2ND ANNUAL EARTH DAY CELEBRATION

It’s our city. do your part.

Join the Keep Atlanta Beautiful 2nd annual Earth Day Celebration

In April, Keep Atlanta Beautiful, the City of Atlanta, and The BeltLine Partnership will host “Arms Around Atlanta ~ Earth Day Celebration.” As part of this celebration, there will be two festivals over two weekends. On April 19, Zoo Atlanta, a Greener Atlanta Earth Leader, will sponsor the first event, where Zoo patrons will enjoy $5 off general admission with the donation of a used cell-phone that will benefit the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International. Your Zoo entry will include access to the Earth Day World Music Fest™ and the Kids ECO-Zone™, a special area where kids can learn about “Stepping Lightly in Atlanta” and reducing their carbon footprint.

On April 26, 10 am – 10 pm, we will be in Glenwood Park, a Green Streets Properties ‘green’ development. The day’s activities will feature the Earth Day World MusicFest™, Kids ECO-Zone™, and the Organic and Local Taste of Atlanta™, as well as a special ceremony at noon where Mayor Shirley Franklin and Anthony Pratt, Chairman and CEO, Pratt Industries, will award the winners of the “Stepping Lightly in Atlanta Awards Contest.” Keep Atlanta Beautiful and the City of Atlanta are delighted to present the 2008 ‘Stepping Lightly in Atlanta Awards” sponsored by Pratt Industries, a Keep Atlanta Beautiful ~ Greener Atlanta Benefactor.

On April 26, we will also hold an e-Waste recycling drive at Turner Field in the Gold Parking Lot, hosted by City Councilmember Carla Smith, where residents can recycle their old computers, monitors, TVs (TV’s will have a recycle charge), and other used electronics. Last year, more than 80,000 lbs. of e-Waste were recycled.

Throughout the month of April, Keep Atlanta Beautiful will sponsor community-based projects to help clean and green neighborhoods and parks in the City of Atlanta along with many located on and close to Atlanta’s BeltLine. Last Earth Day, with the help of more than 55 teams, or 1200 volunteers, Keep Atlanta Beautiful successfully beautified 31 sites around the city and recycled more than 8,500 lbs of recyclable waste as well as 13,000 tires. Thanks to The Home Depot Foundation for their generous support in 2007 and for helping Keep Atlanta Beautiful carry on the tradition in 2008.

For more information on how you can be a part of the excitement, education and entertainment of the Keep Atlanta Beautiful Arms Around Atlanta ~ Earth Day Celebration, visit http://www.keepatlantabeautiful.org/.