AMENIA / MILLERTON EARTH DAY 2024

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SATURDAY April 20 noon – 4 pm
In the Gym at Amenia Town Hall.

Planet vs. Plastic!

  • Climate Smart Tent
    – Make your home safe and energy-efficient
    – Learn about heat pumps, solar panels, water…
  • Creation Station: hands-on fun for kids
  • Family friendly games
  • Student projects
  • Composting
  • Planting natives and managing invasives
  • Our connected forests and healthy streams
  • Electric Bikes and bike friendly routes
  • Amenia Garden Club talk at 2:00 in the auditorium with Wethersfield’s new head gardener
  • Free raffle to WIN A COMPOSTER!
  • Food from Blackbird Cafe.

Encore Events

Cleanup days
Saturday April 20 from 10 – 2 pm in Millerton: Farmer’s Market, NECC Sponsored Fun Event, and Townscape Street Clean-Up
Saturday April 27 from 9 am – noon in Amenia: Town Clean-Up, meet at Fountain Square in Amenia & Borden Park in Wassaic, co-sponsored by Amenia CAC & Enhancement Committee

Saturday April 27 1:30 pm FREE screening at the Moviehouse
“Common Ground” a film about regenerative agriculture – a POSITIVE step toward regenerating the PLANET. A panel discussion and Q&A will follow.

Thursday April 25th 4:00 pm at the Millerton Library Annex
“The Art of Observing Nature” workshop with Ashley Alred from the Cary Institute.  Observe nature through a microscope and create watercolor paintings.  Ages 8 and up. Registration required.  Visit NEMillertonLibrary.org for more details and to register.

Saturday May 4 from 10 am – 2 pm
Repair Café at the Amenia Town Hall Gym