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Among this year's events and activities were...

  • Green Café Featuring delicious & healthy offerings
  • Electronics Recycling Safe disposal of electronics
  • On-site Document Shredding To protect your privacy
  • Children's Activities Crafts area & exhibitor activities
  • Toy Testing for Heavy Metals To keep your children safe
  • Healthy Body Activities Chair Massages, mini-makeovers
  • Electric Bike Test Drives Fun for licensed adults
  • Demonstrations & Workshops Green Cleaning & more
  • Green Goods Green living products & services for sale

2011 Earth Day Fair Exhibitors: View list || Hide

Participants Activity or Demo
Activities Ecology Center / MNCEH Toy testing
GEEP E-waste recycling (click here for sliding scale fee)
General Shredding Document shredding (then recycled) (nominal fee)
Mi Dept of Environmental Quality Enviroscape groundwater demonstration
U of M, Dearborn Student Environmental Association Fun, eco-activities
Valade Healing Arts Center 10 am - 12 pm free pressure point massage for hands and feet (reflexology)
White Crane Massage Therapy Chair massage (discounted rate) 
Entertainment/ Joe Reilly Live Music 10:30 am - 11:30 am
Workshops Clinton River Watershed Council Rain Garden lecture 11:30 am
Jill Jack Live Music 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
(Individual activities also LocalMotionGreen Green Cleaning Workshop 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
provided at exhibitor Russ Glenn Live Music - Little Bird children's progam 2:30 pm- 3:3:30 pm
spaces) Grosse Pointe Art Center Recycled Sculpture winners announced 3:20 pm
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Green Cleaning Workshop 1:30 pm
Garden Spray Workshop 3:30 pm
Food Atom's Green Market Samples of Ope's Organic Vegan Cookies
Cacao Tree Café Raw chocolate samples, mock tuna salad, quinoa salad and raw vegan cheesecake
Farmboy Flap Jacks Organic tortilla chips & baking mixes (cookie, bread, waffle)
Fresh Farms Market Pizza, fresh produce, beverages
Maria's House Made Salsa Sampling 4 flavors of salsa: Mild, Roasted Habanero, Roasted Haberno w Mango, Black Bean w Roasted Corn
Organaman Catering Vegetarian edibles
Trader Joe's Free samples, product/ store information
Garden A Southern Gardener No Dig Gardening. Learn the steps to creating a new garden bed without removing the sod.
Backyard Community Garden Soil, seeds, & cups for children to plant flowers/ veggies to take home
Billings Lawn Equipment Non-gas powered lawn mower display
Detroit Garden Center Information on gardening programs; trowels for sale
Eco-Logic Lawn & Landscape Organic lawn care
Edible WOW Magazine Magazine celebrating local SE Michigan food
Greening of Detroit

Pea seed planting and/or seed giveaway, information on gardening opportunities
Green Rain Barrels Water conservation in the garden
Green Toe Gardens Local raw honey and beeswax candles
Grosse Pointe Garden Center June 25/26 Garden Tour tickets for sale (3 pesticide-free gardens) 
Herb Society of America - GP Unit May 6/7 herb sale information and pre-order herbs
Marshall Landscape, Inc. Corn gluten meal and its use
Maxi Container Rain barrels, compost tumbler, container gardens, $5 coupon
Home DTE Energy Paper kite craft, sunflower seed packets
The Greener Cleaner Non-toxic steam cleaning for upholstery, carpets, and flooring
Pure Eco Environmental Solutions Home Energy Audit Giveaway & Thermal Camera/Blower Door Demo
Shaklee Cleaning demo, filtered water tasting
Shelby Paint Samples of Benjamin Moore Natura Paint for brushing on sample boards, literature, color cards
Wild Birds Unlimited Local Michigan earth-friendly products for birdscaping and more
More Retail CurbEZ Transform curbside recycle bin into wagon
Dapper Dog Wash Natural pet care; samples of paw/hand cream
Eve Organics Mini-makeovers 12-3pm; drawing for skin care products basket ($125 value)
Fiddlebump's Apothecary Natural bath & beatuy care products and home cleaning products
H2O Cleaners Coupons, demo on removing spots, soybean laundry soap for sale
Ink in Bloom Unique silk screened t-shirts & more; hand-made cards; hand and lip balms; silk screen activity for children & adults
LocalMotionGreen Green living books, Earth Day Fair t-shirts
Native Soul Designs Upcycled wallets from snack bags; learn to make keychains out of recycled chip bags and take one home
One Shade Greener Jewelry from recycled cork, beach glass, etc.; custom orders taken
Pure and Simple

Unscented, gluten-free, eco-safe, luxury shampoos, soaps, bath items, all purpose cleaner, floor cleaner
Skye Salon and Spa Organic cosmetics; free make-overs 10-noon
Upcycled & Repurposed Fashion by Stacey Jaye Upcycled clothing and accessories

Utterly Organic Organic cosmetics and nail polish; mini manicures
Village Toy Company Non-toxic toy display
Transportation Amp Bros Electric Cycles, Inc. Test drives for licensed adults
DTE Plug-In Vehicle Program
"Get Plug-In Ready": information on Plug-In electric vehicle program (Ford Escape Plug-In vehicle & charging station on display)
Ford Motor Co/Roy O'Brien Ford Fusion Hybrid on display, green car materials
Tennyson Chevrolet Chevy Volt on display
Organizations Beaumont Hospitals Wellness Programs
Belle Isle Nature Zoo Nature-based education
Detroit Waldorf School Information on green programs and practices
Eastside Farmers' Market Information on market
Forgotten Harvest

Information on Metro Detroit food rescue; create thank you card for local food store donors
GreeningDetroit.com Website resources for green products, services, and organizations
Grosse Pointe Art Center Children's sculpture using recycled items
Grosse Pointe Chamber of Commerce Live Well programs including bike path information

Grosse Pointe Farms (City of) Information on Household Hazardous Waste Day (May 14), recycling, Bldg Mat. Exchange Day (May 14), Rain Garden
Grosse Pointe Public Schools Safety Town
LocalMotionGreen Green living information on reducing exposure to harmful chemicals in daily life - garden, bath & beauty, cleaning, and more
MI Interfaith Power and Light Faith-based programs for the earth
MOFFA   Resources for organic food in Michigan; tote bags
Natural Awakenings Wayne County edition available
Sierra Club Rochester, ECOS Energy saving and water conservation tips; coloring sheets for kids
Transition St. Clair Shores Information on composting, rain barrels, permaculture and more
University Liggett School Environmental science student exhibit, solar oven
Wayne County Department of Environment Recycling literature
Zero Waste Detroit Coalition Information on curbside recycling and Detroit incineration

A Special Thanks to The City of Grosse Pointe Farms

2011's Schedule of Special Events


Attendees enjoyed Live Music by
Joe Reilly Jill Jack
Russ Glenn

  • 10:30 am Joe Reilly (singer)
  • 11:30 am Rain Garden program by Clinton River Watershed Council
  • 12:30 pm Jill Jack (singer who just won more Detroit Music Awards this week!)
  • 1:30 pm Green Cleaning Workshop learn more
  • 2:30 pm Russ Glenn (singer and ULS environmental science teacher)
  • 3:20 pm Announce winner of Children's Recycled Art contest
  • 3:30 pm Garden Spray Workshop learn more

Location: Richard Parking Lot - corner of
Kercheval & McKinley Ave. Grosse Pte Farms

16824 Kercheval Place | Suite B100 | Grosse Pointe, Michigan 48230 | 313.881.2263

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