{"id":36327,"date":"2023-05-16T09:57:43","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T13:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/?p=36327"},"modified":"2023-05-16T09:57:43","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T13:57:43","slug":"glens-falls-earth-day-celebration-a-success-with-more-than-20-community-exhibitors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2023\/05\/glens-falls-earth-day-celebration-a-success-with-more-than-20-community-exhibitors\/","title":{"rendered":"Glens Falls Earth Day Celebration A  Success With More Than 20 Community Exhibitors"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_36328\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36328\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-36328\" src=\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2023\/05\/earth-day-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2023\/05\/earth-day-2.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2023\/05\/earth-day-2-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2023\/05\/earth-day-2-768x527.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36328\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Over 20 environmental organizations and sustainably oriented businesses exhibited at this year\u2019s Earth Day where people enjoyed a variety of family-friendly exhibits.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Over 20 environmental organizations and sustainably oriented businesses exhibited at the year\u2019s Glens Falls Earth Day celebration, sponsored by Sustainable PR, the City of Glens Falls and the Crandall Public Library.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>They brought with them interactive learning activities that were engaging for all ages, and the variety captured the interest of over 100 community members, organizers said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur Earth Day planning team has received nothing but praise for this year\u2019s lineup,\u201d said Tony DeFazio of Sustainable PR.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cWe wanted to expand our reach this year and incorporate more family-friendly exhibits to broaden our audience and that\u2019s what we did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to eco-conscious exhibitors, the event marked the grand opening of the city\u2019s vertical farm. Dr. Jeff Flagg, the city\u2019s economic development director, gave tours of the facility to more than 50 people, including representatives from Saga City, Glens Falls\u2019 sister city in Japan.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s2\"><!--more--><\/span><\/span><\/span>Crandall Library\u2019s portion of the event also drew a significant number of participants. Their DIY, eco-friendly, household cleaner workshop was completed by 111 people, DeFazio said. The Seed Library\u2019s grand-opening signed up 39 gardeners and 15 pallets of household electronics were collected during the E-Recycling event.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The success this year has the Earth Day planning group looking to next year\u2019s event.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have already been approached by several groups wishing to get involved in the organization of the event,\u201d said Lydia Miner, account executive at Sustainable PR who spearheaded the event planning. \u201cOur organizers are already in conversation about how we can improve the event and expand our reach even further next year.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 20 environmental organizations and sustainably oriented businesses exhibited at the year\u2019s Glens Falls Earth Day celebration, sponsored by Sustainable PR, the City of Glens Falls and the Crandall Public Library.\u00a0 They brought with them interactive learning activities that were engaging for all ages, and the variety captured the interest of over 100 community members, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":36328,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.6 - 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