Festival for the Planet
ALL DAY ACTIVITIES, 10 - 5
Festival for the Planet 10/1
Festival, 10 a.m - 7:30 p.m.
Soldier's Grove
Commonwealth Avenue
Climate Change Theatre Action, 8 p.m. - 10 p.m.
Grace United Methodist Church
216 State Street
Art Exhibits
Worth Protecting Photo Exhibit
Movement Photos
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Interactive Art
Learn to make prints!
Make a square for our Eyes Quilt!
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Information Tables
Action for the Climate Emergency
Breathe Project
Capital Area Cleanup and Creative Community Grow
Center for Coalfield Justice
Extinction Rebellion Philly
Fair Districts PA
Fridays For Future Philadelphia
Group Against Smog & Pollution
Intertwined faith community
League of Women Voters Pa Capital Region LWVPACAPREG
MarchOnHarrisburg
Mountain Watershed Association
Move Past Plastic MPP
Pasa Sustainable Agriculture
Pennsylvania Action on Climate (PAC)
Pennsylvania Interfaith Power & Light
People Over Petro POPCO
Protect PT
Save Our Streams, PA
Sierra Club Moshannon Group
Strong Towns Harrisburg
Sunella Co.
The Climate Reality Project
Third Act Pennsylvania
Three Rivers Waterkeeper
TIAA-Divest!
Vote Solar
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Panel Discussions
Two concurrent panel discussions this year!
11:30 - 1:00
Tent 1 - Plastics, PFAS, and Petrochemicals
Tamela Trussel - Move Past Plastic
Hilary Flint - Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community, Eyes on Shell
Raina Ripple - Former ED of Environmental Health Project
Dustin White - Center for International Environmental Law
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Tent 2 - Environmental Justice
Rafiyqa Muhammad - Harrisburg-based EJ advocate and Artistic Director for Ngozi Inc. who serves on the DEP's Environmental Justice Advisory Board (EJAB)
Justice Shorter - Disability Rights advocate
Joe Hill - Defend Ohi:yo'
Ray Kemble - Dimock resident
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1:00 - 2:00 - TOUR DE PAC ARRIVAL AT MAIN STAGE
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2:00 - 3:30
Tent 1 - Current Threats and Opportunities
Tracy Carluccio, Deputy Director, Delaware Riverkeeper Network - LNG
Susan Volz, Advocacy Coordinator, Clean Air Council - Advanced Plastic Recycling
Karen Feridun, Co-founder, Better Path Coalition - Hydrogen and Carbon Capture and Storage
Linda Christman, President, Save Carbon County - Cryptocurrency
Ginny Kerslake, Eastern PA Organizer, Food & Water Watch - Data Centers
Gillian Graber, Executive Director, Protect PT - Injection Wells
Anneke van Rossum, Advocacy and Policy Coordinator, Delaware Riverkeeper Network - Held v. Montana and Green Amendments
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Tent 2 - Tools in Our Toolbox
Patrick Campbell, Executive Director, Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP)
Barbara Lucia, Warren County resident
Megan McDonough, State Director, Food & Water Watch
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3:30 - 5:00
Tent 1 - Health Studies, Health Effects
Lois Bower-Bjornson, SWPA Field Organizers, Clean Air Council and impacted resident
Stacey Magda, Community Organizer, Mountain Watershed Association
Heaven Sensky, Organizing Director, Center for Coalfield Justice
Makenzie White, Formerly with Environmental Health Project
Laura Dagley, Medical Advocacy Coordinator, Physicians for Social Responsibility
Tammy Murphy, Advocacy Director, Physicians for Social Responsibility
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Tent 2 - Watchdogs
Laurie Barr, President, Save Our Streams PA
Chris DiGiulio, Co-founder, Watchdogs of SEPA
Kelsey Krepps, Senior Campaign Representative, Sierra Club
Barbara Laxon, Bradford PA abandoned well hunter
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Entertainment
10:00 - Tammi Hessen Bumbada
11:00 - Barbara Dyskant
12:00 - Chris LaRose
1:00 - Tour de PAC Arrival
2:00 - Interfaith Service organized by PAIPL
3:00 - TBA
4:00 - Matt Miskie
5:00 - Jam Session/Singalong with Jacob Butterly
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Record Your Climate Story Booth
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Make Your Own Smoothie Bike
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Raging Chicken Podcast
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Recycle Bicycle Bike Clinic
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Food Trucks
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FEATURED EVENTS
TOUR DE PAC ARRIVAL 1:00 - 2:00
BANNED BOOKS GIVEAWAY 2:00 - 6:00
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JAM SESSION/SINGALONG 5:00 - 6:00
Bring your instruments or grab a bucket and join the rhythm section!
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ALAN GRATZ & JOSLYN DIFFENBAUGH 6:00 - 7:00; BOOK SIGNING 7:30 - 8:00
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
Alan tested positive for COVID a few days ago, so he will not be able to be with us. Joslyn will discuss the ban of Two Degrees at her school, her work to fight book bans, and more with Kevin Mahoney of Raging Chicken Press.
We wish Alan a full and speedy recovery!
CLIMATE CHANGE THEATRE ACTION PERFORMANCE 8 P.M. - 10 P.M. GRACE METHODIST CHURCH, 216 STATE STREET
PROJECTIONS AT GRACE METHODIST BY AARON HENDERSON 10:00 P.M.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
Our Logistics team is looking for volunteers to help during the day on Saturday, 9/30 to help set up the festival, Sunday, 10/1 to provide general assistance, staff the banned books table, and more, and on Monday, 10/2 to serve as a legal observer at the People’s Hearing. We also need a volunteer who can pick up (Sat) and drop off (Sun) the U-Haul we’ll have onsite. If you can lend a hand for a couple of hours, please let us know by filling out this form.