Earth Day at Downsview Park 2010

Sunday, April 25, 2010
11:00AM – 4:00PM
Free Admission

Downsview Park
35 Carl Hall Road
(Southeast corner of Sheppard Ave. W. & Keele St.)

Downsview Park invites you to celebrate Earth Day at Downsview Park. Leave your legacy and help create a sustainable community for future generations by planting 2000 trees in Downsview Park’s Canada Forest. 

Earth Day at Downsview Park features environmentally-friendly exhibits, activities and entertainment – rain or shine – for the whole family!

Events and Activities

Public Tree Planting, 12 pm to 2 pm
Leave your legacy and help create a sustainable community for future generations by planting trees in Downsview Park's Canada Forest.
No sign up required. Planting spaces are allocated on a first-come, first-planting basis. Spots are limited. Families will plant together.

A very big Thank you to Evergreen for donating the 500 trees that will be planted by the public!

Tree Planting: The Team Green Challenge, 11 am to 12 pm and 2 pm to 4 pm
Corporate and community groups are invited to plant trees in Downsview Park's Canada Forest. Teams can compete to be the "Largest Group" or the "Most Spirited Group."

Registrations will be accepted March 3 to April 19. DOWNLOAD REGISTRATION FORM. Registration is on a first-come, first-booked basis.

Visit the Healthy Home exhibit and receive a coupon for The Hangar Grill

• Step 1: Visit the Downsview Park booth at the Earth Day Festival on April 25 and receive a coupon for one FREE children's entrée with the purchase of one adult entrée at The Hangar Grill, valid only IF you tour the Healthy Home.
• Step 2: Visit the Downsview Park Sports Centre (75 Carl Hall Road) to tour the Healthy Home exhibit on April 25. At the end of the tour, your coupon will be validated by the Healthy Home staff.
• Step 3: Visit The Hangar Grill to redeem your coupon. Coupons will be accepted from April 25 to May 1, 2010.

Earth Day Entertainment & Activities include:

• Interactive Exhibits:
  • Exotic Critter Tales – will have many unique exotic animals on display for you to see and learn about at three interactive presentations at Earth Day!
  • Muskoka Wildlife Centre – kids and families are welcome to visit with a selection of indigenious wildlife native to Ontario that will be onsite at Earth Day. Presenters will be on hand to give interactive presentations of some of the animals.
  • Canadian Raptor Conservancy – will be onsite with several different birds of prey to educate the general public about their important role in our natural world.
  • Funology – Funology science shows and display will be entertaining visitors throughout the day using imagination, creativity and hands-on fun to demonstrate the awesomeness of science.
• The Team Green Challenge invites corporate and community groups to come together to help promote positive environmental action by planting trees in Downsview Park’s Canada Forest. Teams can compete to be the “largest group” or the “most spirited group”. Registration forms are being accepted until 4PM on April 19th, on a first-come, first-booked basis. Click here to download your Team Green Registration Form.
• Earth Run – New this year, Downsview Park’s Earth Day Celebration will be one of two Toronto locations for Earth Run, a walk/run event aimed at raising awareness and funds for local to national environmental initiatives. For more information, and to register a team visit www.earthrun.com
• The Kids Area features buskers, face painting, and more!
• The Green Pavilion offers food, crafts and products by eco-friendly vendors and exhibitors. Vendors interested in participating in the green pavilion can download our vendor application.
• The City of Toronto’s Environment Day is collecting all your used household items and make sure they get recycled or reused by folks who want and need them. Best of all, you’ll be keeping your junk out of the landfill, so everyone wins.
  
  
• Items that are accepted include:
• Small household items like dishes and ornaments will go to Goodwill, along with books, linens and clothing. We'll even take your broken VCRs, cell phones, computers and other electronics and make sure they are properly recycled and/or disposed.
• You can drop off art supplies such as pencils, markers, crayons, yarn and fabric, as well as used buttons, costume jewellery and dress-up clothing. They will be donated to ArtsJunktion—a Toronto District School Board warehouse for teachers—and reused by creative young minds.
• Don't forget to bring us your leftover cleaning supplies and solvents, motor oil, paint, old and unused medication, mercury thermometers/thermostats and pesticides. These items are household hazardous wastes and need safe disposal.

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