Earth Day

Earth Day 2019 is April 28

and Starts in

Thanks for a Great Earth Day 2018!

The 7th Annual Earth Day Community Celebration co-sponsored by Citizens Energy Group and Indianapolis Power & Light Company returns with more than 65 hands-on, environmentally-friendly activities by almost 50 exhibitors (see list of activities below). This year, help us celebrate Israel at 70. And plan to stay for the day with live music on the WTTS stage and food trucks. Also the JCC Farmers Market will be open and there will be a community yoga class. FREE admission. Voluntary donations welcome.

The Earth Day Community Celebration is from noon-4 pm.

Parking Free parking is available at
Beth El-Zedeck:
600 W. 70th St, Indianapolis, IN 46260

Families are welcome to come early for the Yom HaAtzmaut Family Learning Event is from 10 am-noon.

2018 Earth Day Highlights

Celebration of Israel at 70
The Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis is celebrating Yom HaAtzmaut, or Israel Independence Day, beginning with family activities from 10 am—noon. Kids will create portraits of famous Israelis using everyday objects, make a map of Israel out of cardboard and other recycled materials, use upcycled fabric to put together an Israeli flag, and more! During Earth Day, check out the WTTS Stage for Holy Band (from the Holy Land) and Israeli Zumba. For a preview, check out this video:

Kibbutz Lotan and Center for Creative Ecology.
Founded in 1983, Kibbutz Lotan is located in the Negev desert in southern Israel and is an “eco-Jewish community educating its children to love and protect the environment.” The Center for Creative Ecology, established in 1997 at the Kibbutz has become a world class training, research and demonstration center for technologies related to having a healthier and more sustainable community. The focus is on “organic food production, ecological building methods, appropriate technologies, and permaculture design.” Alex Cicelsky, founder of Kibbutz Lotan and the Center for Creative Ecology was born in New York and consults and lectures around the world on permaculture and community planning, sustainable design technologies, passive solar design of energy efficient buildings and environmental ethics. At Earth Day Community Celebration, Alex will lead several groups in the construction of geodesic domes.

2018’s Earth Day Theme Was:
May the Forest Be With You!

Exhibiting Partners include:

NEW	EXHIBITOR	ACTIVITY	LOCATION
*	Alexander Muss High School in Israel	Israel Map Game	60
	Alpha Chi Sigma Professional Chemistry Fraternity	Photosynthesis - the original solar cell	24
*	Anchor Health Chiropractic	Free health assessments using NASA technology	75
*	Bill Bailey	Making music with everyday things	15
	Big Brothers Big Sisters	Make wildflower seed balls - save the bees	12
*	Big Green (formerly Community Kitchens)	Make veggie seed balls	28
	Boy Scouts Crossroads of America Council	Join the Boy Scouts	72
		Make fire by friction	73
		Run on a rope bridge	74
*	Chabad of Indiana	Israel map art using seeds	59
	Camp JCC/B wing	Sand Art	3
		Tie dye shirts and more	4
	Citizens Climate Lobby	Write your congressman about climate change	37
	Citizens Energy Group	Virtual reality tour of DigIndy Tunnel System	43
	Commuter Connect	Play the rush hour traffic game	49
*	Congregation Beth Shalom	Write notes on seed paper and plant in a recycled container	41
*	Congregation Beth Shalom/Kevin Mercer	Live bee hive	13
*	Congregation Beth-El Zedeck	Make and play instruments fashioned from scrap wood	67
*	Congregation Etz Chaim	Sephardic Cultural Experience-Bedouin Tent	38
*	Congregation Shaarey Tefilla	See how the Second Temple in Jerusalem was built	50
	Cummins	Pedal power and win a prize	64
*	Doterra Essential Oils	Make natural hand sanitizer	70
*	eScrap Inc.**	Resale, reuse, rethink, and recycle electronic devices	17
*	Experience the Tiny Perspective	Walk through a tiny house	2
	Girl Scouts of Central Indiana STEM program	It's your planet - Love it!	56
*	Girl Scout Troop 2141 (meets at JCC)	Make great things from recycled old t-shirts	55
	Global Gifts	TBA	57
*	Green Alternatives, Inc.	Solar powered popcorn	27
	Habitat for Humanity of G.I.	How to re purpose and recycle materials	51
*	Hasten Hebrew Academy Indianapolis - HHAI	See how plants purify water	25
	Holliday park Nature Center	Learn to identify trees. Make a necklace from a tree cookie!	62
*	Hoosier Environmental Council (HEC)	A quiz to test your knowledge of environmental issues	16
*	IHC's Adamah Team	Plant a seed and watch it grow!	52
*	Indiana Dept. of Environmental Management	Learn about the garbage pie chart	65
*	Indiana Department of Natural Resources	Learn about trees from the Naturalist at Fort Harrison State Park	14
*	Indiana Forest Alliance	Nature trivia spinning wheel	71
	Indiana Jewish Discovery Center	Build the Western Wall (Kotel)	66
*	Indiana Parks Alliance	Make a custom wearable button with a nature theme	36
*	Indianapolis BBYO Youth Organization	Design, make and fly Israeli kites	5
	Indianapolis Power & Light Company	Providing seed papers for note writing activity	42
	Ivy Tech Community College	Be a Jedi in the woods	20
		Detrivores - view the microscopic life in a dead tree	23
		Creative writing competition - write a short story or poem about the forest	53
		Create a colorful leaf collage	54
		Take a walk with a guide in the woods and learn what you've been missing	21
*	JCC Community Yoga School	Adult and Kids Yoga (adult class from 11am to noon & kid's class from noon to 2 pm)
	JCC 10-vendor Farmers Market	See list
*	Jefferson Electric Solar	Solar powered popcorn	19
*	Jewish Community Relations Council	Create art using solar paper	68
*	Jewish National Fund (JNF)	Take a tree to plant and spin the prize wheel	61
	Keep Indianapolis Beautiful	Play Native Plant Tic Tac Toe	58
*	Keren L Israel Investment Club	Sage advice from Great Sages	35
*	Kibbutz Lotan	Build a geodesic dome	22
*	Land Goods LLC	Make bird nesting balls with alpaca fleece
*	LeafFilter	Demonstration of filter system for gutters	26
	Marian University EcoLab	Hands-on tree, leaf and seed activities	63
*	Old National Bank	Answer a question from Mother Earth and win some green ($2 bill)!	47
	Purdue Extension Marion City	Make a tree using recycled materials	29
		spinning wheel game to identify trees	30
		Play a game to learn why pollinators need your help	31
		make a mini-greenhouse	32
		make a compost pile for your home	33
		Make an insect from twigs, leaves and beads	34
	Purdue Solar Racing Team	Award-winning-solar-powered race vehicle	48
	Sierra Club Hoosier Chapter	Evaluate how to plant trees around a house maximize benefits	44
		How an infrared thermometer measures temperature	46
		How tree placement can affect your home's interior climate	45
	State Farm Insurance	Make a terrarium	11
*	Sycamore School	Make and decorate nature treasure boxes	39
		Write notes on seed paper and plant in a recycled container	40
*	Try It Tiny	Tour a tiny house and learn about minimalist lifestyle	1
*	Union of Concerned Scientists	Stump a Scientist! Write to your congressperson	69
*	White Pine Wilderness Academy	Jedi training (balance and concentration activity)	9
		Walk in the woods and identify edible plants (herbs)	10
		Learn to carve cedar wood	6
		Learn to start a fire with flint	8
		Foam arrow war	7
	Wings for West Africa and RecycleForce**	Recycling of electronic appliances - time of collection noon-3 pm
	WTTS FM	Play TTS trivia game	18
*	Wild Spirit Salon/Monat Global	Vendor	76

**$10 charge for devices with cathode ray tube, e.g, old style TVs and computer monitors, $20 for any device with refrigeration. No Styrofoam accepted.