April 17 | noon – 8pm | Elmwood Park 
Bands | Food | Family Fun | Demonstrations | Beer Garden | Electronics Recycling

• Main Stage
• Children's Activities
• Health & Wellness

Schedule of Events

*Rain Location : Lewis and Clark Middle School, 6901 Burt Street

All day events

E-cycling [pdf]: Responsible electronic recycling services provided by Metech Recycling

Main Stage

12:00 Music/Dance - African Culture Connection
12:15 Earth Day Welcome - Craig Moody, Chair
12:20 Music - Platte River Rain
1:00 Speaker - Environment Omaha - Mike McMeekin
1:05 Demonstration – How to Make a Rain Barrel
1:20 Speaker - What’s Up in Omaha – Colleges & Universities
     Creighton University
     Metropolitan Community College
     UNO
1:35 Music - Matt Cox
2:15 Speaker - What’s Up in Omaha – Government
     Senator Heath Mello
     Mayor Jim Suttle
     Omaha Sustainability Coordinator Kristi Wamstad-Evans

2:45 Demonstration – Gardening with Herbs

2:50 Speaker - Green Omaha Coalition/World Environment Day
3:00 Speaker - What's Up in Omaha – Nature
     Nature Conservancy
     USGBC-Flatwater Chapter
     WasteCap Nebraska
3:15 Music - Alash Ensemble
4:00 Friend of the Environment Awards Ceremony/ GOC Grassroots Competition
4:15 Speaker - What's Up in Omaha – Energy
     Energy Rescue, Inc
     Nebraska Renewable Energy Association
     Nebraska Solar Energy Society

4:40 Music - Korey Anderson Band

5:30 Speaker - What's Up in Omaha - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
     Keep Omaha Beautiful
     Habitat for Humanity ReStore

5:40 Demonstration - Identifying Trees

5:50 Speaker - What's Up in Omaha - Health and Food
     Choose Real Foods
     City Sprouts
     Community Bike Shop
6:10 Music - Broken Truth
6:50 Speaker - Repower Nebraska
7:00 Speaker – Sierra Club
7:10 Music - Brad Hoshaw & The Seven Deadlies

Children's Activities

Bringing your kids to Earth Day? Check out these activities that we know they will love!

• Rain Barrel decorating – Your child can decorate a rain barrel, take it home, and collect rain water! Fun!
• Planting veggies – Your child will get a flower pot and seeds of their own to allow them to watch their veggies grow!
• Composting Demonstration – Your child will learn about all the brown stuff (leaves) and green stuff (veggies) that they can mush together to create food for their plant (or for your yard!).
• Peanut Butter Bird Feeder – Your child can decorate a pine cone with peanut butter and watch the birds have a feast this Spring (when it finally comes!).
• Bird Nest Supply kit – Your child will create a nice, little home for mama birds to let their baby birds grow and fly.
• Prize/Giveaway section – Your child can take home (or play with while you explore the other parts of Earth Day) great gifts including coloring books, stickers, and other activities.

Children's tent demonstrations and performances:

• 2:30 Jim King

Health and Wellness schedule