Sean Meenan Presents the Earth Day Expo at Habana Outpost!

    BROOKLYN, NY, April 09, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- 2010 Earth Day Expo at Habana Outpost

Kids' Corner: 12-6pm
All day long there will be free arts and crafts, games, and entertainment for children focusing on recycling and nature.

Finders Keepers!!!! Tossers Weepers!!!: 1 - 3pm
Recycling within your environment with Habana Works and the Leadership Learning Lab. This hands-on workshop will explore how to reuse what's in your home, community and environment--or in this case, what's at Habana Outpost! Children will be asked to go on a scavenger hunt through the courtyard and use what they find to create new objects, or give old objects new purpose and meaning.

The ABC's of Bees and Beekeeping: 12 - 5pm
Local beekeeper John Howe (New York City Beekeeping Meetup) will explain how honey is made with a live observation hive and arts and crafts projects.

Free Eco-Face Painting: 12 - 6pm
Let us turn your kids into butterflies, ladybugs and bumblebees...and while they're at it, they can learn how important these insects are to our environment!

Eco-Fashion: 3 - 4pm
Find it, recycle it, rock the runway in it! Join us for the 2nd annual Scrap Kins Kids Repurposed Fashion Show where local kids will be strutting their eco-stuff front and center for all the courtyard to see!

Electronic Waste Recycling: 10am - 4pm
The Lower East Side Ecology Center (LESEC) will be collecting your unwanted electronic waste in their e-waste container. http://www.lesecologycenter.org/

Composting Workshops for Adults: 12 - 6pm
Brought to you by The NYC Compost Project at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, funded by the Department of Sanitation, these fun workshops will teach you how to make the most of your trash and start composting at home. http://www.nyccompost.org

Shop Green: 12 - 6pm
Local vendors and designers will showcase green products and services in an outdoor market
Featuring: Still Hip Brooklyn, Via Nativa and Recycle a Bicycle.

Get Involved: 12 - 6pm
Meet local eco-minded groups and individuals to find out how you can get involved!
Participating Groups: Green Home NYC, Greene Harvest CSA, Manhattan Young Democrats - Environmental Committee, and Transportation Alternatives, Greene Hill Co-op, and Fort Greene Compost Project.

Please visit our website for more information- www.habanaoutpost.com or call 718.858.9500
Habana Outpost - 757 Fulton Street

Habana Outpost is New York's first solar-powered restaurant and marketplace located in the Fort Greene section of Brooklyn. Since 2005, the Outpost has become a nexus for community activity bringing neighbors, environmentalists, artists and families together into one courtyard. For further, information please contact us at 718.858.9500 or check out www.ecoeatery.com.

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