Bethany, CT

2008 Earth Day

Pictures by Amy Arnsten

Global Warming Club                                                                                                    Ice Cream from Billy's

Bee and the Hybrid Camry from A-1 Toyota                                                           Zend Bend Hanger Art for Kids

Isabel Kearns and Mike Okrent                                                                                                                            Laticrete

Global Warming Club Getting Clean Energy Sign-ups                                                Solar Hot Water for home and pools

 Recycling Water Bottles into Decoupage Vases    Winners of the Amity Global Warming Contest

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Contact: Mike Okrent

Bethany Earth Day 2008 took place on Saturday May 17th.

Bethany’s 2nd annual Earth Day took place on Saturday, May 17th from Noon to 4 PM at the Bethany Town Hall, 40 Peck Road, Bethany, CT  06524.   Last year over 250 Children, Teenagers, Parents and Friends of the environment attended.  We expect to double the number of attendees this year.  The Bethany Garden Club will be helping children create their amazing disappearing (bio-degradable) flower pots.  We are planning many ecological activities for children of all ages!

The winners of the Amity Global Warming Contest will also be on display and the winners from Bethany, Orange and Woodbridge will be awarded their prizes at 2 PM.

There will be exhibits from electric lawnmowers to environmentally friendly cleaning products.  In addition, the Town Hall parking lot will be host to an alternative fuel/hybrid car show.   A-1 Toyota will provide free demonstration rides in a brand new Prius or Hybrid Camry.  Dworkin Chevrolet will also display the latest Flex Fuel Cars.  There will also be several vegetable oil powered cars.  A portable solar hot water heating system will also be on display.   For more information, please call Isabel Kearns (203) 393-2100 x135.

We thank our Sponsors for their generous donations:

Amity Road

        Woodbridge, CT

PEOPLES PRODUCTS, Inc.
Phone: 1.800.354.7660 Ext. 22
Email: info@peoplesproductswindows.com

Dworkin Chevrolet

Phone: (203) 446-4130

Email: Contact Us

Community Energy

Kids Events:

Decoupage Vases (Picture from Hamden)

Recycle Sorting Game

Saplings for kids

List of Current Exhibitors 5/15/08:

Alternative Car Show Current Exhibitors 5/15/08

Bethany residents are encouraged to bring out their Hybrids!

2007 Earth Day

Top 10 for Earth Day

Thanks to all those that helped make 2007 Bethany Earth Day

an overwhelming success!

Over 300 people attended Bethany's first Earth Day event!

Bethany Earth Day 2008 will take place on Saturday May 17th.

Scroll down for more pictures.  Additional pictures will be posted soon.

Two $50 Savings Bonds were awarded to the winners of the BCS Earth Day Art and Poetry Contest

                     Justin Esposito 1st Grade                                              Corona Beers 6th Grade                     

Laticrete International Sponsor of the

2007 Bethany Earth Day Art and Poetry Contest

Quincy from A-1 Toyota Sponsor of the

2007 Bethany Earth Day CT Innovations Kiosk

The Amity High Global Warming Club presents the Bethany Land Trust

with donations raised to support the preservation of undeveloped land in Bethany.

2007 Bethany Earth Day Hybrid Cars, Solar Hot Water, Solar PV.

We have it all!

Down Load 2007 Flyer Below          Down Load 2007 Room Layout

Exhibitor and Sponsor Appication

Fax Version (Adobe .pdf)

Email Version (MS Word)

Our Generous Sponsors:

Laticrete International

Community Energy

Amity Road

Woodbridge, CT

Earth Day Participating Groups:

Some Interesting Websites:

Kids Earth Day Stuff

July 7th 24 hour Live Al Gore’s Earth Concert

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17168544/from/RS.4/

Energy Star's fact sheet on Compact Fluorescent Lamps

http://www.energystar.gov/ia/partners/promotions/change_light/downloads/Fact_Sheet_Mercury.pdf

This fact sheet is reportedly from the US Dept of EPA, not verified. But same sheet is on the GE webpage.

http://www.nema.org/lamprecycle/epafactsheet-cfl.pdf

or

http://www.gelighting.com/na/business_lighting/education_resources/energy_information.htm

An important point in this one, more mercury is emitted in burning coal to run an incandescent bulb than to run a CFL (see the section entitled "mercury"):

http://www.michigan.gov/deq/0,1607,7-135-3585_30068_30172-90210--,00.html

Here is a funny little video about why CFLs have to be recycled:

http://www.almr.org/almr_project_web.html

More Coming Soon!

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