Earth Day Network Partners With Green Apple Music & Arts Festival

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Earth Day Network has partnered with Green Apple Music & Arts Festival to mark Earth Day weekend, April 22, 2007, with weekend-long events featuring music and entertainment in New York, San Francisco and Chicago. The three locations will host large-scale free events at New York's Central Park, Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo and San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, as well as over 200 performances in 60 premier music venues, and a series of special shows for kids.

"The Green Apple Music & Arts Festival is a great opportunity for kids, as well as adults across the country to celebrate Earth Day," said EDN President Kathleen Rogers. "Earth Day Network is very happy to be part of a project which will bring the environmental message to so many and raise awareness about the urgent need to address global warming."

With the support of Presenting Sponsor JP Morgan Chase and products contributed by Onyx Distribution, Green Apple "greens" all of its music venues with environmentally friendly cups and straws; napkins and paper towels made of recycled materials, compostable garbage bags and biodegradable cleaning products.

Furthering their zero waste goal, the entire festival will be carbon-neutral, meaning it will offset any carbon dioxide emission produced as a result of the festival, making this the nation's largest carbon-neutral event ever produced. Additionally, each venue will have an informational table featuring educational and volunteer information relating to prominent environmental issues and organizations.

"The Green Apple Music & Arts Festival is thrilled to partner with Earth Day Network for Earth Day 2007 to mobilize music-loving audiences across the nation and to raise awareness of what each of us can do to protect the environment," said Kathryn Stoddard, co-executive producer.

About Earth Day Network

Earth Day Network, www.earthday.net, seeks to grow and diversify the environmental movement worldwide, and to mobilize it as the most effective vehicle for promoting a healthy, sustainable planet. It pursues these goals through education, politics, cultural events, and consumer activism. Current grassroots programs include the Climate Change Solutions Campaign, Campaign for Communities, and the National Civic Education Project. Earth Day Network works with more than 105,000 K-12 teachers in the United States alone. In 2006, EDN launched Earth Day Television, greatly expanding its reach to a global network of more than 15,000 partners and organizations in 174 countries. More than one billion people are expected to participate in Earth Day civic activities, making it the largest secular civic event in the world.

About Green Apple Music & Arts Festival

The Green Apple Music & Arts Festival, the nation's largest single celebration of Earth Day, is committed to raising environmental awareness by combining live musical performances from diverse genres with educational outreach and cultural events suitable for all audiences. Info at www.greenapplefestival.com.