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Join us for Go Green 2024! This FREE family-friendly environmental fair will show you how taking small steps to reduce your carbon footprint at home, school and work will help the environment and save money. Local businesses and nonprofits will provide information and items to help you live a more sustainable life.

** Be sure to enter to win a door prize – one will be awarded every 15 minutes. **

Exhibitors

Exhibitors will educate attendees on the environmental impact of their consumer actions and choices, and how making small changes can reduce household expenses.

Climate Action KC

ChangeGamers!

 Suds Refillery Botanical Belonging
The Resilient Activist Bike Walk KC Evergy Magpie Creative Reuse Creation
WM Lutherans Restoring Creation Johnson County Dept. of Health & Environment Ripple Glass
Missouri Organic JOCO Extension Master Naturalists Marcie’s Backyard Honey KC Can Compost
Flourish: A Furniture Bank City Roots Nursery Compost Collective KC Otto’s 
Green CAT Services WaterOne Helianthus Books Bridging The Gap
Re.Use.Full Friends of the Kaw Habitat for Humanity of KC Crush Glass
Good Energy Solutions KC Farm School at Gibbs Road Metro Energy Center BoysGrow

For exhibitor registration, please email: gogreenef@gmail.com

Sponsorship

Thanks to our Go Green 2024! sponsors:

Champion Sponsors: GFL, Proshred/Secure e-Cycle, Ripple Glass, Blessings Abound, City of Merriam, City of Fairway, City of Westwood

Booster Sponsors: City of Prairie Village, City of Mission Woods, City of Mission, City of Mission Hills, Climate Action KC, Complete Care Dental, Green CAT Services, Missiouri Organic, Otto Enviromental, Roeland Park Sustainability Committee, Mack’s True Value Hardware

Email Terri Baugh to become a sponsor or to make a donation.

Education Sessions

Keep an eye out for our Go Green 2024 Education Sessions!

Education Sessions 2024:

9:30 a.m.  – ChangeGamers!: Accelerating climate literacy through games & simulations.
10:00 a.m.  – Otto’s Environmental Improvements: focusing on the identification and responsible removal of invasive plants.
10:30 a.m.  – Ripple Glass: education on the importance and ease of glass recycling.
11:00 a.m.  – Metropolitan Energy Center: education on the practical ways to make their homes and transportation more sustainable.
11:30 a.m.  – Green CAT Services: promoting energy efficiency, planting trees, and educating homeowners and business owners on programs and incentives in our area.

Children’s Activities

Bring your kids – children will be in for lots of fun and educational activities. And yes, there will be face painting!

Eco Elvis

What do you get when you mix Elvis, Weird Al Yankovic, and Greta Thunberg? Eco Elvis! Eco Elvis is the environmental Elvis who sings parodies of Elvis songs to “edutain” people about how to save money, improve their health, and take care of their home and planet earth. He’ll get you dancin’, singin’, laughin’, and all shook up!

Electronics Recycling

Secure eCycle will be taking old computers and electronics, focusing on laptops, desktops and monitors and recycling them at the event. There is no need to remove or wipe hard drives ahead of time as they offer certified data destruction and recycling services. Fees apply for certain items.

TV’s – $40 each
Monitors – $ 20 each

Learn more about this service.

THRIFT STORE FASHION SHOW

Come join us to see great fashion ensembles that are sold at Blessings Abound modeled by children, teens and adults.

 

Event Hosts

Go Green 2024! is brought to you by the Cities of: Fairway, Merriam, Mission, Mission Hills, Mission Woods, Prairie Village, Roeland Park, Westwood and Westwood Hills.

Email event Co-Chair Terri Baugh with questions: tbaugh04@gmail.com.

 

Event Date

Saturday, September 14, 2024

Schedule

9:00 a.m. – Noon

Location

Powell Community Center

6200 Martway Street Mission, KS

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