The Byrnettes "Acoustic music with two part vocal harmonies"

4:00 p.m. Alex Cole "Highly emotional and rooted in poignant melodies"

5:00 p.m. Casey Van Buren "I am a producer/DJ"

 

Hybrid Music Stage (Sponsored by Ourlando Music Alliance and BRINK Magazine)

11:00 a.m. Sam Byck and The Tricky Dickies "Fresh jazz/funk/swing band"

12:00 p.m. Sound Traveler "Acoustic variety with surprising instrumentation"

1:00 p.m. Laney Jones "Ukabilly!"

2:00 p.m. Stranger Than Fiction "Alterjazzicalworldfolkfusion"

3:00 p.m. Gabriela "Jazzy soul tinged with latin sass"

4:00 p.m. Brian Burgess "Feel good music...from the heart!"

5:00 p.m. SKIP "Indie hiphop, early 70's rock, 50's dusty soul"

 

Band Music Stage (Sponsored by Ourlando Music Alliance and BRINK Magazine)

11:00 a.m. Soul inSanity "Film noire rock music"

12:00 p.m. Jubal's Kin "Appalachia-infused cosmic Americana"

1:00 p.m. Hotel Hurry "Acoustic rock & roll & violin"

2:00 p.m. Austin Miller "Folk rock"

3:00 p.m. Chopper Stepe "Chill, catchy, acoustic pop with a twang"

4:00 p.m. Cerulean "Psychedelic noise pop"

5:00 p.m. Posterra "The whole spectrum of rock"

 

Earth Kids Zone (Sponsored by The Bunk Room--Central Florida Magazine and presented by Total Wellness Mentor)

11:00 a.m. Kids Yoga- Margo Tafuri, Kids Yoga Teacher at Red Sun Yoga

12:00 p.m. Baby Wearing--Tej Carbone, Certified Babywearing Educator at TLCNaturalBaby.com

1:00 p.m. Earth Day Kid's Dance--Jenna Huber, Kinderdance Instructor

2:00 p.m. Recycled Puppet Making and Show--Mari Batchelor and Sara Skinner-Probst, Creative Drama Mamas

3:00 p.m. Story Telling with Mother Nature--Charlie Wilson, Professional Story Teller

4:00 p.m. Groovy Green Smoothies for Kids--Gretchen Goel, Plant Based Nutrition Educator

5:00 p.m. Group Discussion and Activity about "The Lorax" and What Kids can do to save the Planet!

 

Food Preparation Demonstrations (Sponsored by Vegetarians of Central Florida)

12:00 p.m. Chef Olive Mackey, Central Florida Raw Food Connection "Seasonally Eating Raw!"

1:00 p.m. Chef Camille Holder-Brown, Midtown EcoVillage "The Rawstamon Wrap"

2:00 p.m. Chef Kathryn van Zwieten, Healing Harvest "Fat Blasting and Beautifully Raw Beverages"

3:00 p.m. Chef Jacqueline Wyble, BeyondNFinity "Japanese Tofu Taco Bites"

4:00 p.m. Chef Gretchen Goel, Total Wellness Mentor "Green Smoothies for Kids"

 

Central Florida Earth Day features speaker panels to discuss a variety of eco-friendly topics with extremely knowledgeable and experienced panelists. The speaker panels are sponsored by the Orlando Sentinel. If you are interested in speaking, please complete this application.

 

11:00 a.m. Our Energy Future

Andy Bell, Sunshine Interfaith Power and Light

Michael Brown, Solar-Ray

Diana Schultz, Green and Healthy Homes

 

12:00 p.m. Health and Wellness

Erica Boucher, Empath Yoga

Dominick D'Anna, Simply Well

Samadhi Keever, In Joy Healthcare

Emily Ruff, Florida School of Holistic Living

 

1:00 p.m. Youth Involvement

Susan Hargreaves, Humane Educators Reaching Out/Kids Help Animals

Erik and Annika Slaby, The Bunk Room Magazine

Elizabeth Tran, Teens Go Green Global

 

2:00 p.m. Edible Landscaping

Sarah Benjamin, Homegrown Co-op

Alexandro Herrera, Lemongrass Edible Landscaping and Education

 

3:00 p.m. Sustainable Government Practices

Ken Pelham, City of Orlando City Planning Division

Aaron Watkins, Florida Department of Environmental Protection

Scott Tess, Orange County Environmental Protection Division

 

4:00 p.m. Building a Local Food Network

Tom Carey, Sundew Gardens

Tia Meer, Homegrown Delights/Simple Living Institute

Michael Tinner, Homegrown Co-op

Central Florida Earth Day will be providing environmental educational activities throughout the day.

Florida School of Holistic Living

Food and Herbs for Natural Health

Tips and information on natural practices for optimal health. Experts in these fields from Central Florida will be on hand to discuss topics including water, local foods, seasonal foods, organic foods, vegetarian and raw diets, and bioregional herbalism.

Home Cleaning

Tips for People-Pet-Planet-friendly house cleaning--for pennies! Learn how to prepare safe, nontoxic home cleaning products for kitchen, bath, and home using ingredients from your kitchen.

Edible Landscape

Information on growing edible plants in Florida using sustainable, organic, biodynamic, and permaculture techniques.

Composting

Keeping our organic waste in a cycle. Learn difference in methods and best practices for success.

Simple Living Institute

Solar Power

Learn the basics of how a solar panel works. We will be displaying a 35 watt solar panel and demonstrating how to connect to a battery source and convert the direct current from the solar panel into AC power for charging small appliances.

Rainwater Catchment

Learn how to assemble a rain barrel. We will have a rain barrel and show how to cut the top off, drill holes, screen the top, and use the rain barrel to collect water for your home and garden.

Biointensive Gardening

Vegetables, herbs, fruits, flowers, and native plants will be on display to demonstrate gardening techniques and different types of gardens including companion planting, biointensive gardening, butterfly gardening, and xeriscaping.

Composting Worms

Composting worms eat your garbage and produce nutrient rich amendment for your soil. Come see our red wigglers and learn how they convert your trash into treasure and how to use the worm tea to kill bad bugs and prevent plant diseases.

Meet Susan Hargreaves, an award winning, 30 year veteran of the humane and environmental movement, who has been featured extensively in national/international media.

Susan leads KidsHelpAnimals.com & HumaneEducatorsReachingOut.com

To focus humane educations programs in areas with a high risk of animal abuse or violence using a multi-pronged approach.
To serve as a network, resource and support system for Humane Educators.
To foster compassion, respect & empathy for other species in a humane way without exploiting and/or exhibiting captive wildlife, or compromising the dignity of other animal species. To offer free humane education programs.

Animal Hero Kids are cropping up all over.

Susan Hargreaves has presented Animal Hero Kids Awards across the U.S. for 13 years. Children and youth are recognized for courageous, innovative, and compassionate actions for animals.

Watch the KidsHelpAnimals.com & HumaneEducatorsReachingOut.com Be an Animal Hero film featuring Animal Hero Kids, Justin Bieber and Ron Artest. This film is distributed for free to schools as a form of bullying prevention and a kindness booster. Sponsor a school near you.

Come and have your photo taken in the Kindness to All Animals photo stand, a project of CompassionBarn.org a non-profit on a search for land to help the most abused group of animals in the world.

Create your own take home art with a humane message from the craft table.

Meet Ronnie V Cow.

Don't forget to sign up and join the Animal Hero kids team.

Central Florida Earth Day will feature fun and educational activities at the Earth Kids Zone! The Earth Kids Zone is sponsored by The Bunk Room--Central Florida Magazine and presented by Total Wellness Mentor.

 

11:00 a.m. Kids Yoga--Margo Tafuri, Kids Yoga Teacher of Red Sun Yoga

12:00 p.m. Baby Wearing--Tej Carbone, Certified Babywearing Educator of TLC Natural Baby

1:00 p.m. Earth Day Kid's Dance--Jenna Huber, Kinderdance Instructor

2:00 p.m. Fashion Show by Teens Go Green Global

3:00 p.m. Recycled Puppet Making and Show--Mari Batchelor and Sara Skinner-Probst of Creative Drama Mamas

4:00 p.m. Story Telling with Mother Nature--Charlie Wilson, Professional Story Teller

5:00 p.m. Group discussion and activity about "The Lorax" and what kids can do to save the planet!

 

Join community art initiative Squirrel Circus Productions in a collaborative art project! Reusing plastic bags and cardboard, we'll create a tree reminding us to be creative about reducing, reusing, and recycling. Also learn how to make a t-shirt into a reusable bag, and more!

Central Florida Earth Day will showcase the very best in eco-friendly, vegetarian cuisine! For a listing of local vegan, vegetarian, and vegetarian-friendly restaurants, go to the Vegetarians of Central Florida Veg Dining Guide.

 

Food Preparation Demonstrations

12:00 p.m. Chef Olive Mackey, Central Florida Raw Food Connection "Seasonally Eating Raw!"

1:00 p.m. Chef Camille Holder-Brown, Midtown EcoVillage "The Rawstamon Wrap"

2:00 p.m. Chef Kathryn van Zwieten, Healing Harvest "Fat Blasting and Beautifully Raw Beverages"

3:00 p.m. Chef Jacqueline Wyble, BeyondNFinity "Japanese Tofu Taco Bites"

4:00 p.m. Chef Gretchen Goel, Total Wellness Mentor "Green Smoothies for Kids"

If you are interested in doing a food preparation demonstration, please complete this application.

 

All food served at Earth Day is vegan (containing no animal products). Much of the food is organic and/or local. There are plenty of raw options. The following restaurants, natural markets, coops, and others are serving delicious and nutritious food at the Earth Day food court and elsewhere at the event:

Audrey's Punk Kitchen

Newtella (organic chocolate hazelnut spread), organic chewy chocolate chip cookies, organic apple crumb cake, organic lemon blueberry cake, organic cheesy popcorn, organic almond milk

BabyCakes NYC

doughnuts, brownie bites, blondie bites, cookies, loaves by the slice

Dandelion Communitea Cafe

vegan chili, vegan nachos, vegan chili cheese nachos, virgin coconut, organic iced teas

Earth's Best Beverages

organic beer and wine

Ethos Vegan Kitchen

BBQ chickun sandwiches, BBQ sloppy joes, baked beans, corn on the cob, watermelon

Khasiyat

samosa, chole, rice, jalebi, batada vada

Laurie's Italian Ice

Italian ice

Love is Love Collective

vegan meatball & cheese, buffalo "chicken", and grilled cheese with pickles pressed paninis; mac n cheese, potato salad, Caribbean quinoa salad, rice n bean stew, fresh sorrel drink

Loving Hut

vegan hot dog, barbecue kabot, garbanzo-bella taco, spring rolls, barbecue sandwich, fried noodle, portobella burger, veggie garden salad, lemonade, fresh orange juice

Lyfe Foods Catering

Jamaican curry chick pea patties, lyfe veggie patties, trinity bean burgers, lyfe wrap, soy chick wrap, assorted muffins, blueberrynade, strawberrynade, green lyfe goodness

Midtown EcoVillage

fresh green & fruit smoothies, raw kale salad, whole wheat vegan cinnabons, jerk seitan skewers

Purely Raw

raw food, raw desserts, smoothies, bamboo tea, wheatgrass shots

Raphsodic Bakery

vegan pies, brownies, cookies, cupcakes, scones, biscotti, raw desserts, biscuits, trail mix, entremets, teas, coffee, juices

Yum Yum Pops

handcrafted ice pops

Central Florida Earth Day features numerous musicians and other entertainers. All are volunteering their talent and time. Many will have CDs and other products available for sale.

Acoustic Music Stage (Sponsored by Ourlando Music Alliance and BRINK Magazine)

11:00 a.m. Freethought M.C. "Humanist hip hop/neo soul/freethought rap (clean)"

12:00 p.m. Katie Gentsch "Acoustic songs for warming your heart"

1:00 p.m. Gote VanDeMaat "Fun, charming, smart music with a hint of freedom"

2:00 p.m. Kyle Cox "Simple folk songs with attention to detail"

3:00 p.m. The Byrnettes "Acoustic music with two part vocal harmonies"

4:00 p.m. Alex Cole "Highly emotional and rooted in poignant melodies"

5:00 p.m. Casey Van Buren "I am a producer/DJ"

 

Hybrid Music Stage (Sponsored by Ourlando Music Alliance and BRINK Magazine)

11:00 a.m. Sam Byck and The Tricky Dickies "Fresh jazz/funk/swing band"

12:00 p.m. Sound Traveler "Acoustic variety with surprising instrumentation"

1:00 p.m. Laney Jones "Ukabilly!"

2:00 p.m. Stranger Than Fiction "Alterjazzicalworldfolkfusion"

3:00 p.m. Gabriela "Jazzy soul tinged with latin sass"

4:00 p.m. Brian Burgess "Feel good music...from the heart!"

5:00 p.m. SKIP "Indie hiphop, early 70's rock, 50's dusty soul"

 

Band Music Stage (Sponsored by Ourlando Music Alliance and BRINK Magazine)

11:00 a.m. Soul inSanity "Film noire rock music"

12:00 p.m. Jubal's Kin "Appalachia-infused cosmic Americana"

1:00 p.m. Hotel Hurry "Acoustic rock & roll & violin"

2:00 p.m. Austin Miller "Folk rock"

3:00 p.m. Chopper Stepe "Chill, catchy, acoustic pop with a twang"

4:00 p.m. Cerulean "Psychedelic noise pop"

5:00 p.m. Posterra "The whole spectrum of rock"

Want to be at peace with yourself, the Earth, and the animals? Practice Ahimsa! Ahimsa is a Sanskrit term which translates roughly into non-injury to living beings or dynamic harmlessness.

Central Florida Earth Day will feature ongoing free activities, such as yoga, pilates, and dancing, at the Mind, Body, Spirit area! Massage will be provided throughout the park.

Central Florida Earth Day will also devote attention to our non-human animal friends and neighbors! The Animal Haven is sponsored by Urban Pet Magazine.

The Animal Haven will feature animal rescue groups, dogs and cats for adoption screening, information on caring for companion animals, feeding dogs and cats a vegetarian diet, the importance of spaying and neutering, caring for feral cats, and much more!

Please buy raffle tickets for many great prizes at the Cats Are My Love booth. All proceeds will go to the animal rescue groups at the Animal Haven! If you would like to donate a prize to the raffle, please go to the Raffle page.

Your four-legged friends are invited to Earth Day! Dogs can enjoy free vegan dog treats provided by V-dog Food. Bowls of water will be provided.

Vendors in the Animal Haven:

A New Beginning Pet Care & Rescue

American Bulldog Rescue

Animal Allies

The Animal Welfare Alliance of Central Florida

Cats Are My Love

Center for Great Apes

Central Florida Pug Rescue

CJ Acres Animal Rescue Farm

Darlynn's Darlins

Faith, Hope and Love Rescue

Gold Coast Greyhounds of Orlando

In Harmony With Nature Animal Haven

Kindred Spirits Sanctuary

LoveyLoaves

Orange County Animal Services

Save the Chimps

Save the Manatee Club

Spay N Save

Suncoast Basset Rescue

Central Florida Earth Day features artists encompassing a variety of media, especially those that are environmentally related.

If you are interested in participating in or have questions about the Artist Corner, please contact Artist Corner coordinator Lauren Lee at lauren@cfearthday.org or (601) 508-0931.

Vendors participating in the Artist Corner:

Bombshell Body Art

Charming Souvenirs

Coconut Clean

Crafty Teens

Ensemble Pieces

ibamboofarm

Jammin Drum School/Spangy Bling

Jason L. Lee

KarieSue Creations

Made Marian's Charms

Ryan Martin

Nouveau Clay

Shine Shed

Parker Sketch

Spidersong Flutes

Veritas Wearable Treasures