{"id":36273,"date":"2023-04-18T16:17:21","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T20:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/?p=36273"},"modified":"2023-04-18T16:17:21","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T20:17:21","slug":"earth-day-family-friendly-festivities-planned-for-april-22-in-glens-falls-city-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2023\/04\/earth-day-family-friendly-festivities-planned-for-april-22-in-glens-falls-city-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Earth Day Family Friendly Festivities Planned For April 22 In Glens Falls City Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_36274\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36274\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-36274\" src=\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2023\/04\/earth-day-h.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2023\/04\/earth-day-h.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2023\/04\/earth-day-h-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2023\/04\/earth-day-h-768x558.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36274\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A girl writes on the interactive public chalkboard at last year\u2019s event, on which participants of all ages can write messages of hope for Earth Day.<br \/>Courtesy Sustainable PR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sustainable PR, a green-focused public relations agency in Glens Falls, is partnering with the City of Glens Falls and Crandall Public Library to host its third annual Earth Day celebration on Saturday, April 22, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s kid- and pet-friendly outdoor community event will be held behind the Crandall Public Library in Glens Falls\u2019 City Park. Organizers said they expect more than double the number of exhibitors from prior years.<\/p>\n<p>The day will be packed with interactive sustainability-related activities, informative commentary from notable climate-speakers, an electronics recycling drop-off, and table displays from regional climate advocacy groups, environmental organizations, and local sustainably minded businesses. There will also be electric vehicle (EV) displays, as well as an Earth Day-themed raffle featuring eco-friendly and climate conscious items donated by local businesses. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>With activities for all ages, Sustainable PR hopes to continue to build connections and facilitate conversations concerning sustainability and how collaborative action can help protect the environment, create economic opportunities, and thwart climate change.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s2\"><!--more--><\/span><\/span>\u201cOur goal for our third-annual Earth Day celebration is to expand the number of community partners and organizations involved to appeal to a more diverse audience and showcase the broad scope of sustainable initiatives sponsored in our region ,\u201d said Tony DeFazio,Sustainable PR<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>principal and founder.<\/p>\n<p>Event speakers include Claudia Braymer, Warren County supervisor, deputy director of Protect the Adirondacks, and environmental attorney in Glens Falls, on sustainability to ensure stability for future generations at 11:30 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Jim Siplon, EDC Warren County president, what it takes to create a sustainable community, at 11:45 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Dana Pickett, chief operating officer at Cipriani Energy Group on community solar issues at noon.<\/p>\n<p>Assemblywoman Carrie Woerner on sustainability and environmental initiatives in New York state, at 12:15 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>At the end of the final speech, the winners of the Earth Day raffle will be announced. Participants must be present to win.<\/p>\n<p>Among the activities, the Adirondack Mountain Club host two leave-no-trace training sessions, and the Adirondack Watershed Institute will showcase their model watershed and examples of invasive species affecting local bodies of water.<\/p>\n<p>Booth exhibitors will include Adirondack Council, Zero Waste of Warren County, Cipriani Energy Group, Capital District Transportation Committee, Think Energy Plus, Bike Glens Falls, Warren County Cornell Cooperative Extension, ADK Worm Farm, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Crandall Public Library will host an electronic recycling event. All electronic items will be accepted.<\/p>\n<p>Earth Day will also mark the grand opening of the library\u2019s seed library. Patrons can talk to a master gardener about saving seeds and the seed library series programs that are scheduled throughout the growing season. There will be seeds for all visitors. Downstairs in the library\u2019s community room, there will be DIY Eco-Friendly Household Products and DIY Eco-Friendly Childrens Projects workshops.<\/p>\n<p>Returning this year is Sustainable PR\u2019s interactive public art installation, a trio of public chalkboards on which participants of all ages can write and draw their messages of hope for Earth Day and what \u201csustainability\u201d means to them.<\/p>\n<p>For more information and event updates email &#108;&#x79;&#x64;&#105;&#x61;&#x40;s&#x75;&#x73;t&#97;&#x69;n&#97;&#x62;l&#101;&#x70;r&#46;&#x63;o&#109;, or follow Sustainable PR on Facebook and Instagram.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sustainable PR, a green-focused public relations agency in Glens Falls, is partnering with the City of Glens Falls and Crandall Public Library to host its third annual Earth Day celebration on Saturday, April 22, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This year\u2019s kid- and pet-friendly outdoor community event will be held behind the Crandall Public [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":36274,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Earth Day Family Friendly Festivities Planned For April 22 In Glens Falls City Park - Glens Falls Business Journal<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2023\/04\/earth-day-family-friendly-festivities-planned-for-april-22-in-glens-falls-city-park\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Earth Day Family Friendly Festivities Planned For April 22 In Glens Falls City Park - Glens Falls Business Journal\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sustainable PR, a green-focused public relations agency in Glens Falls, is partnering with the City of Glens Falls and Crandall Public Library to host its third annual Earth Day celebration on Saturday, April 22, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This year\u2019s kid- and pet-friendly outdoor community event will be held behind the Crandall Public [&hellip;]\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2023\/04\/earth-day-family-friendly-festivities-planned-for-april-22-in-glens-falls-city-park\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Glens Falls Business Journal\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-04-18T20:17:21+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2023\/04\/earth-day-h.jpg\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"900\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"654\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jake Van Ness\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jake Van Ness\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2023\/04\/earth-day-family-friendly-festivities-planned-for-april-22-in-glens-falls-city-park\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2023\/04\/earth-day-family-friendly-festivities-planned-for-april-22-in-glens-falls-city-park\/\",\"name\":\"Earth Day Family Friendly Festivities Planned For April 22 In Glens Falls City Park - Glens Falls Business Journal\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-04-18T20:17:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-04-18T20:17:21+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/#\/schema\/person\/a11ec438b5f0e57f1156754ba3931b86\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2023\/04\/earth-day-family-friendly-festivities-planned-for-april-22-in-glens-falls-city-park\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2023\/04\/earth-day-family-friendly-festivities-planned-for-april-22-in-glens-falls-city-park\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2023\/04\/earth-day-family-friendly-festivities-planned-for-april-22-in-glens-falls-city-park\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Earth Day Family Friendly Festivities Planned For April 22 In Glens Falls City Park\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/\",\"name\":\"Glens Falls Business Journal\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/#\/schema\/person\/a11ec438b5f0e57f1156754ba3931b86\",\"name\":\"Jake Van Ness\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8083519989e12032abdd06a668982ef4?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8083519989e12032abdd06a668982ef4?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jake Van Ness\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/author\/jakev\/\"}]}<\/script>\r\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Earth Day Family Friendly Festivities Planned For April 22 In Glens Falls City Park - Glens Falls Business Journal","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2023\/04\/earth-day-family-friendly-festivities-planned-for-april-22-in-glens-falls-city-park\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Earth Day Family Friendly Festivities Planned For April 22 In Glens Falls City Park - Glens Falls Business Journal","og_description":"Sustainable PR, a green-focused public relations agency in Glens Falls, is partnering with the City of Glens Falls and Crandall Public Library to host its third annual Earth Day celebration on Saturday, April 22, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This year\u2019s kid- and pet-friendly outdoor community event will be held behind the Crandall Public [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2023\/04\/earth-day-family-friendly-festivities-planned-for-april-22-in-glens-falls-city-park\/","og_site_name":"Glens Falls Business Journal","article_published_time":"2023-04-18T20:17:21+00:00","og_image":[{"width":900,"height":654,"url":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2023\/04\/earth-day-h.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Jake Van Ness","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jake Van Ness","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2023\/04\/earth-day-family-friendly-festivities-planned-for-april-22-in-glens-falls-city-park\/","url":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2023\/04\/earth-day-family-friendly-festivities-planned-for-april-22-in-glens-falls-city-park\/","name":"Earth Day Family Friendly Festivities Planned For April 22 In Glens Falls City Park - Glens Falls Business Journal","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-04-18T20:17:21+00:00","dateModified":"2023-04-18T20:17:21+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/#\/schema\/person\/a11ec438b5f0e57f1156754ba3931b86"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2023\/04\/earth-day-family-friendly-festivities-planned-for-april-22-in-glens-falls-city-park\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2023\/04\/earth-day-family-friendly-festivities-planned-for-april-22-in-glens-falls-city-park\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2023\/04\/earth-day-family-friendly-festivities-planned-for-april-22-in-glens-falls-city-park\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Earth Day Family Friendly Festivities Planned For April 22 In Glens Falls City Park"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/","name":"Glens Falls Business Journal","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/#\/schema\/person\/a11ec438b5f0e57f1156754ba3931b86","name":"Jake Van Ness","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8083519989e12032abdd06a668982ef4?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8083519989e12032abdd06a668982ef4?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Jake Van Ness"},"url":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/author\/jakev\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36273"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36273"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36275,"href":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36273\/revisions\/36275"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}