Through Sat. April 26, 2008 8:00 PM
Earth Day is Tuesday, April 22, 2008
East Tennessee area Earth Fest will be held Saturday, April 26, 2008, at Pellissippi State Technical Community College off of Hardin Valley Road.
11am - 7pm
There will be "food, fun, entertainment, and lots of environmental education opportunities. Admission is FREE!"
Check out UT Knoxville's Earth Month Events.
In Blount County, the Cities of Alcoa and Maryville along with Maryville College, The Little River Watershed Association, and many others are holding an Earth Round-Up on Saturday, April 19th, 2008. The events begin at 8AM with a clean up of Little River and Blount County Roadways and culminate with festivities at the Maryville College Campus from 5PM to 8PM
Join people around the world in celebrating our Earth in the numerous ways you can help to save our Earth.
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Hmmm... Outgrowing WFP is
Hmmm... Outgrowing WFP is not quite the same as changing the "focus on West Knox families and a different demographic."
Maybe they thought at WFP they were more preaching to the choir?
I, too, would appreciate a
I, too, would appreciate a closer venue. Not that Pellissippi is that much further for me to go than downtown, I really like events at the WFP. The more events held at the WFP the more likely somone won't get the idea to fill it with condos.
Over the years, this event has grown from attracting a couple of thousand attendees in Concord Cove Park to being one of the premier environmental festivals in the Southeast at the World’s Fair Park-- in 2007, attendance reached thirteen thousand! After outgrowing our previous venue at World's Fair Park, EarthFest in 2008 has moved locations to Pellissippi State Technical Community College.
fest location
I asked them about that and a rep. told me they wanted to focus on West Knox families and a different demographic. I wonder if there will be shuttles, there was when it was held at Concord Park. I wish it was at WFP again. I assume the Hummer crowd needs more education and the downtown crowd is already more Earth friendly.
It would be nice if events
It would be nice if events to celebrate the earth were more accessible by more earth friendly means. For many, Pellissippi is a long drive to a modern sprawled-out, pedestrian hostile area.
I wonder if their celebration will include encouragement to drive less.
Earth Day
On Tuesday, April 22 at 12 noon, Blount Mansion will host an Earth Day lecture. The lecture entitled "The Wild East" will be given by Dr. Bob Morrissey, UT History Professor and discuss environmental history of East Tennessee. The event is free.
Blount Mansion Visitors Center
200 W. Hill Ave.
525-2375
www.blountmansion.org