740 Cerrillos Rd
Santa Fe
NM 87501
Enjoy a day in the sun at The Railyard Park, Santa Fe’s award-winning green space, to celebrate the Earth and local biodiversity in honor of 2019’s national Earth Day theme: Protect our Species! This free Earth Day event will feature games, interactive activities for kids, live music, parades, and animal ambassadors. Learn about the unique biodiversity of New Mexico and the ways you can help lower your impact in our community and on the planet as a whole.
The 2019 Earth Day Celebration in the Railyard Park will feature:
- Animal ambassadors from Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary
- Puppets from Wise Fool New Mexico
- Recycling Games with Keep Santa Fe Beautiful
- A family-friendly bike cruise with Santa Fe Conservation Trust
- Real live animal ambassadors from The Santa Fe Raptor Center
- Bike safety information from the New Mexico Department of Health
- Interactive activities for kids with folks from the Institute for Applied Ecology
- Bird activities with New Mexico Dept. of Game and Fish
- “Critter Costume making” with a Trash-ion show, organized by Santa Fe High School‘s Green Team
- An alpaca from Blue Mesa Alpacas
- Bike Rodeo and fix-it station from Bike Santa Fe
- Mounted draft horses
- A special preview of Sand Play Saturday, facilitated by Railyard Park Conservancy staff and volunteers
- Water flow model and student helpers from Save Water Santa Fe
- Solar demos and educational resources from Positive Energy Solar
- Plant activities such as a coloring book and endangered species temporary tattoos from Native Plant Society New Mexico
- Graze Days, A live grazing demo with sheep and goats in partnership with Quivira Coalition
- Sustainably-sourced food trucks
- Quiz game and prize wheel from New Mexico Nature Conservancy
Performances will be powered by a solar trailer brought to you by SunPower by Positive Energy Solar
- Wadaiko Taiko drummers
- New Mexico Peace Choir
- …more TBA!
Come party in the park for the 2019 Earth Day Celebration. Whether you bike, walk, skip or run..you won’t want to miss this year’s largest Earth Day Festival in Santa Fe!
