Our Blue Marble, is our one and only Home Planet
||| FROM MARCY MONTGOMERY for EYE OF THE WHALE ARTS |||
Earth Day, Orcas Style is a vibrant nature, arts and science celebration with something for everyone, and for all ages. In celebrating the wonders of the Salish Sea and our island home, we voice our vision and hope for a safe and beautiful world for all generations to come.
This week, the Earth Day Film Fest is streaming online and the celebration continues on the actual Earth Day, April 22, with a Science Uncorked talk with Deborah Giles, a lead Marine Biologist with SeaDoc, on the 2 nd at The Barnacle (This event is already FULL). On the same evening, for the curious of all ages, Friends of the San Juans is setting up their story dome at 6pm at the library. And the Orcas Rotary Club is hosting a Global Clean Up event on the Green, also on the 22nd.
On Saturday the 25th , the Earth Day Festival starts with an Eco Fair featuring 12 fun activities, music, and community resource tables, 10am-1:30pm. 218 Main Street in Eastsound. Newly added is a Dances for Universal Peace gathering at 10am, all abilities welcome.
The Peace Walk Parade starts at 11am and loops through Eastsound. Meet up at Emmanuel Labyrinth at 10:45. This year the procession is a call for peace and compassion for all life on earth. Costumes, face paint, peace signs, sing-alongs, peace and eco theme props, and help carrying the Earth Ball welcome!
The Eco Fair brings everyone back to Emmanuel noon-1:30 with dance, music, sing-alongs, art and science hands-on, and news at community resource tables. Learn what’s going on with the Land Bank, Master Gardeners, OPAL Community Land Trust, Island Rides and the great new Green Car Share, Friends of the San Juans, Protectors of the Salish Sea, Friday Harbor Film Fest, and The Orcas Garden Club. Hands-on art and solar projects for adults and kids are offered by Eye of the Whale Arts, Salmonberry School, and other friends of Earth Day.
The Peace Garden at Emmanuel is open through the end of the month with sculpture by Pete Welty, Earic Morris, Daniel Marks, Dwight Duke, and Keil Sloper at Emmanuel, and on the 25th, special memorials and peace features encourage bringing flowers, prayers, art, and thoughtful reflection to honor the tragic loss of life in our own country, and abroad. A large Earth Ball by Eric Morris graces the Parish Hall all month.
Touching our hearts, The Sacred Covenant is the concluding Earth Day event and features three indigenous musicians and spoken word artists. Paul Chiyokten Wagner (Saanich), Chenoa Egawa (Lummi and S’Klallam) and WA Poet Laureate Rena Priest (Lummi) will weave together powerful native flute, drum, chant, song and stories that remind us of the human responsibility to care for our Earth.
The concert is funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts as part of the Orcas Island Cultural Bridge project. Reserve a seat online for the 2pm concert.
Event details and registration for the Earth Day Orcas Film Fest and the Sacred Covenant Concert are
online at https://earthdayorcas.org
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