The forty-third annual Earth Day focuses its attention on global warming this year with its personal theme, “The Face of Climate Change,” inviting people to go to the website, upload a photo, and tell their own story about how they’ve been directly affected by the somehow controversial topic and asking them to “be part of the solution.” Grand Central Terminal will host three days of special events, April 20-22, including presentations by Aimee Follette (“How Food Choices Have the Power to Nurture Us and Heal Our Planet”) and Patricia Moreno (“Be a Powerful Force for Positive Change in the World by Training Your Mind and Moving Your Body”), live performances by the Callen Sisters, Avidya & the Kleshas, and the cast of Annie, and screenings of such films as Dear Governor Cuomo and The Vanishing of the Bees. Among the exhibitors in Vanderbilt Hall will be 511 NY Rideshare/Commuter Link, Build It Green!NYC, Common Ground NYC, Global Justice For Animals and the Environment, Rwanda Women in Action, Sane Energy Project, and ThinkEco CoolNYC, among many others.
Over at the Javits Center, the Green Festival is open to the general public April 20-21, featuring presentations by Neil Chambers (“Resiliency and the Future of Cities”), Stefanie Iris Weis (“Bringing Eco-Sexy Back: Tools, Tips, and Tricks for a Sustainable Love Life”), Sacha Dunn (“Homemade Household Cleaners”), James Fischer (“Urban Beekeeping”), and others as well as a Recycled Runway Eco-Fashion Show and live performances by Reverend Billy and the Earthalujah Chorus and Circa ’95. Union Square will host exhibitor booths, a clothing swap, a CO2 E Drive Green Vehicle Runway Show, and live acts on April 21 and the C02 E Green Drive Project on April 22, while Solar One will have an Earth Day NY CO2 Car Drive on April 21 at 8:00 am.