28 Mar Austin Earth Day Festival 2013 to Showcase Local Austin Community as “Earth City Austin”

2013 Festival adds live music and a rhythmic rally finale telling "The Story of Energy in Texas"

Austin, Texas, March 26th, 2013:  Austin Earth Day Festival 2013 returns to the "Historic Browning Hangar" at Mueller Development on Saturday, April 20th, 2013, noon-7:00pm. 

Produced by Texas Green Network in partnership with Mueller, City of Austin and the local environmental community, the one day event will be packed with activities for all ages with an inspiring "rhythmic rally finale" at 5:00pm telling "The Story of Energy in Texas".  The rally will feature "Austin Beyond Coal", Jim Hightower, X8 Interactive Drumming, LA MOÑA LOCA! salsa orchestra and more.

Sponsored by:  City of Austin, Mueller, Texas Disposal Systems, Capital Metro, Cielo Wind Power, Balcones Resources,    Austin Energy Green Choice, Austin Resource Recovery, Save Barton Creek Association, Yoga Yoga and Sierra Club

Produced in partnership with: Austin EcoNetwork, Bike Austin, East Side Compost Peddlers, Texas Disposal Systems, Be Groovy Be Green, X8 Interactive Drumming, Public Citizen, "Austin Beyond Coal", Highland Mall, Capital Metro, Mueller and City of Austin

Speakers to Inspire…

• Mayor Lee Leffingwell & Lucia Athens, Chief Sustainability Officer for City of Austin
• Christy Pipkin, Executive Director of The Nobelity Project
• Jonathan Bloom, Author of American Wasteland
• Sylvia Acevedo, Social Entrepreneur & White House Advisor
• Jim Hightower, America’s #1 Populist

Live Music to Enjoy…

• LA MOÑA LOCA! (5:30pm-7:00pm)

Dust off your dancing shoes for Austin’s 11-piece salsa orchestra, a part of our rhythmic rally finale! (5:30pm-7:00pm, Stage 1)

• Mingo Fishtrap (2:00pm-3:00pm, Stage 1)

Dancing between gutbucket soul, N’awlins grit-down funk and horn- fueled Motown pop, Mingo’s inspired, high-energy live show encourages audience participation!

• Barbara K (12:30pm-1:30pm, Stage 1)

Barbara K’s Timbuk3, whose hit song, “The Future’s So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades” reached #19 in the Billboard Hot 100 Chart and was written as an ironic forecast of nuclear destruction after social complacency.

Presentations to Engage…

• “Zero Waste Basics & Navigating Austin’s New Bag Ordinance” with Austin Zero Waste Alliance
• “Creating Micro Climates” with Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems
• “Natural Building: Playing in the Mud and other Strategies for Building a Beautiful Future" with Design Build Live
• “A Crash Course in Composting: Everything you Need to Know to Start Feeding the Earth Instead of the Landfill” with The East Side Compost Peddlers
• “How to lose 5000 lbs of your carbon diet?” with Climate Buddies
• “Becoming Carbon Positive” with Interfaith Environmental Network

Kids Zone to Entertain…

• Fry’s Fun Farm Petting Zoo — featuring a cool array of animals to pet and feed!
• Marcus Eddie – Magician and Peter the Adequate, Environmental Magician!
• Takota Pony Rides — Four furry friends will be cruising the Earth Day grounds.
• Spark! Theatre — Interactive storytelling and creative play.
• Earth Day Face Painting! — be transformed into an animal, superhero, fairy princess, or anything you can come up with!
• Keep Austin Wild with Ranger David — Learn about the wonderful wildlife of Central Texas with animal skins, skulls and pet snakes!

Plus…

• FOOD TRAILERS — featuring a wide variety of local Austin favorites!
• EXHIBITORS — featuring green businesses, local non-profits, local government & community groups
• Participate in the filming of documentary film: “Earth City Austin” about the Earth Day festival experience.
• Recycle your old electronics and cell phones safely at Austin Earth Day Festival 2013! (stations near main parking areas and festival entrance)

EVENT DETAILS
Austin Earth Day Festival 2013
Saturday, April 20th, noon-7:00pm
The "Historic Browning Hangar" at Mueller
4550 Mueller Central Dr., Austin, TX 78723
Information at: www.EarthDayAustin.com