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• Saving $ through Green Living
• Renewable Energy – Explore, Choose, and Use
• Environmentally-friendly Products and Services for Healthy Living
• How-To Clinics on organic gardening, green architecture, and more
• Lights, Camera, Action on Sustainable Living… short films for your viewing
• Cooking with locally-Grown and Organic Foods
• Wildflowers, Native Trees and Plant Sale
• Beer Tasting with Victory Brewing Company
• Music for the family
• Silent Auction and Raffle Prizes
• Buzz with the Bees, Slither with the Snakes, and have fun with farm animals
• Birds of Prey Program
• Kids Environmentally-Themed Games
• Opening Family Fishing
• Storytelling Under the Magic Tree
• 5K and 1 mile scenic country course through East Nantmeal Township -
• Walkers are Welcome! (link to run form)
• Kids Fun Run
• Nature-Themed Walks for families
“Scavenger Hunt”
Locate a woodpecker hole, deer tracks, bird nests, wildflowers of spring, and more on this one-mile, family-friendly nature walk. Prizes will be awarded to the children who can find all of the listed items on this scavenger hunt that teaches the principals of valuing nature: “Move nothing…step on nothing but the path…take nothing but photographs…leave nothing but your thanks!”
"Walk Like An Animal”
How does spring smell? What does a May day sound like? Use animal instincts and senses on this one-mile, family-friendly walk and you’ll see, hear, feel, and smell things you’ve never perceived before. We’ll have binoculars and field guides in-hand to experience nature up-close and personal!
2 Mile Guided Botany Hike
If you're interested in wildflowers, plants and trees, this 2-mile, guided hike is for you! Naturalist from Green Valleys Association and local botanists will lead you through meadows, forests, stream-side trails, and wetlands, pausing frequently to identify and study native and rare plant life along the way.
2 Mile Guided Forest Hike
Naturalist from Green Valleys Association and local foresters will lead you through the forests to identify trees, discuss forest health, the impact of invasive plants, sustainable forest management, when and why (or why not) to harvest, forests and their role in providing clean water, the deer/forest connection, and many other topics. Not to be missed!
Featuring a mix of native trees, shrubs, and perennials from Yellow Springs Farm that are beautiful for your garden and will attract birds and butterflies.
Your children will love feeding the animals and watching the goats and kids jump and play. Give the calf his ba-ba at feeding time. Stand back while the water fowl splash and play in their own pond. Hear the piglet squeal and the rooster crow and pet the bunnies and Guinea Pigs.
Learn home composting technique and reduce your curbside waste, get tips on using environmentally-friendly household products, how to paint without polluting, make your own organic pesticides, and well maintenance practices and water testing techniques to ensure quality water for your family, as well as ways to maintain your septic system for longer and more effective life, and more.
Exhibit Area
Learn about wind and solar energy, green architecture, energy audit, geothermal, biodiesel, fishing tips, recycling opportunities, hybrid cars, water conservation, and more.
Learn about wind and solar energy, green architecture, energy audit, geothermal, biodiesel, fishing tips, recycling opportunities, hybrid cars, water conservation, and more.Fridays at the Farm
A film about growing food and community
Feeling disconnected from their food, a filmmaker and his family decided to join a community supported organic farm. As he photographs the growing process, the filmmaker moves from passive observer to active participant in the planting and harvesting of vegetables. Featuring lush time-lapse and macro photography sequences compiled from nearly 20,000 still images, this personal essay is a filmmaker’s meditation on his blossoming family and community.
After its premiere on local public station WYBE last summer, Fridays at the Farm has played to packed houses at film festivals across the country. Richard Hoffman will travel to Korea this May for its international premiere at the Green Film Festival in Seoul.
• Writer, Editor, Photography - Richard Power Hoffmann
• Sound Design and Score- Pete Tramo
• Total Running Time: 19 minutes
“Sustainable Development in Green Building” – Slide Presentation
How to apply it to your home and business
Scott Kelly from Re: Vision Architecture will discuss why to build green, the benefits, and what individuals can do in their homes and businesses to be cost-effective with your existing home. You will learn the complex interrelationships between land, air, water, energy, buildings, and cost. Residentical case studies will be shown.
Scott Kelly is a principal at Re:Vision Architecture, an architecture and planning firm committed to revisioning and restoring the balance between natural and built environments. Scott has been practicing environmentally responsible architecture for over fifteen years. In addition to practicing green architecture, Scott also consults to design firms, developers, building owners and manufacturers who are interested in sustainable design and L.E.E.D. certification, having worked on over 30 LEED projects.
Live music provided by Mike Rubin.
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You can download a REGISTRATION FORM HERE, call us at (610) 469-4900, or pick up a registration form from one of over 100 local business partners' (see list of sponsors) or townships in our watershed area .
The downloadable form is in .pdf format. You will need Acrobat Reader to view them. Download the free application by clicking on the icon below.
Make Your Efforts Count for More- Both teams and individuals are invited to help support GVA's mission by asking for pledges from friends and associates. Funds raised that go to GVA will be used for the continuation of our work in protecting our watershed area and your drinking water. Download a sample PLEDGE LETTER HERE for inviting support from family, friends, and associates and a PLEDGE FORM HERE.
We hope you have already learned about this educational opportunity through your school and are discussing ways to use the Envirofest in your curriculum.
Participation in GVA's Envirofest is an ideal way for you and your students to meet environmental education requirements, form a team to enjoy a community service opportunity or boost classroom credits.
Envirofest gives students a fun, active way to learn about their watershed-the system of creeks, streams and rivers that meanders through our region-and begin to understand how the activities of daily life affect it. It's also a great opportunity for young people to experience first-hand the feeling of "community" that emerges when educators, friends, neighbors, local businesses, families, politicians, and others join together to support a common cause: The protection of Chester County's natural resources.
The team and individual bringing in the most pledges of $500 and above will receive a prize. Pledges of $500 and more must be report to the office prior to May 5th.
Silent Auction and Raffle prizes include but not limited to the following:
• Southwest Airlines, 2 round-trip tickets in U.S.
• Organic land products provided by Organica, Inc.
• Case of wine from French Creek Ridge Vineyard
• Day of Golf for two at Downingtown Country Club
• Property inventory and planning service from Piedmont Design to help you go from a landscape “master plan” to a fine lawn/garden
• Forestry Site Assessment from Lloyd Casey
• Brunch for two at Kimberton Inn
• Dinner Theatre Tickets for Two at Vickers’s Tavern
• And more…
Living in a sustainable manner is essential to protect and preserve not only our environment but also the health of our families and future generations. In making the world a more livable and healthy place, we not only improve our own lives but the lives of those around us. - Catharine Swan, Executive Director
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