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Ten Awesome Reasons to Go to the Earth Day Marin Festival and Climate Change Solutions Day of Action

Ten awesome reasons to go to Earth Day Marin Festival & Climate Change Solutions Day of Action on Sunday, April 21st, 11-5pm at Redwood High School in Larkspur. Tell us YOUR reasons!

Ten Awesome Reasons to go to Earth Day Marin on Sunday 4/21/13, 11-5pm at Redwood High School, 395 Doherty Drive in Larkspur:


1. Are you a foodie? How about a great selection of sustainable meats, local greens, raw vegan and oysters too? Lydia's Organics, Barbary Coast Bistro, Drake's Bay Oyster Farm

2. Are you interested in cars? Look under the hood at cool Electric Vehicles. 

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3. Want a great day with the family? Go play, learn and earn "mission money" to donate to nonprofits at Sea Party, the kids carnival within Earth Day Marin created by Greenwood School 7th and 8th graders. (support their indiegogo campaign athttp://www.indiegogo.com/projects/sea-party-2013-greenwood-school-7th-8th-grade-community-service-project)


4. Do you like photography? View the stunning and internationally influential work and hear a live interview with Canadian Tar Sands photographer Garth Lenz (the Tar Sands is where the crude oil for the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline would come from). 

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5. Enjoy uplifting comedy? You'll want to be there to see Swami Beyondananda


6. Folk or bluegrass enthusiast? Find out why Spark & Whisper is garnering the raves and jam with talented bluegrass guitarist Dore Coller


7. Quiere entender mas en Espanol? Tenemos el grupo muy importante Viviendo Verde Ya con David Escobar, Betsy Bueno y Irving Magallan. 


8. Do you like to bike? Join The Bicycle Works at 10am for a group ride to Earth Day Marin (and get a free raffle ticket for arriving by bike), there's secure valet bicycle parking with Marin County Bicycle Coalition and catch passionate car free Safe Routes to Schools bicycle advocate and blogger James Bikes Green Sievert (arrive by 11am)


9. Like to play music and sing? Bring your instrument/voice and join in the carbon free acoustic music jams! 


10. Want to hear cutting edge perspectives and solutions about climate change? We've got you covered and be sure to listen to Citizens Climate Lobby and Climate Reality Project's Dr. Peter Joseph, renewable energy expert and KWMR host Peter Asmus and national thought-leader and author of Climate Solutions: A Citizen's Guide, and cofounder of Working Assets/Credo Mobile, Peter Barnes, and Resilient Neighborhoods (groundbreaking effective neighborhood based carbon cutting and emergency response program you can join) founder Tamra Peters, Supervisor Kate Sears talking about her groundbreaking pilot study, and lots lots more! 


AND YOUR BONUS REASON:
***Tired of lots of talk and no action? Come on down and take a wide variety of actions all day at our Climate Change Solutions Day of Action!***

Hey - this cool - I want to get involved:

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