Nature's Friend Events

2nd Annual Healthy Living Fair

Saturday and Sunday, June 14-15, 2008
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Quad City Botanical Center
2525 4th Ave. - Rock Island, IL
Admission by free-will donation to the
Quad City Botanical Center
Come see our exhibit!

This event is presented by Radish magazine and the Quad City Botanical Center. The fair will present information about healthy living through the natural foods, products, resources and services of western Illinois and eastern Iowa. Exhibits will include alternative energy methods, environmentally friendly products and produce, gardening goods and services, outdoor recreation opportunities and holistic, alternative and integrative medicine. This year's event will include a Friday Night Preview Party, Saturday morning yoga class, Sunday art show, Father's Day Coffeehouse and a concert by the 'fast-forward folk' duo Patchouli.

Past Events

Quad Cities Earth Week Fair 2008

Saturday, April 19, 2008
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
QCCA Expo Center
2621 4th Ave. - Rock Island, IL
FREE Admission
Come see our exhibit!

The Fair is a celebration of Earth Day (April 22) and educates attendees on a variety of environmental issues and ways they can be better stewards of our local environment. Learn more at www.qcearthweek.org.

Earth Day Fair 2008

Saturday, April 26, 2008, 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Spoon River College
208 S. Johnson St., Macomb, IL

Sponsored by Environmentally Concerned Citizens, Spoon River College and West Prairie Audubon

9:00 a.m. Fair Begins
10:00 a.m. Rachel Crandell, co-author of “The Forever Forest: Kids Save a Tropical Treasure” and president of the Monteverde Conservation League US, will speak on the Children’s Rainforest of Costa Rica.
11:00 a.m. Dan Yoder, a local beekeeper, will speak on “Bees and Beekeeping”
11:30 a.m. Wildlife Prairie Park will present “Birds of Prey” live bird show
12:30 p.m. John Curtis, from Barefoot Gardens CSA (Community Supported Agriculture), will speak on “Eating Ecologically”
1:00 p.m. Rachel Crandell will speak again about the Children’s Rainforest
2:00 p.m. Ron Green, from Bless this House Construction, will speak about “Home Energy Conservation”
3:00 p.m. Fair Ends

Hands-on activities 9-3 for children, including painting rainforest quilt squares as a fundraiser for the Children’s Rainforest! Additional information on recycling, eating local, prairie restoration, earthworms, solar energy, and more! Healthy lunch will be available from 11:00 am to 1:00 p.m.

Green Solutions Expo

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Western Illinois University 5th Annual Environmental Summit

Envisioning Sustainable Communities
We were an exhibitor in the Green Solutions Expo this year that is part of the 5th Annual Environmental Summit at Western Illinois University in Macomb, Illinois. This event is intended to raise awareness of environmental issues and innovative ways to mitigate the impact of individuals, businesses, schools and municipalities. The Expo was held in the Grand Ballroom in the Student Union Building and included keynote speaker and Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Thomas Hylton.

Go Green...Go Organic…Bring life back to your environment…We all benefit!

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Healthy Living Fair
June 14-15, 2008
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
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