CELEBRATE NATURE

This Earth Day, naturalists and neighbors of San Francisco's McLaren Park invite you to celebrate nature where you live. This FREE celebration will transform McLaren Park into an outdoor ecological classroom for people of all ages. Join us at the Jerry Garcia Amphitheater for:

hands-on restoration
bird and butterfly walks
native plant nursery
artwork
activities for kids
live performances
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Download this year's beautiful poster and postcard(front and back)!
&
Visit last year's Earth Day page for a fun comparison.

Read more about McLaren Park, one of the largest and most treasured parks in San Francisco. And get directions to the Jerry Garcia Amphitheater.

We will have attended bike parking for those of you who ride your bikes!





STAGE PROGRAM

10:30 - 11:00 amSetup/Music
11:00 - 11:30 amDiamond Wong
11:30am - 12:05 pmLesbian/Gay Chorus of San Francisco
12:10 - 12:25 pm Brotha Clint
12:30 - 12:50 pmManuel's Dojo
12:55 - 1:30 pm Vis Valley Middle School Band
1:35 - 2:10 pm Steven Gary
2:15 - 2:25 pm Tai Chi Demonstration with Cady Wong
2:30 - 3:05 pm Curt Yagi
3:10 - 3:45 pm Back Porch Band
3:50 - 5:00/5:30 pmShake Your Peace / Sonya Cotton




NATURE WALKS and HABITAT RESTORATION

11 amBird Walk with Dominik Mosur
Geology Walk with Carol Tang
12 pmBird Walk with Matt Zlatunich
Butterfly Walk with Liam O'Brien
1 pmPlant Walk with Tom Annese
McLaren History Walk with John Weidinger
2 pmBird and SF Ecology Walk with Josiah Clark
Green Dog Walk with Rachel Kessel
Habitat Restoration with the Natural Areas Program
2:30 pmGroup Tai Chi with Cady Wong
3 pmButterfly Walk with Liam O'Brien
4 pmBird Walk with Dominik Mosur




Activities

Ride Your bike to the event with a group! Group rides leave at noon from:
-Glen Park BART station with Emily Macy
-NE corner of Dolores Park with the Bicycle Music Festival

No RSVP necessary for group rides, just get on your bike and go!
For more information call 415-564-4107.

11-5Interactive Recycling Display
11-5Do-it-Yourself Bike Workshop with assistance from SF Bike Kitchen
11-5Learn bike road skills on a closed course at the Bike Rode-eo!






INSTALLATIONS & ARTWORKS

Earth Day Library by Prelinger Library (The Prelinger Library installs an Earth Day reading table for browsing. The installation concentrates on the State of California as a contested site of nature preservation, with historic literature about San Francisco, the San Francisco Bay, and California History. The installation will also present an assembly of paperback ecology titles that are clustered around the development of the first Earth Day in 1970.)

Banners by Monroe School

Nature Writing

Sidewalk Flour Artist, Tim Armstrong creating flour art on pavement


ACTIVITIES

Kids in Parks

Tree Frog Treks lizards and fun

Jumpstart Early Literacy Initiative activities

REI Leave No Trace activities, camping equipment, & more
LAST YEAR'S PHOTOS





Click HERE to see more photos!
T-Shirts and Posters


Get 'em while you still can! Last year's and this year's Earth Day t-shirts & posters available from Nature in the City!

$15 Only a few shirts left with last year's beautiful poster design - don't miss out on this one!
$15 This year's t-shirts are made of organic cotton! Womens, mens, childrens and babies sizes available!
$5 Get the last remaining Earth Day posters to hang on your wall and commemorate such a wonderful event!

To order, please call 415-564-4107 or email steward@natureinthecity.org.

2007 Poster Art: Jack Laws, Deirdre Elmansoumi, Liam O'Brien. 2007 Poster Design: Amber Hasselbring