Everett’s First-Ever Conservation Carnival Today

Conservation Carnival encourages recycle, re-use Interactive event gives attendees fun way to learn how to be good stewards

EVERETT – Learn how to recycle, re-use and reduce at the City’s first-ever Conservation Carnival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today, May 22 at the Carl Gipson Senior Center, 3025 Lombard Ave. in downtown Everett.

Children and adults are welcome to attend and learn more about how to be good stewards of our environment by visiting interactive information booths and checking out energy efficient products.  The event is free.

The day also includes speakers and a no-host lunch: All day: interactive information booths 10:15 a.m.: Saving our Earth for the Future, presented by Everett Community College 11 a.m.: Surviving a Power Outage, Everett Emergency Preparedness 11:45 a.m.:  How does the Northwest gets its Power Today and Tomorrow?, Snohomish County PUD Noon to 1 p.m.: no-host lunch ($6 per person) Noon – 12:345: Meet Webbly, AquaSox mascot 12:45 p.m.: Yes you can have Solar in the Northwest, Northwest Wind & Solar 1:30 p.m.: How does your Garden Grow?, Cedar Grove Composting 2:15 p.m.: Low-cost, no-cost Energy Saving Tips, Snohomish County PUD (receive light bulb coupons) 3:15 p.m.: Meet Colby, Everett Police crime prevention dog mascot

Event partners include: Bonneville Environmental Foundation, Cedar Grove Composting, City of Everett, Snohomish County PUD, Everett Community College, Everett Transit, Northwest Wind & Solar, Pacific Power Batteries, Project Linus, Puget Sound Energy, Senior Services of Snohomish County, Snohomish County, Sno-Isle Co-op, Everett Emergency Management, Carl Gipson Senior Center of Everett, Home Depot, Snohomish County Transportation Coalition.