There’s a lot going on this weekend in celebration of Earth Day, so much that, no matter what your profile, you’re likely to find something to suit your preferences. Are you a partier, doer, or watcher?
For the Partier
Green Drinks are for you. Hitchcock Chef Brendan McGill, who just won the People’s Best New Chef, which would be like me winning a Pulitzer, will be providing food. The green drinks are actually red or white and they come from award-winning Rolling Bay Winery. So you can stand around and talk about composting while feeling good about the fact that you’re ingesting local. Friday, 6:30-8:30 p.m., at the Bainbridge Public Library, 1270 Madison.
Here’s a way to do something really good that will actually feel just like sitting around and drinking and eating. The Call to the Wild West Sound Wildlife Shelter Benefit raises money for the shelter while you raise the bids on some enticing auction items. Read more here. Check out the auction items here. Then buy tickets here. Tickets are $100 per person. Saturday, 5-9:30 p.m., at the Kiana Lodge, 14976 Sandy Hook Road.
For the Doer
First stuff all the old meat trays you saved because you couldn’t stand to throw them out, the excessive Styrofoam that packaged the electronic gadget you bought off the Internet, and the bubble wrap that the kids popped annoyingly for three hours straight one afternoon into a large reusable bag and take them to the rare special Styrofoam Recycling event happening in honor of Earth Day. Saturday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., in the T&C parking lot. Please note that Styrofoam must be white, clean, free of tape and labels, and dry (cannot have been in water). Examples are coolers, meat trays, and molded packaging (the kind that can be snapped in two). No Styrofoam packing peanuts—please take those to the UPS Store for reuse. Bubble wrap can be any size. Please remove all tape.
When you’re free of that albatross, head over to the Grow Community booth and make yourself a mason bee house. That way your organic garden will get the cross-pollination it needs and so much more efficiently than the beleaguered honey bee can manage. Saturday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., in the T&C parking lot.
Then, put on your rain gear, grab your weed weapon, and attack the invasive species at Pritchard Park. This Earth Day Work Party event, which is a project of Weed Warriors, the Student Conservation Corps, and Let’s Pull Together, happens every year. No need to worry about running out of ivy and Scotch Broom. Bring your gloves. If you need more info., e-mail Jeannette or call (206) 755-8461. Sunday, 1-3 p.m., at Pritchard Park.
While you’re downtown, don’t forget to pick up your pre-ordered native plants or browse through what’s still for sale at the Bainbridge Island Land Trust Native Plant Sale, Get a preview of some of the available plants at www.bilt-store.org. Saturday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., in the Winslow Green, 105 Winslow Way East.
For the Watcher
So you like to watch. There’s something really good to get your attention this weekend. The award-winning and visually breathtaking film Chasing Ice is getting two special screenings this weekend. One is already sold out. So grab your tickets fast: http://chasingicebainbridge.brownpapertickets.com/. LEED-gold-seeking Bainbridge Island Museum of Art architect Matthew Coates and Eric Steig, a UW climate scientist, will be there to introduce the films. Saturday, 10 a.m.-12 p.m., Auditorium at BIMA, 554 Winslow Way East.
Then, because you really should get outside on Earth Day, duck under your umbrella and walk fast over to T&C to peruse the wares and petitions and ideas of the more than 20 organizations and vendors at the 14th Annual Earth Day Fair. Saturday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., T&C parking lot. And, please, if you’re going to pick up some groceries at T&C, bring your bags.
Photo by Kate Ter Haar.
