Tree Climb For Kids (or adults!)
-There is a designated tree in the park that the kids can climb. Eduardo will be providing harnesses and taking all safetly percautions to assist the kids
- Leader of Tree Climb: Eduardo Medina:About Eduardo Medina: “I am on the national personnel development staff of Davey, the Tree Experts. Davey is one of the largest tree care and landscape companies in the USA. As a member of that national staff, I train Davey tree care workers throughout the USA. I also am President of the Hispanic Committee of the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) and a member of the safety committee of that large international trade organization. Finally, I am the leader of a small group of highly trained professional tree care workers in the Chicago area. All of the tree care workers in this small Chicago-area group have the highest industry certification available in the tree care profession, the “Certified Arborist” credential. And all of these workers speak English and Spanish.
Eco-Craft Making:
There will be a craft area at the festival for children to learn how to make crafts out of recycled items and natural debris.
Hula-hoop Instructors:
There will be a group of professional hula-hoopers called Urban Tree coming out to perform and supply hula-hoops for kids to practice on at the festival.
Walk-through Zen Garden:
Carbon Day festival organizers and volunteers will be creating a Zen Garden in the grass out of natural debris and recycled items.
Insect Petting Zoo:
Pet the most friendly crawly creatures and learn how they help plants grow!
Live Painting:
There will be artists at the festival doing live painting.
Recycled Art:
There will artists bringing their displays of art they have made out of recycled material!
Speakers:
State Representative Karen May one of the sponsors of the State Resolution, will be present to discuss the State’s climate action programs, followed by keynote speaker, Suzanne Malec-McKenna, Commissioner of the Chicago Department of Environment. She will enlighten the audience about green initiatives in Chicago.
