SPECIAL EVENTS

Get ready to Party for the Planet at the 3rd Annual Earth Day Houston Festival & Green Expo! More than 15,000 patrons are expected to attend the city of Houston's largest celebration of Earth Day complete with day-long family entertainment, environmental education, the Green Expo for consumer green products and services and this year's new Eco Landscaping "green gardening" Zone. Join us on Saturday, April 23 from 10:00a.m. to 4:00p.m.at Houston's own Discovery Green!

The FREE one-day celebration will focus on the merits of mindful, sustainable living while educating and encouraging Houstonians to preserve, conserve and enhance our city and the Earth. Developed by Air Alliance Houston 3 years ago (formerly Galveston-Houston Association for Smog Prevention (GHASP) and Mothers for Clean Air), Earth Day Houston is a collaboration with the City of Houston and various green nonprofit agencies.

Planned activities include the Earth Zone featuring interactive environmental awareness activities highlighting land, air, water, and renewable energy. Urban Harvest Farmers Market will be open in support of locally-grown produce, and Green Team America will host a recycling bin art contest between Houston-area high schools. The H-E-B Kids Energy Zone and Stage provides kids’ entertainment and recycled art with City ArtWorks, while Discovery Greens’ popular water feature and playscape energize kids of all ages.

Green Bank’s Environmental Education Zone, full of learning activities for kids developed by representative agencies of the Citizens’ Environmental Coalition, will also distribute a Green Passport card. Festival guests are encouraged to visit the air, water, land, and renewable energy zones to learn about each zone. Completed passport card holders will be eligible to win tickets to several green-friendly local excursions courtesy of Green Bank.

Chevrolet will display and provide free public test-drives of the Volt and Cruze Eco along with several other Chevrolet vehicles. Live music, and food and beverages round out the day’s fun-filled activities.

Earth Day Houston is the city’s official Party for Our Planet held on Saturday, April 23, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Earth Day Houston celebrates a day of family entertainment, environmental education, and the Green Expo!

Don’t miss this exciting event and the opportunity to exhibit your green products, technologies or services to consumers who are making a difference by living green. Air Alliance Houston’s Earth Day Houston Festival, presented by Chevy Volt, takes place Saturday, April 23 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Discovery Green.