This is the year to celebrate Earth Day. This is the year for everyone to come out and identify as a stakeholder in the future of our planet.
The date? April 19 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The place? Centennial Park. The sponsor, the Southwest Organization for Sustainability (SOS), requests that you add that information to your calendar.
The Early Mindfulness Hour from 9 to 10 a.m. will include the earth blessing, a land acknowledgment, a sound bath, yoga in the park and a wetland tour with the Riverwalk Naturalist Program. Participants will be setting up their displays during this hour and be ready to greet visitor by 10 a.m.
From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., visitors can enjoy a community tea gathering, World Migratory Bird Day, tours of the Geothermal Greenhouse Partnership’s Education Dome and the used clothing swap. For children, there will be chalk art. There will also be food trucks. For the first time there will be a creative open mic slam to which are invited musicians of all stripes, singers and poets.
Everyone who had a booth last year has already received an invitation to this year’s celebration. Those who are interested for the first time, please consider this an invitation. All you need is a table, something to give away and a willingness to engage visitors as they pass by. To help pay expenses there will be a small fee ($20 for businesses, $15 for nonprofits).
For more information or to sign up, contact SOS at sworgsus@gmail.com.
