Earth-Friendly Fair (Town Common)
Summary: Meet, learn and play on the Town Common!
When: Apr 27, 2024
Time:13:00 - 17:00
Description
Our Theme: "MAKE A SHIFT, GIVE THE EARTH A GIFT!"
SPECIAL EVENT - WARMING STRIPES BANNER (details here) visits Natick Town Common at 11:00am!
Bring a noisemaker and join the parade!
Explore the tables, 9:00am to 1:00pm.
Pick up a PASSPORT at any table, and collect a sticker for your passport at each table you visit.
Win a prize for collecting 5 stickers if you can tell us: What will be YOUR shift?
- EV Petting Zoo with Buyer's Guide presentation: 10-11am. First Congregational Church lot.
- Help Natick's Net Zero Committee implement our town's Net Zero Plan.
- How we can stop private jet expansion at Hanscom and EVERYWHERE.
- Landscaping for wildlife and resilient planting from Mass Audubon.
- Make your own NO MOW MAY sign, from your friends at EcoNatick.org.
- Paint messages about climate change on rocks (and put them out to inspire others) with Wellesley College students.
- Meet a polar bear and take action! Talk to 350 Mass MetroWest.
- Home energy efficiency and MassSave incentives, offered by Neeeco,LLC.
- Make a corn husk doll or try beading with Natick Nipmuc Tribe.
- Get trail maps and go on a scavenger hunt with Natick Open Spaces &Trails.
- Make art from recycled materials and explore what climate justice is with Natick Is United.
- The hazards of vape waste, offered by Natick 180 and Natick Board of Health.
- Appreciating and protecting Natick's wonderful trees - meet folks from Natick Tree Protection.
- Send a postcard to a government official, and start composting with Ma'yan Tikvah.
- Find out how you can help to contribute real science data to a global network, with New England Sci-Tech.
Music provided by:
Modern Crocodile (10am-11am)
Natick Drumming Circle (11am-noon)
Sophia Bozok, Wellesley School of Music (noon-1pm)