Earth Day Festival at Lafayette Library on April 26th

Earth Day Festival:

Lafayette Library and Learning Center
3491 Mt Diablo Blvd, Lafayette
Sunday, April 26th, 2015
11:00am – 3:00pm | Free

From 11am – 3pm, the Lafayette Library & Learning Center will host local businesses and organizations all dedicated to a more sustainable lifestyle:

• Test ride electric scooters from EcoReco.
• The mechanics from Sports Basement in Walnut Creek will be doing minor repairs to get your own bike rolling smoothly.
• Gaze at the future of transportation with CalSol, the UC Berkeley Solar Car Team and their latest car, Zephyr.
• Make sure to test drive the “Most efficient vehicle on the planet” – The ELF from Organic Transit
• Learn about all forms of alternative transportation from theLamorinda Spirit Van, BART, 511.org and California’s High Speed Railproject
• Check out the non-gas options in EV Row – Tesla, BMW i3 and Nissan Leaf
• Veggie Starters – The Lafayette Community Garden will be selling organic plant starts to help get your veggie garden off to a fast start.
• For the Home – Certified, natural products by H20 at Home
• Local Business – Farm Fresh to You delivers organically grown fruits and vegetables to your door
• … and many more!

Great food

• Tasty and sustainable food options like the ice cream bike from Curbside Creamery
• Welcome two of Lafayette’s newest food options: Mariposa, offering fresh, gluten-free baked goods, and Vitality Bowls, a Superfood Café revolutionizing Açaí Bowls®!

Live Music & Entertainment

• Listen to the music from the Contra Costa Children’s Chorus.
• Lafayette Children;s Chorus and Theatre Academy

Kid’s Activities
Families are encouraged to start the festivities by joining the Kid’s Bike Parade departing from Stanley Middle School at 11am for a fun ride to the Lafayette Library & Learning Center. Plus, a community participation art installation and the ever popular Kid’s Scavenger Hunt with prizes for a completed “passport.”

Green Awards – Lafayette’s 2014 Green Award winners will be announced at noon!

Bike Parking – Free bike valet service and free Bike Index registration by Girl Scout Troop 32851 at the intersection of Golden Gate Way and First Street.