Glens Falls Earth Day Celebration
On Saturday, April 22nd, 2023, from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM in City Park… Sustainable PR, Crandall Public Library, and The City of Glens Falls are sponsoring the Third-Annual Earth Day Celebration!
Sustainable PR is a green-focused public relation agency here in Glens Falls. They help to sponsor this event to reinforce the concept of sustainability in the community, and over the last three years this event has grown substantially… This year, it includes events for all ages – the event organizers have broadened the activities to get more members of the community interested in participating.
Lydia Miner joined the team at Sustainable PR as an account executive. Her previous experience working with the United Way helped her to develop relationships with local non-profits, corporate sponsors, and school districts. She has worked to attract organizations to participate, that in the past have sponsored their own Earth Day events.
“I like to get people involved and work with the school districts… Instead of everyone doing their own events, we’re trying to pull everyone together and have one event for the city. All of the organizations and businesses can get involved,” Lydia said.
The City of Glens Falls has helped to plan the event, and will be showcasing the green initiatives throughout the city. Jeff Flagg – the Director of Economic Development for the City of Glens Falls – will be on hand to give tours of the indoor vertical farm; vertical farming is the agricultural process where crops grow on top of each other, rather than next to each other. This so-called “Farming Upwards” reduces the space needed to grow crops – including herbs, lettuce, and fruit for nearby restaurants and markets.
Crandall Library is featuring an electronic recycling event, the grand opening of a new seed library, and will have master gardeners on hand with gardening tips and seed swaps!
As this year’s Earth Day event expands, Lydia keeps an open mind regarding the types of events that will be highlighted in future Earth Day events. She would like to hear feedback from the community regarding what they liked about the event: “This year we have expanded participation and are providing a good mix of events. It will be fun to hear what people liked about the event and start thinking about what we can expand on for next year,” Lydia said.
Among the many participants, BOCES SAEC will be on hand for Earth Day, and was integral in helping to market the event – each student in the BOCES graphic design class created a logo for the Earth Day flyer, and the logo that was chosen for the event was created by Kyra Connelly, through the BOCES SAEC Graphics and Visual Communications program.