Slow Food in the Teton's most popular event, a “celebration of local food” introduces local producers to consumers by providing a forum for sampling food and beverages and exchanging information. Erika from Full Circle Education will be back with kids events like planting strawberries to get the young ones excited about growing food. Locavore’s has become a community gathering of like-minded food lovers, farmers, and producers who celebrate the arrival of spring while feasting on local specialties like Pasta with Cosmic Apple Sausage and Basil, or a giant HD Dunn and Sons Beef Burger with Idaho Spuds prepared by chef Bill Boney. If you are a producer, we still have booth space. This year we have partnered with Pursue Balance and the event is sponsored by Grand Targhee Resort and Idaho Preferred. Special thanks to Trail Creek Nursery for providing seedlings for the kids.
 

Earth Week, sponsored by Pursue Balance, provides exciting opportunities to learn about the choices you can make to create a life that honors and respects our natural and cultural landscapes. Sign up for the Spotlight Conversation on Climate Action and learn about the various other programs they are offering throughout Earth Week.

Schedule of Events

Wednesday, April 22nd
Moving Sustainability Initiatives into Action – An ICLEI Community Conversation
Teton County Fair Building, 12:00 - 4:30pm, FREE - RSVP requested
The Economy. Climate Change. Jobs. Energy. These are issues that define our future. Got an opinion about them? Want to better understand how they’re related? So do millions of others. And on Earth Day everyone will have a chance to speak, listen and act. On April 22, Jackson will be one of just 10 communities specially selected out of hundreds of participants to host a Spotlight Conversation on Climate Action. Keynote Speaker Rhys Roth from Climate Solutions
Sponsored by Teton County, Town of Jackson, Jackson Whole Grocer, and Pursue Balance

Thursday, April 23rd
Green=Green Panel Series: The Outdoor Industry
1st Interstate Bank, 12:00- 1:30pm - FREE
Tired of general, generic sustainability talks? Well then, let's get SPECIFIC. Come hear fellow businesses in the Outdoor Industry talk about the lessons learned, successes and setbacks they have experienced from "going green." Bring your questions and your lunch.
Sponsored by the Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce, RRR Campaign, and Pursue Balance

Green Drinks
Lyndsay McCandless Contemporary, 5-7pm- Cash Bar
Join a lively mixture of people for some “green drinks. Come along and you'll be made welcome. Just say, "are you green?" and we will look after you and introduce you to whoever is there. It's a great way of catching up with people you know and also for making new contacts. Everyone invites someone else along, so there's always a different crowd, making Green Drinks an organic, self-organizing network.
Sponsored by Lyndsay McCandless Contemporary and Pursue Balance

Friday, April 24th
Film Screening: The Thin Green Line with Filmmaker Allison Argo
Center for the Arts Theatre, 7:00pm - FREE
Frogs have been hopping the planet for 250 million years. They've evolved into some of the most wondrous and diverse animals on earth. But suddenly they're slipping away. From Australia to Panama, we've already lost one third of the world's amphibians and more are disappearing each day. Some say it's the greatest extinction since the dinosaurs. Ecosystems are beginning to unravel, important medical cures are vanishing, and we're losing a dear, old friend. It's one of the greatest environmental crises of our time. Scientists and citizens around the world are rushing to stem the tide before the next frog crosses the thin, green line.
Sponsored by the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival

Saturday, April 25th
2009 ECO-Fair: Simple and Sustainable Living in the Tetons
Jackson Whole Grocer’s Parking Lot, 11:00am - 4:00pm - suggested donation of $3
ECO-Fair provides an opportunity for individuals to learn and experience more about simple and sustainable living in the Tetons through informational booths, local food vendors, music, activities for kids and adults, great raffle prizes, sustainable Coupon Book offerings, and much more! Bring your own reusable bag to decorate and appetite for great food and fun.
Sponsored by Pursue Balance and Jackson Whole Grocer

Where Do We Go From Here?
Center for the Arts Theater, 7:00pm - suggested donation of $5
Keynote Speaker K.C. Golden, author of the Mayor’s Climate Change Agreement speaks about Climate Solutions: For a New, Sustainable, Broadly-shared Prosperity. Question and answer moderated discussion with Mayor Mark Barron, County Commissioner Ben Ellis, Author Nancy Taylor, Biologist Forrest McCarthy and others from our community.
Sponsored by: Teton County, Bank of Jackson Hole, Mark Barron, Ben Ellis, The Wyoming Inn, Jackson Whole Grocer, and Pursue Balance

Throughout the Week
Bag 2 Differ will be providing every child in every school in the Teton School District with one canvass grocery bag. This will launch the beginning of a Ski Town Plastic Bag Reduction Challenge.
Amphibian programs and film screenings with filmmaker Allison Argo in the Middle and Elementary Schools with the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival.
A full schedule of Earth Week events and ideas on how to make every week Earth Week, please visit:
www.pursuebalance.org or call 307.734.8600