By Jordan
Shaffer
Motlow Buzz
Reporter
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| Nashvillians celebrate Earth Day |
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Nashville celebrated the 14th annual
Earth Day Festival on April 18 at the Centennial Park, inspiring green living, educating
on environmental protection, and building a community.
What better way to inspire people of all ages on Earth
Day than to have a festival. Nashville’s Earth Day Festival was full of fun and
exciting hands-on activities for everyone. The festival included a Green
Farmers Market where attendees could buy locally grown produce and locally made
products. Grownups 21 and older were able to enjoy locally brewed beer
Blackstone and Little Harpeth in the beer garden.
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| One of many Earth Day tents. |
The festival also
featured "green-friendly" food, live musical performances, local and
earth-friendly products, and eco-friendly crafts and activities. The festival
included “green-friendly” food like southern cooked spinach and nice baked corn
on the cob. The live musical performers were Roots of a Rebellion, HoneyHoney,
and Rebirth Brass Band. Some of the earth-friendly products were locally made
clothing, organic products, and daily-use consumables. At around 2 p.m., Mayor
Karl Dean took the stage.
“This year’s festival will help the community take
another step toward Nashville’s goal of making it the greenest city in the
Southeast,” the mayor told the crowd.
Attendees learned
about the importance of Environmental Protection for communities. “Nashville’s Earth Day Festival continues
to raise awareness to our community of the important environmental issues while
also providing a fun day for Nashville’s community to come together and develop
an even greener sense of pride in continued protection of Nashville’s beauty,” Public
Works Director Randy Lovett said.
“I feel that the
Earth Day Festival is a great way to reach out to our community and help them
to realize what we can do to better our city,” said EDF attendee Melody Fisher.
The Earth Day Festival drew thousands of people from Nashville-area
communities. The EDF has had similar turnouts every year since it started in
2001. Many festival-goers talked about helping make Nashville a greener and
better place.
For more information about
Nashville’s 14th annual Earth Day Festival, and how Nashvillians can
make Music City the greenest city in the Southeast visit www.TeamGreenAdventures.com.
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