[Archived] It's Your Turn to Lead - Alexandria Earth Day is April 25

City of Alexandria to Host 22nd Annual Alexandria Earth Day on Saturday, April 25 - It’s Your Turn to Lead!

For Immediate Release: March 30, 2015

The City of Alexandria will host the 22nd Annual Alexandria Earth Day and Arbor Day celebration at Ben Brenman Park, 4800 Brenman Park Dr., on Saturday, April 25, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This year’s theme is "It’s Your Turn to Lead!” highlighted by the Fifth Annual Upcycling Showcase.  The showcase features students from the Alexandria City Public Schools showing their upcycling creations based on the theme by modeling fashions created by them from upcycled materials, as well as their music, dance, literature and visual arts. 

Earth Day features City agencies and organizations dedicated to protecting public health and the environment. Explore a Vactor Truck, state of the art technology the City uses to protect the Chesapeake Bay. Exhibitors will provide environmental educational activities for the whole family which invoke the spirit of Earth Day. Additional activities include plant giveaways; “Tent Talks” featuring biking in Alexandria, invasive plants, native plants and beekeeping; live animal exhibits; the Seventh Annual Ellen Pickering Award presentation and the Arbor Day tree planting.  Admission is free, food and beverages will be for sale.  

Also featured will be live music by the Alexandria-based teen rock band Purple Isn’t Six, which won this year’s First Night Alexandria Battle of the Bands Contest.

Alexandria Earth Day is based on the need to promote education and lead us all to a green and sustainable future, in keeping with the goals of the Eco-City Alexandria Initiative.  In addition, the Alexandria Earth Day Committee has committed to making this event a zero-waste and carbon neutral. For additional information on Alexandria Earth Day, visit www.alexandriava.gov/Earthday.

The City’s Department of Recreation, Parks and Cultural Activities and Department of Transportation and Environmental Services, and the Environmental Policy Commission, are sponsoring the Earth Day Celebration.

The public is encouraged to take public transit, walk or bike to the event. This year DASH will be offering free rides for the Earth Day event on the DASH AT8 bus between the hours of 9:30-3 pm on April 25 only.  Visit www.alexandriava.gov/Earthday for a printable pass to ride DASH AT8 to the event and for additional information on alternative modes of transportation.  Additional parking is available at the Samuel W. Tucker Elementary School, located at 435 Ferdinand Day Dr.  

In case of inclement weather, the event will be relocated to the Samuel W. Tucker Elementary School, located at 435 Ferdinand Day Dr. For additional information on Earth Day Activities, visit www.alexandriava.gov/Earthday or call the Special Events Hotline at 703.746.5592 or the Special Events Office at 703.746.5418.

The City of Alexandria is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. To request a reasonable accommodation or to request materials in an alternative format, call Maureen Sturgill at 703.746.5418 (VA Relay711) or e-mail maureen.sturgill@alexandriava.gov.