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From the Idyllwild Town Crier weekly newspaper, 05.15.08 edition.

Idyllwild Earth Fair is this Saturday

The Idyllwild Earth Fair 2008 starts at noon Saturday, May 17, at Town Hall and ends at 5 p.m. As has been the case for the past 19 years, the event is free and open to the public.

The theme of this year’s event is “Human Change or Climate Change; We Decide.”

Earth Fair 2008 promises a variety of attractions, including live musical performances throughout the day, great food, and activities for adults and children. Fairgoers may also enjoy a diversity of interactive booths featuring recycled art, organic and ethnic foods, composting, wildlife conservation, native plants, henna painting and more.

This year’s emcee is magician Pack Rat Frank, who will literally bring a touch of magic to the day’s events.

Musical entertainment includes the a cappella stylings of Local Color, the acoustic sounds of DoRoJo (Don Reed, Joey Latimer and Robin Rabens), and Chuck Alvarez, fresh back from a European tour, who will close out the day with his own brand of rockin’ blues, so bring your dancing shoes.

Each year, Earth Fair presents the Greenwood Award for exemplary action in service of the regional environment. This year’s recipient is Idyllwild’s own Holly Owens.

After growing up in her family’s cabin, Owens moved to Idyllwild full-time in 1998 and became active in Earth Fair and the Idyllwild Environmental Group. She then worked for the Sierra Club to protect wild places in Riverside County. Her efforts led to the introduction of the California Desert and Mountain Heritage Act, which is before Congress.

Owens sits on the Malki Museum Board of Directors and this is her sixth year chairing Earth Fair.

Also at Town Hall at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 16, don’t miss Dr. Richard Norris’ multimedia presentation, “The Future of California Waters: Living with Global Change.” Dr. Norris is a professor and curator from Scripps Institute of Oceanography who has done extensive research on climate and evolution during past periods of extreme climate, and studied the impact of climate variability on ecosystems and human society.

He is leading a National Research Council study on the lessons learned from the geological record of climate change in terms of understanding climate change for the next 100 years. This Earth Fair presentation is also free.

The Idyllwild Earth Fair balances festivity and education to celebrate the diversity of the natural world and learn to better care for its preservation.

For more information, visit: www.earthfair.com or e-mail paul@earthfair.com.

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