The Central Park Conservancy presents

Earth Day in Central Park 2009

Sunday, April 26
12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Rain or shine.

At the Bandshell
(Enter the Park at East or West
72nd Street)

FREE! ALL AGES!

In Central Park, more than the grass is green

Central Park is greener than ever! Celebrate Earth Day with the Conservancy in the heart of the nation’s most visited urban green space -- Central Park. Learn about the Conservancy's environmental initiatives through live performances, planting and mulching projects, tree care and composting demonstrations, environmental education, and crafts with recycled materials at this FREE event for ALL AGES.

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PRESS RELEASE

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EARTH DAY PHOTOS

Live Entertainment

12:00 pm:

Billy B.: Recyclemania songs

1:00 pm:

Puppeteers' Cooperative: Rites of Spring colossal puppet show

2:00 pm:

Forces of Nature: Rhythm Tree and Ancestral Earths African dance

3:00 pm:

Billy B.: The Singing Tree songs

And... Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai: spoken word artist and mistress of ceremonies

Learn more about our performers HERE.

Central Park's First-Ever Bike-Powered Stage!

Entertainment brought to you by you! Yes, you can be a part of these performances too. Hop onto one of the Central Park Conservancy’s Green Fleet bicycles to help pedal Rock the Bike’s human-powered sound system into life for the first time on the East Coast.

Inspired to do some biking of your own? Ride your bicycle to the event, and receive complimentary valet bike parking provided by Transportation Alternatives.

Fun Activities

Mini-landscape planting and container decorating with the Conservancy's Environmental Stewardship Committee. Take a piece of Central Park home with you!

Tree climbing and knot demos under the canopy of historic American Elms with Josh Galiley, the Conservancy’s Tree Care Expert.

Mulching and flower planting to beautify Central Park.
Sound booth and walking tours to Central Park’s “quiet zones” with Gordon Hempton, the author of “One Square Inch of Silence.”
“Art of Reuse” craft workshop with Materials for the Arts.
Wildlife corridor games with Urban Park Rangers and Cornell Cooperative Extension.
Worm bin composting demo with the Lower East Side Ecology Center.

Park Tours

1:00 pm:

Lakeshore Tour with Conservancy Woodland Foreperson John Paul Catusco

1:30 pm:

Sound Tracker Walk with author Gordon Hempton

2:00 pm:

Wildlife in the Ramble Tour with Ranger Sheridan

2:30 pm:

Lakeshore Tour with Conservancy Woodland Foreperson John Paul Catusco

3:00 pm:

Sound Tracker Walk with author Gordon Hempton

3:30 pm:
Wildlife in the Ramble Tour with Ranger Sheridan

All tours are approximately 30-minutes in length. Space is limited; pre-registration is required. Sign-up at the Central Park Conservancy information tent beginning at 12:00 pm. Tours depart from the same location.

Yummy Local Food

Yummy local and organic snacks will be available for purchase from some of our favorite Greenmarket vendors including Red Jacket Orchards and Bread Alone. Organic waste will be collected for composting.

Electronic Waste Recycling

10:00 pm - 4:00 pm, Rain or shine
At West 67th Street and Central Park West
Drop-off your electronic waste for recycling with the Lower East Side Ecology Center.
For information on what you can bring, and how to do so, click here.

All events are free and open to the public.

Earth Day in Central Park will happen rain or shine. In the case of inclement weather, select elements of the event will happen under Bethesda Terrace, mid-Park at 72nd Street.

For more information, please call 212-860-1370.

Volunteer activities hosted by:

Media partner:

E-Waste recycling
provided by:

Lower East Side Ecology Center