Saturday 21st – Nashville’s Earth Day Festival @ Centennial Park – 11:00 – 7:00
The event will feature many exhibits and activities aimed at educating Middle Tennesseans about protecting our environment. With nearly a hundred family-friendly booths, hosted by community groups, environmental organizations and government agencies, will offer fun and exciting hands-on activities for all ages.
Live Entertainment will be available as well as classes and lectures on sustainability and green living. Many items will be given away at various booths such as seeds, plants, and trees. The merchant village will consist of environmentally friendly items such as locally made clothes, organic products, daily-use consumables, and other green items.
When attending the event, please be sure to check out your neighbor, Ashley, at the Shaklee tent.
Sunday 22nd – Earth Day
Monday 23rd – Children’s Activities – 3:30 – 4:30
Let your kids stop by the office after school to learn about their impact on the environment. We’ll work on environmentally friendly crafts and projects such as recycled bird feeders and reclaimed planters.
Tuesday 24th – Recycle It
Handouts will be left on your door detailing the do’s and don’ts of recycling. If you are already a recycler, use this as a guide to fine tune your deposits. If you don’t yet participate in recycling, let this be the kick in the pants you need to begin.
Wednesday 25th – Green Living, Cleaning, and Eating – 6:30 – 7:30
Ashley from Vibrancy Calling will be here to give demonstrations on how you can make a green impact in your own life. She’ll show us different cleaning techniques and products that can be used without all the horrible chemicals we’re used to. And as a special treat, she’ll whip up a batch of green smoothies to be served!
Thursday 26th – Community Garden Q&A – 7:00 – 8:00
Swing by the office after work to ask your questions regarding the possible implementation of our community garden and meet other residents interested in joining this project. Plus, a master gardener from Color Burst Landscapes will be available to help us with the community garden and your balcony garden. This is a unique opportunity to pick the brain of someone specially trained to grow the perfect tomato!
Friday 27th – Swag Swap / Pricing Party (BYOB)– 7:00 – 8:00
Bring your unwanted clothing and accessories to this event to exchange with other residents and friends. This is an opportunity for you to clear out your closet and fill it again with “new to you” stock!
Yard Sellers, pricing your products is horrifically boring isn’t it? Well, lets make a party out of it and have a little fun.
Saturday 28th – Great American Clean Up – 8:00 – 2:00
Keep America Beautiful (KAB), the nation’s largest volunteer-based community improvement organization, announced the record-setting goal of recruiting 4 million volunteers to support its Great American Cleanup 2012 initiative – nearly a quarter million more volunteers tha...n last year.Help us help KAB and Antioch in reaching this goal.
Join us on Saturday April 28th at Hickory Hollow Mall at 8 a.m. From there we will go in teams to all parts of our community on and around Bell Road from Nolensville to Murfreesboro Road. Volunteers are needed to pick up trash, pull weeds, and paint medians.
Spread the word about his event as hundreds of volunteers are needed to make this event a success!
