The Green Fair is slated for April 16 and offers recycling, demonstrations, plants and planting information, live music, crafts and games.
Rain or shine, the fourth annual Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library Green Fair is Saturday, April 16, 2:00–5:00pm. With more than 20 community organizations participating, the Green Fair offers tons of eco-friendly ideas that can be incorporated into your daily life. The Green Fair will be held in Marvin Auditorium and throughout the Youth Services area.
The state’s sesquicentennial inspired us this year. We’re collecting 150 eco-friendly ideas, and you can contribute! Click “Like” on the library’s Facebook page. Look for our Facebook updates asking for your ideas now through April 16. Next, type in your idea for living green. The complete list of ideas will be distributed with your Green Fair map the day of the event.
The first 200 attendees will receive a free lilac bush and sunflower seed packets ready for spring planting. You may also chose to take home other vendor giveaways.
From 2:00-4:00pm bring in your old cell phone, VCR, computer or any electronic device you no longer want and drop it off with Asset LifeCycle to be recycled.
Demonstrations are scheduled throughout the afternoon, from Master Gardeners to energy conservation; you will be able to visit booths with more eco-friendly information needed for daily living. A soil tunnel, gigantic wind generator propeller, live music, and bicycles will inspire the ecologist in all of us and entertain the kids.
The library has materials and resources on living green, and staff will be available to help you browse the Lawn & Garden neighborhood.
The Green Fair is a family-friendly event and the kids will enjoy eco-friendly crafts and games, live animals, and live music. Helping Hands Humane Society will be on site for pet adoptions, or you can make a toy for a shelter cat.
“Every year, we have more people interested in the library’s green initiative,” said Nancy Overmyer, program supervisor. “The library was environmentally friendly long before going green was cool. Borrowing books, and ‘reusing’ makes the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library your place to live green and learn green ideas.”
For a listing of the Green Fair vendors, pick up an April/May edition of connectnow magazine or read the online version here.
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Mary Holloway
March 7, 2011
All my grass clippings and all leaves in my yard were mowed up and caught in a catcher and used as mulch in garden, flower beds, around trees and shrubs – did not bag any for trash.
I use Handy Wipes – yes the old handy wipes – on my swiffer mop to damp mop my tile and wood floors and then rinse it out between rooms. Works great. Picks up dog hair. Squeeze out as much water as possible. Lasts for many uses, then eventually you have to trash it. Works better than the swiffer products you throw away after each use.
Bob Stephens
April 17, 2011
With all of the articles and announcements on this site, people were lead to believe the electronics recycling was for free and it was not. Everyone was charged for the recycling. Next time please let people know in advance if there is to be a fee required.
Dave Stanz
April 17, 2011
What a scam!
This site and the paper said this was free and it wasn’t. They were going to charge me 60 bucks to recycle computer parts and an old TV.