About this Event
April 26 12:30-4:30, Alberta Avenue Community League
SCAN! Edmonton and The Council of Canadians would like to invite you to our Earth Day Festival!
It will be a festive and meaningful celebration of our planet including Indigenous Ceremony, impactful speakers, songs, family activities, art, green innovations, films, live music, food and fun! Let’s come together for our power, our country and our planet and find out how climate solutions = affordability + health + national unity + a good life for all. For info contact: SCAN! Edmonton: [email protected]
Please donate to the Earth Day Festival Fund. Chip in to support this fun and inspirational community event.
Registration and Welcome 12:30 -1:00pm
Program 1:00 -2:15pm
- Indigenous Smudge Ceremony and drumming
- MC, Speakers from New Grocery Movement, Edmonton Youth for Climate (EYFC), Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE), Keepers of the Water, Edmonton Coalition on Housing and Homelessness (ECOHH), Climate Justice Edmonton (CJE), Edmonton City Council (Michael Janz)
- Raging Grannies - singing
Activities 2:15 - 4:30pm
- Indigenous drumming, singing and round dance
- Fun family activities, crafts, games and tabling by Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS), City of Edmonton Urban Forestry, For Our Kids Alberta, SNAP - Society of Northern Alberta Print-Artists, Touch Grass Club & Edmonton Native Plant Society & Arnica Wildflowers, Edmonton Coalition on Housing and Homelessness (ECOHH), Young Indigenous Women's Circle of Leadership, Alberta Avenue Community League and more!
- Green technology displays and tabling: solar panels, heat pumps, ebikes
- Live keyboard and fiddle music by Council of Canadians
- Vegan hotdog roast by Vegans and Vegetarians of Alberta (VVoA ) and food vendors
- Film screening - Later is Too Late
- Talking with local politicians
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Alberta Avenue Community Centre, 9210 118 Avenue Northwest, Edmonton, Canada
CAD 0.00
