Earth Day Fair

Date: Thursday, April 26 2007
Time: 10 a.m – 3 p.m.
Location: MIT Stata Center

Description:

The MIT Earth Day Fair this year celebrates Local Connections, featuring over 40 fun displays by both MIT initiatives and local community projects along with many other activities. Several campus groups have collaborated to make this the largest and most memorable MIT Earth Day yet. All-day events include:

  • The MIT Mini-Landfill and recycling displays
  • Giveaways of mugs and green plants
  • Recycling drives for
    • Old tech waste e.g. old media, handhelds, peripherals, toner and ink jet cartridges – *no monitors, please*
    • Bring used books and clothing for reuse or recycling
  • Vehicle displays from Zipcar and PlanetTran
  • Free and green food
  • Over 40 exhibitors on current, local environmental initiatives

Entertainment Line-up

10 a.m., TSMC Lobby   Performance by the Guitar Circle New England
11 a.m., TSMC Lobby   Performance by the MIT Ballroom Dance Team
11:15 a.m.,
TSMC Lobby
  Performance by Eclectic Celtic
12:00 – 12:45 p.m., Amphitheater   Performance by Drum Connection
12:45 p.m.,

Amphitheater

  Award ceremony for the winners of the MIT Recyclemania Dorm Recycling Competition
1:00 – 2:00 p.m., Amphitheater   Performance by the Jump City Band
2 p.m., TSMC Lobby   Performance by Old Timey Trio

List of Exhibitors

Anna’s Cafe
Basil Tree catering
Bikes Not Bombs
Biodiesel@MIT
Cambridge Green Streets Initiative
Cereplast
e – the environmental learning and action center

EarthShare of New England
GoGreen Month – May 2007
Graduation Pledge
Green Decade Cambridge
Greenport – Cambridgeport Neighborhood Group
Harvest Food Co-op
Livable Streets
Mass Bike
MIT Campus Dining

MIT Commuting Task Group
MIT CSA/Farmer’s Market
MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning
MIT EPO/EHS
MIT Department of Facilities
MIT Gardeners
MIT IS&T Green Computing

 

MIT Laboratory for Energy and Environment (LFEE)
MIT SAVE
MIT Sloan
Sustainable Business & Society

MIT Solar Decathlon
MIT Students for Global Sustainability
MIT UA Sustainability Committee

MIT-USGS Science Impact Collaborative
MIT Working Group Recycling Committee
MIT Z-Center (DAPER Complex)
Off Your Back Shirts
Office Depot
Organic Lawn & Garden Info
PlanetTran

Recycling Ambassadors
Sierra Club
Slow Food Boston
Sodexho catering
ZipCar