Alexandria Earth Day and Arbor Day 2008 was a huge success!  Over 1,300 people attending this year’s celebration at Ben Brenman Park on Saturday, April 26th from 10 AM to 2 PM.  This year’s theme was Alexandria: What’s YOUR Footprint? and activities focused on how citizens can reduce their environmental footprints.  Special thanks to Bates Trucking, Chesterfield Farms and Covanta, Inc. for helping us achieve a zero-waste event.  Also, all compostable food service containers and reusable tote bags were purchased through CarrotSeed, located in Alexandria.  If you’d like to purchase an Alexandria Earth Day tote bag for $2, click the Contact Us page and send Joy an email.

Activities and exhibitors included:

• Arbor Day Tree Sale: 225 trees sold, the most ever sold!
  Over the next ten years, those trees will sequester 1,890 lbs of carbon from the air each year; and twenty-five years from now, they will sequester 4,050 lbs (2 tons!) of carbon from the Alexandria air!
  
  
• Performance by Blue Sky Puppets
  
  
• Live music from The Road and the TC Williams Jazz Combo
  
  
• Food by Food Matters and Tempo Restaurants
  
  
• The presentation of the Draft Environmental Charter from the Environmental Policy Commission to City Council. (For more information, click here)

Reuse Roundup Exhibitors
Art for Humanity
Community Forklifts
Diana’s Books
Habitat for Humanity of NOVA Restore
Recycling Ink

Green Home Fair Exhibitors
Bellanca Construction, LLC
Brennan & Company Architects, Alterego, Common Ecology
Capitol Greenroofs, LLC
Cromley Lofts, LLC
Deconstruction Services, LLC
Eco Coach
Green Floors®
Habitat for Humanity of NOVA Restore
Immanuel Episcopal Church on the Hill
My Organic Market
Nature By Design
Peabody Architects
T.S. Hill & Associates

Educational Exhibitors
Arlingtonians for a Clean Environment/Northern Virginia Rain Barrel Program
Action for Animals Network
Adopt a Park/Adopt a Garden
Alex. Beautification Commission
Alex. Environmental Policy Commission
Alex. General Services Department
Alex. Health Department
Alex. Planning and Zoning Department
Alex. Rec. Parks and Cultural Activities
Alex. T&ES Recycling Office
Alex. T&ES Div. of Environ. Quality
Alexandria Sanitation Authority
Amazon Conservation Team/Earth Share
Bates Trucking/ Chesterfield Farms
BikeWalk Alexandria
Cora Kelly School
Covanta of Arlington/Alexandria
DC Segway Enthusiast Group
Diana’s Books
Earth Tech, Inc.
Friends of the Occoquan
Jerome Buddie Ford Nature Center
Local Motion
Maury Elementary School - Environmental Club
Mount Vernon Sierra Club Group
Nature Camp Foundation
Quality Carpet and Rugs
RTEC TreeCare
U.S. Department of Energy – Energy Star Program
Virginia Cooperative Extension
Virginia Paving Company
World Water Monitoring Day

And a very special thanks to all our sponsors.  The City of Alexandria could not host this great event without our sponsors’ support!

PHOTO GALLERY

Reuse Round Up drop-off		Green Home Fair
Educational exhibits and activities		Educational exhibits and activities
Live music by the TC Williams Jazz Combo		Arbor Day tree planting with Council Members Rob Krupicka, Paul Smedberg, Tom Lovain, Vice Mayor Del Pepper, Mayor Bill Euille, and City Manager Jim Hartmann.
Arbor Day Tree Sale sponsored by Denison Nursery, Master Gardeners, the City Arborist Office, and the Urban Forestry Committee		Eco-City Charter presented to City Council from the Environmental Policy Committee