2012 Event Highlights

 Event and Highlights

Featuring    

COLLECTONS of the following items: 

Prescription Drugs (in the Health section); 

Cell phones for the Women's Shelter; 

Eye glasses (for Lions and Wal-Mart Vision Center); and a

Can recycling drive by Veteran's Recycling (proceeds will be donated to help offset costs of the EcoFest event).

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• COLLECTONS of the following items: Prescription Drugs (in the Health section); old cell phones for the Women's Shelter; old eye glasses (for Lions and Wal-Mart Vision Center); and a can recycling drive by the Veteran's Recycling (proceeds will be donated to EcoFest).

• Cardboard Car Derby 

• Magic by Faulkner County's own, Donald Wortman

• Kite show, kite building and flying (free kite kits to the first 200 kids)

• A Leave-No-Trace campsite

• Animals; goats and small animals to pet; alpacas (watch their fleece be spun into cloth, too!)

• Butterfly release

• A new Health section: a must visit section 

• Water works — many great water models, issues, and experiments

• Full-circle recycling education/activities

• Cooking Demos

• Agri/Organic includes mock farmers market for kids

• All types of energy

• Eco-friendly products — what is available locally

• The Marketplace

• Trasnportation: includes a "Gas-Sipper" fuel-effecient vehicle show; car maintenance to increase effeciency

• Great entertainment

• Grand Prize Drawing for an Easy Reader Nook (Best Buy)!

• Drawing for an exciting 4-person float trip on the Buffalo by Silver Hill Canoes & float Service. Rentals: only 1 hour from Conway!

• Many other great Door prizes!

COOKING DEMONSTRATIONS

Cooking Demonstrations; Featuring Chefs from Oak Street Bisto; Chef Robert Hall from Rockefeller Institute; Rebecca Roetzel (co-founder and former associate of the Root Cafe); and more. 

2011-Magician Kevin Barnes to Entertain EcoFest Patrons

Internationally acclaimed environmentalist/magician-turned-educator Kevin Barnes has amazed and entertained audiences from around the world, and he is coming to Conway EcoFest to amaze us! Learn more about Kevin at www.greenmagician.com