Schedule of Events

 7 a.m.

Event’s at UCA ‘s  Jewel T. Moore Nature Preserve begin on campus

9:15 

Registration for  the Alleycat Bike race (a scavenger Hunt on bikes hosted by CAB)- TRANSPORTATION area

10:00                  

Event  officially opens (Main Stage)

10:05   

Bike Race begins

10:05   

 Eco tour: Caldwell Toyota  - LEED Certified  Building; and the Towers (former Cement Plant)  (Meet in Technology area– the Gazebo)

10:05  

Fit Kidz Tennis practice (West tennis court) – afternoon session TBA

10:15

Films will be on-going throughout the day: (Film Tent)

10:15    

 Habitat for Humanity program/ reuse Center:  (Program/Discussion tent)

10:45        

Retro Tennis Begins – 14+ (Afternoon sessions TBA)     Recycling Collection station for old deflated tennis balls will be located outside the tennis courts

11:00

Hewlett-Packard LEED Building:  (Program/Discussion tent)

April Ambrose, Viridian consultant provided LEED and commissioning services for the HP Conway facility, and Paul Lockhart, wit HP in Conway, will lay out the “green” features of this efficient facility and be available for questions from the community.

11:30

Cardboard Car Derby begins (Conway High School West parking lot)

12:15

Mayor Townsell will speak at the end of the Derby - time approximate (Main Stage)

                  Introduce Derby Participants

                 Drawing for the first of two EcoFest t-shirts signed by Kris Allen T-Shirts

12:45

Judge Scroggin  (Main Stage)

1:00

Eco tour: Recycling Center/landfill    (Meet in Technology  area– the Gazebo)

1:30

Music by the Boomers -  (Main Stage)

1:45 

Butterfly Presentation  (Program/Discussion tent)

2:00                 

Butterfly Release

2:00                 

Drum Circle begins; All are welcome to join in!     (Natural Resource campsite)

2:15                

Music by the Boomers continues

2:15                 

Kite Show  (Center of park)

2:30                 

Final drawing for the EcoFest t-shirt signed by Kris Allen (Main Stage)

2:45                 

Don’t Stop Please Band (MainStage)

3:00                 

Downtown Business Crawl (meeting location TBA)

4:00                 

Close of Festival

4:00                 

Opening of the Girl’s Softball Park – Siebenmorgen Rd.

8:00                 

Silver Moon Cinema (Downtown)

FILMS :                  Available for viewing in the Film tent

Coolest Can: Designed to teach young people about the recycling process of an aluminum can: somewhat anitimated.

Watch it Grow, is an 8 minute documentary showing the growth of the project Conserving Arkansas's Agricultural Heritage (CAAH!). CAAH! aims to promote genetic diversity and local sustainability by continuing the tradition ofgrowing and swapping  heirloom seeds.

Troubled Water: Troubled Water, an AETN original documentary looks at Arkansas's reputation as a water rich state and the growth in agriculture, industry and population that is straining this once abundant resource.

The Story of Stuff: The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world.

 An Inconvenient Truth: An Inconvenient Truth is a 2006 documentary film, directed by Davis Guggenheim, about former United States Vice President Al Gore's campaign to educate citizens about global warming and inspire them to take action.

Fighting Goliath: Fighting Goliath tells the story of a group of unlikely partners that came together to oppose the construction of 19 conventional coal-fired power plants that were slated to be built in Eastern and Central Texas.

Also available for viewing includes a piece on Heifer

Festival Map

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Event Guides/Hosts

Members of the Conway Morning Rotary Club will be event "guides" to help greet people, and provide directions on how the event is laid out.