We're glad you plan to join us at Central Florida Earth Day! Check out all the festivities that will be happening all throughout the day!
To complete an online Central Florida Earth Day vendor application, please go to the Vendor Packet page.
Participants
Earth Day vendors represent a wide array of eco-friendly businesses and groups.
Welcome to the sponsors, speakers, food prep demonstrators, musicians, vendors, and contributors
who are participating in Central Florida Earth Day 2021!
Contributors have donated promotions, money, products, raffle prizes, have advertised in the Earth Day Info Guide,
or have otherwise contributed to the success of the event;
they do not necessarily have a physical presence at the event.
Please support Earth Day participants! Click on the links below for websites (sponsors in bold):
Food
The Earth Day food court is shared with the It's Just Yoga Festival and is presented by Orlando Bearded Vegan
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FOOD COURT
Brazilian Fun Foods churros, churro bites, yuca sandwiches, truffles, crepes, iced coffee Flora Plant-Based Cuisine plantain burritos, mushroom burritos, burgers, tropical ceviche Karelyn's Vegan soul food fantasy, BBQ sandwich with fries, picy chick'n with fries, mac sandwich, side of mac, banana pudding, fresh squeezed lemonade Knocker Tots mac-n-knockers, naked knockers, sloppy knockers, hot knockers, tatcho knockers, chili cheese knockers, sweet knockers Purgatory buttermilk fried chickn sammie, Buffalo fried chickn sammie, vegan big mac Romay Ethopian Kitchen split lentils, split peas, mixed vegetables, cabbage, collard greens, rice, quinoa, wheat bread, sambusa Vegan Takeout sushi, sweet and spicy roll, sweet potato roll, nachos, sweet chili, BBQ pulled pork mac |
ELSEWHERE IN THE PARK
Almendra’s Bakery quesitos, almond cake, vanilla and coconut flan, coconut macaroon, polvorones Bar a Brik brik, crumbles Chamberlin’s Natural Foods snack bars, apples Kale Café kale salad, Judah's dressing, quinoa tabbouleh salad, jerk mushrooms, jerk nutmeat in avocado raw plate, watermelon salad, cookie bars, cinnamon rolls Mango Kings smoothies & cocktails: mango flower, fruit bowl, mangonada, mango colada, piña colada, mojitos Outside the Box Kettle Corn & Treats organic kettle corn, caramel corn, maple corn, vanilla corn Skoops Italian Ice Italian ice, smoothies Sunflour Bakery pastries, cupcakes, muffins, cake pops, croissants, cinnamon rolls, cookies Vegan Café Jax chilled corn chowder, date nut balls, coffee, tea |
HIGHLIGHTS
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Florida Climate Week
Monday, April 19-Friday, April 23 Sponsored by VoLo Foundation Take part in a week’s worth of events with guest speakers to help you understand the impacts our changing climate is having on the Sunshine State. Hear from industry leaders and front-line advocates about the effects climate change is having in your community, and how to become a part of the solution to ensure a sustainable planet for future generations. The Tiny Green Home will be displayed in Environmental Education. This diminutive abode offers a hands-on experience through interactive displays that educate visitors on energy and water conservation measures, sustainability rebates, vehicle electrification, renewables, composting, food gardens and other efficiency methods. It includes a functioning roof-top solar array and a rain barrel to collect and conserve water, among other green features visitors can add to their own homes. Built by OUC, the City of Orlando, and Orlando Science Center, the 200-square-foot home hopes to increase sustainability education and awareness in Central Florida. Orange County Government will be raffling off 10 home rain barrel kits. Garden Sponsor Silver Sun Solar will be displaying a solar energy apparatus to provide some of the power for the event. Global Shapers Orlando will be holding a clothing swap. Support sustainability in Orlando by swapping clothes within your community! Start your spring cleaning now by getting rid of your extra clothes and finding new ones. Please bring a tote bag of your choice to replace your old items. RSVP here. If you don't have any old items to swap then the tickets will be sold to participate. All donations will go to the nonprofit From Outside In. |
Environmental Education
9:30 a.m. Central Florida Earth Day 5K Walk
Sponsored by VoLo Foundation and presented by Millennia Gardens Elementary Eco Club
Scenic community 5K walk around Lake Eola Park (three circles). Meet at the VoLo Foundation booth.
10:30 a.m. Introduction to Central Florida Earth Day
David S. Vogel & Thais Lopez Vogel, Co-Founders/Trustees, VoLo Foundation
Chris Castro, Director of Sustainability, City of Orlando
Jeff Benavides, Chief Sustainability and Resilience Officer, Orange County Government
Vanja Grbic, Board Member, Vegetarians of Central Florida
Jenna Bardroff, President, Solutionary Events
ENVIRONMENTAL PANEL DISCUSSIONS
Moderated by Wendy Oliver, Program Director, VoLo Foundation
Please RSVP for the panels by clicking on the name and share.
11:00 a.m. Sustainability Around the Region
After years of steadfast growth, Central Florida is quickly becoming a hub for sustainability and resilience programs to address the region's diversity and maintenance of our quality of life. Learn about the variety of coordination activities in the works from neighboring cities and communities from smart infrastructure, food systems, water management, to tree canopy, wildlife corridors, and citizen engagement.
PANELISTS:
Vanessa A. Balta, Sustainability Planner, City of Winter Park
Jeff Benavides, Chief Sustainability and Resilience Officer, Orange County Government
Nicholas Frank Sanzone, Environmental Programs Coordinator, City of Satellite Beach
12:00 p.m. Soil & Sustainable Farming
Let's talk soil! How important is soil in growing food? What is sustainable farming? How can Central Floridians cultivate the best soil possible? Explore the answers to these questions and more from local farms representing Fleet Farming, Orlando Permaculture, O-Town Compost, and Winter Park Urban Farm. This panel discussion will allow each grower to share their perspective on soil and sustainable farming as well as allowing for questions from the audience. Come prepared with all of your questions to gain knowledge from your local growers!
PANELISTS:
Caroline Chomanics, Fleet Farming
Caitlin Fogarty, A Natural Farm/Orlando Permaculture
Mason Kuehn, Winter Park Urban Farm
Charlie Pioli, O-Town Compost
1:00 p.m. Green Works: Sustainability in the City of Orlando
The City of Orlando team including will discuss the new Green Works Community Action Plan released in October 2018, and what the key priorities are for the City. They will also discuss the recent American Cities Climate Challenge grant they received from Bloomberg Philanthropies and how they expect to utilize those funds to reduce carbon emissions and advance a clean energy future for Orlando. Join this session and help shape Orlando's overall sustainability efforts!
PANELISTS:
Chris Castro, Director of Sustainability, Green Works Orlando
Joe England, Sustainability Project Manager, Green Works Orlando
Brittany Sellers, Sustainability Project Manager, Green Works Orlando
FOOD PREPARATION DEMONSTRATION
2:00 p.m. Chef Camille Holder-Brown, Kale Cafe
Jamaican Summer Salads
Learn how to recreate Kale Cafe's famous house kale salad along with a mango avocado salad.
Sponsored by VoLo Foundation and presented by Millennia Gardens Elementary Eco Club
Scenic community 5K walk around Lake Eola Park (three circles). Meet at the VoLo Foundation booth.
10:30 a.m. Introduction to Central Florida Earth Day
David S. Vogel & Thais Lopez Vogel, Co-Founders/Trustees, VoLo Foundation
Chris Castro, Director of Sustainability, City of Orlando
Jeff Benavides, Chief Sustainability and Resilience Officer, Orange County Government
Vanja Grbic, Board Member, Vegetarians of Central Florida
Jenna Bardroff, President, Solutionary Events
ENVIRONMENTAL PANEL DISCUSSIONS
Moderated by Wendy Oliver, Program Director, VoLo Foundation
Please RSVP for the panels by clicking on the name and share.
11:00 a.m. Sustainability Around the Region
After years of steadfast growth, Central Florida is quickly becoming a hub for sustainability and resilience programs to address the region's diversity and maintenance of our quality of life. Learn about the variety of coordination activities in the works from neighboring cities and communities from smart infrastructure, food systems, water management, to tree canopy, wildlife corridors, and citizen engagement.
PANELISTS:
Vanessa A. Balta, Sustainability Planner, City of Winter Park
Jeff Benavides, Chief Sustainability and Resilience Officer, Orange County Government
Nicholas Frank Sanzone, Environmental Programs Coordinator, City of Satellite Beach
12:00 p.m. Soil & Sustainable Farming
Let's talk soil! How important is soil in growing food? What is sustainable farming? How can Central Floridians cultivate the best soil possible? Explore the answers to these questions and more from local farms representing Fleet Farming, Orlando Permaculture, O-Town Compost, and Winter Park Urban Farm. This panel discussion will allow each grower to share their perspective on soil and sustainable farming as well as allowing for questions from the audience. Come prepared with all of your questions to gain knowledge from your local growers!
PANELISTS:
Caroline Chomanics, Fleet Farming
Caitlin Fogarty, A Natural Farm/Orlando Permaculture
Mason Kuehn, Winter Park Urban Farm
Charlie Pioli, O-Town Compost
1:00 p.m. Green Works: Sustainability in the City of Orlando
The City of Orlando team including will discuss the new Green Works Community Action Plan released in October 2018, and what the key priorities are for the City. They will also discuss the recent American Cities Climate Challenge grant they received from Bloomberg Philanthropies and how they expect to utilize those funds to reduce carbon emissions and advance a clean energy future for Orlando. Join this session and help shape Orlando's overall sustainability efforts!
PANELISTS:
Chris Castro, Director of Sustainability, Green Works Orlando
Joe England, Sustainability Project Manager, Green Works Orlando
Brittany Sellers, Sustainability Project Manager, Green Works Orlando
FOOD PREPARATION DEMONSTRATION
2:00 p.m. Chef Camille Holder-Brown, Kale Cafe
Jamaican Summer Salads
Learn how to recreate Kale Cafe's famous house kale salad along with a mango avocado salad.
Entertainment
11:00 a.m. (15 minutes) Vanja Dance
Vanja Grbic is a world renowned cultural dancer. Her styles include bellydance, Indian Bollywood, bhangra, samba, salsa, merengue, bachata, kizomba, and she also stilt walks. Vanja will dazzle the audience with her elegant and lively bellydance performance. Prepare to enjoy this captivating dance….and get ready to dance along.
11:30 a.m. (20 minutes) Hsin Yung I-Chuan School of Tai Chi
1. Earth Style Tai Chi, Demonstration Form
2. Grandmaster William CC Chen's Straightsword Form
3. Jiang Jianye's Chen Broadsword Form
4. Tai Chi Stepping Qigong
5. Pingshuai Qigong
12:00 p.m. (20 minutes) Jyanguru Dojo Karate
1. Senpai Javier’s kata (form) demo
2. Sensei Seth’s kata (form) demo
3. Harumi san kata (form) demo
4. Sensei Seth and Senpai Javier Kumite (sparring) demo
5. Sensei Seth’s baseball bat breaking demo
12:30 p.m. (60 minutes) Violet Flair
A vibrant fusion of positive, uplifting rock and pop.
1:30 p.m. (15 minutes) DGBEK Studios, the hip-hop dance academy
DGBEK is an acronym for the five pillars of Hip Hop: DJing, Graffiti, Breaking, Emceeing, and Knowledge.
2:00 p.m. (60 minutes) Cypress Creek High School presents The Last Paving Stone by Y. York
Audience: Family (All Ages), sponsored by VoLo Foundation
Everyone is celebrating the placement of the last paving stone covering the last unpaved patch of ground on the planet—that is, everyone except Ito, a girl with ears so big she can hear the ground talking. Everyone else thinks Ito's "sound from the ground" is her attempt to justify her humiliatingly large ears. Even Jassmin, a lass with a nose so big she can smell a lie, doesn't believe in Ito's sound. Threatened with the forever-silenced ground, Ito risks the ire of her pa to share the ground sound with normal-eared people.
3:15 p.m. (15 minutes) Bellydance By Danielle
Dance is a beautiful way of bringing people together, allowing us to connect with others from all different walks of life. Today Danielle hopes to bring a smile to your face and joy in your heart with a little belly dance show. Let’s dance!
3:30 p.m. (15 minutes) Latin Passion Dance Academy
Latin Passion Dance Academy is directed by local professional dancer, Adriana, along with her amazing team of instructors. This studio offers salsa, bachata, hip hop, and contemporary dance to the youth of Orlando. They will be giving a short salsa class to guests of all ages as well as a salsa performance by their youth dance teams
Vanja Grbic is a world renowned cultural dancer. Her styles include bellydance, Indian Bollywood, bhangra, samba, salsa, merengue, bachata, kizomba, and she also stilt walks. Vanja will dazzle the audience with her elegant and lively bellydance performance. Prepare to enjoy this captivating dance….and get ready to dance along.
11:30 a.m. (20 minutes) Hsin Yung I-Chuan School of Tai Chi
1. Earth Style Tai Chi, Demonstration Form
2. Grandmaster William CC Chen's Straightsword Form
3. Jiang Jianye's Chen Broadsword Form
4. Tai Chi Stepping Qigong
5. Pingshuai Qigong
12:00 p.m. (20 minutes) Jyanguru Dojo Karate
1. Senpai Javier’s kata (form) demo
2. Sensei Seth’s kata (form) demo
3. Harumi san kata (form) demo
4. Sensei Seth and Senpai Javier Kumite (sparring) demo
5. Sensei Seth’s baseball bat breaking demo
12:30 p.m. (60 minutes) Violet Flair
A vibrant fusion of positive, uplifting rock and pop.
1:30 p.m. (15 minutes) DGBEK Studios, the hip-hop dance academy
DGBEK is an acronym for the five pillars of Hip Hop: DJing, Graffiti, Breaking, Emceeing, and Knowledge.
2:00 p.m. (60 minutes) Cypress Creek High School presents The Last Paving Stone by Y. York
Audience: Family (All Ages), sponsored by VoLo Foundation
Everyone is celebrating the placement of the last paving stone covering the last unpaved patch of ground on the planet—that is, everyone except Ito, a girl with ears so big she can hear the ground talking. Everyone else thinks Ito's "sound from the ground" is her attempt to justify her humiliatingly large ears. Even Jassmin, a lass with a nose so big she can smell a lie, doesn't believe in Ito's sound. Threatened with the forever-silenced ground, Ito risks the ire of her pa to share the ground sound with normal-eared people.
3:15 p.m. (15 minutes) Bellydance By Danielle
Dance is a beautiful way of bringing people together, allowing us to connect with others from all different walks of life. Today Danielle hopes to bring a smile to your face and joy in your heart with a little belly dance show. Let’s dance!
3:30 p.m. (15 minutes) Latin Passion Dance Academy
Latin Passion Dance Academy is directed by local professional dancer, Adriana, along with her amazing team of instructors. This studio offers salsa, bachata, hip hop, and contemporary dance to the youth of Orlando. They will be giving a short salsa class to guests of all ages as well as a salsa performance by their youth dance teams
