Friday, April 1, 2016

Earth Day Month Celebration this Sunday - Greenwich Point Park



 

  Earth Day Month Celebration

Greenwich Point Park, Old Greenwich, CT

Sunday, April 3, 1:30 - 4:00 pm

This year, in honor of Earth Day, the Bruce Museum Seaside Center presents an Earth Day Month Celebration at Greenwich Point Park from 1:30 to 4:00 pm on Sunday, April 3, to kick off the town's month-long observance of all things environmental. The festivities begin when Town of Greenwich officials join Conservation Commission members and staff to announce a proclamation supporting healthy air, land and water. The Bruce Museum Seaside Center has organized ongoing family activities and a series of short presentations throughout the afternoon by environmental groups including:

·         Secrets of the Soil with the Aleksandra Moch of the Conservation Commission

·         Citizen Science with Tim Walsh of the Bruce Museum

·         Identifying Invasives by Mary Hull of Green and Clean

·         Paper Shredding by Sally Davies of Greenwich Recycling Advisory Board

·         Greenwich Shellfish Commission will discuss clam and oyster harvesting in local waters

·         Ed Stilwagen of Atlantic Clam Farms will provide his delicious raw bar of local shellfish

·         Children's book illustrator Sally Tobin will share her book on the natural world

·         Bruce Museum live marine animal touch tank

The free event is part of the Fred Elser First Sunday Science at the Seaside Center programs held at the Floren Family Environmental Center at Innis Arden Cottage, Greenwich Point Park, Old Greenwich, CT, and organized by the Bruce Museum and Greenwich Shellfish Commission. Drop by anytime between 1:30 to 4:00 pm.

For more information, contact Bruce Museum Seaside Manager Cynthia Ehlinger at 203-413-6756 or cynthiae@brucemuseum.org

Cynthia S. Ehlinger
Marketing and Science Curatorial Associate

Seaside Center Manager

Bruce Museum

1 Museum Drive

Greenwich, CT 06830

P 203 . 413 . 6756

F 203 . 869 . 0963

cynthiae@brucemuseum.org

www.brucemuseum.org

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