Area Students Step It Up for

Global Warming

 

Come to our multi-event, global warming

festival in Brattleboro, Saturday, April 14…
Because changing light bulbs just isn't enough!
 

Events running from 11:00 am to 6 pm at 3 locations in downtown Brattleboro

 
PlineyPark (corner of Main and High St.)

Mistresses of Ceremony, BUHS students, Fran Wilson and Chelsy Pillsbury,

  • 11:00, music by Breeze Ver Dant 
  • 11:30, speech by State Senator, Jeanette White
  • 11:45, speech by State Representative, Daryl Pillsbury
  • Noon, , group picture to be put on the Stepitup website
  • 12:20, music by Dan, Megan, and Gary MacArthur
  • 1:00, speech by HampshireCollege student Katelin Wilton
  • 1:15, speech by SIT student, Anom Wirnata, from Indonesia
  • 1:30, music by Compass students Zach Bickford and Jacob Bradford
On-going
  • Mini Farmers' Market Showcasing Area CSAs
 
The StoneChurch – (Corner of Main & Grove St.)
On-going from 11:00 – 2:00 Pm
  • Student Displays & Exhibits on Effects of Global Warming
  • Solar Panel Exhibit
  • Electric Car & Electric Truck on display in front of The Church
  • CFL Bulb Display
  • Area Businesses & Organizations Promoting Green Practices
  • Make a Step It Up T-Shirt  * * * (Bring your own shirt)
  •  * * * Face Painting * * *Children's Mural Project

Hooker Dunham Theatre – (Main St.)

  •  3:30 PM Special Screening of The Great Warming, Narrated by Alanis Morisette and Keanu Reeves
No charge. Donations encouraged. Refreshments for sale.
 

Organized by BUHS student group Preserve Our Planet (POP), along with students from Marlboro Elementary, School for International Training, and Compass School, with assistance from Marlboro resident Jason MacArthur and Tim Stevenson of Post Oil Solutions.

(NOTE:in the event ofnasty weather, PlinyPark events will be held at The Church).