Earth Celebrations’ ECOLOGICAL CITY
Art & Climate Solutions – VIRTUAL PAGEANT
Regenerative adaptation in this crisis period of Covid-19 and Social Distancing
LIVE STREAM – Saturday May 9, 2020 – 11am – 4pm
@ Earth Celebrations Facebook https://www.facebook.com/EarthCelebrations/
A remote creative collaboration with over 100 participants sharing videos of visual art, performances of dance, music, theater, poetry and sites celebrating climate solution and sustainability initiatives throughout the community gardens, neighborhood and East River Park waterfront on the Lower East Side of New York City 11am – 4pm.
ECOLOGICAL CITY 2020 COSTUMES BY ARTIST-in-RESIDENCE MICHELE BRODY
with Rosa Velez, Pedro Alomar, Anastasia Artemiev, Kathy Creutzburg, Dee Maucher, Felicia Young and volunteers.
ECOLOGICAL CITY PUPPETS 2020 BY ARTIST-in-RESIDENCE LUCRECIA NOVOA
MOBILE MANDALA – LES SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS BY ARTIST-in-RESIDENCE KATHERINE FREYGANG (connecting local climate solution initiatives to global UN SDG (sustainable development goals)
ECOLOGICAL CITY – ZOOM PARADE-in-PLACE from HOME
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11 AM – OPENING CEREMONY – Earth Celebrations Introduction – Felicia Young
Ecological City 2020 Costumes by Michele Brody
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDG)
ZERO WASTE DAILY WEAR
CARBON SEQUESTRATION
ECOLOGICAL CITY PUPPETS 2020 by Lucrecia Novoa
ECOLOGICAL CITY MOBILE MANDALA MURAL – SDG Sustainable Development Goals
STEWARD OF SUSTAINABILITY – Wendy Brawer, Greenmap – SDG Sustainable Development Goals
Kalunga Neg Mawon Rara Band
Felicia’s Ecological City Solitary Walk for Ecological City
LUNGS (Loisaida United Neighborhood Gardens) with Charles Krezell
NYCCGC – New York City Community Garden Coalition with Aziz Dehkan
Gardens & Green Infrastructure
Steward of Sustainability – Adrian Benepe, Former NYC Parks Commissions / Current Senior Vice President, National Programs, Trust for Public Land
Assemblyman Harvey Epstein – Steward of Sustainability
Confronting COVID
“URBAN CLIMATE SOLUTIONS” COSTUME
11:50 AM – EAST SIDE OUTSIDE GARDEN
@ 11th Street NE Corner btw. 1st and Ave. A
GARDEN – CLIMATE SOLUTION – COMPOST
East Side Outside Garden VIDEO
2019 Ecological City Memory – East Side Outside Garden
Steward of Sustainability – Solar Cities Biodigester Video
12 PM – EL SOL BRILLANTE GARDEN
@ 12th Street btw. Aves A & B
GARDEN – CLIMATE SOLUTION – UPCYCLING AND SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS
GARDEN VIDEO
PERFORMANCE – Dance to the People “Birth of a Garden”
GAIA CLIMATE SOLUTIONS COSTUME
12:10 PM – CHILDREN’S WORKSHOP SCHOOL
@ 610 E. 12th Street (btw. Aves B & C)
CLIMATE SOLUTION – ART & SCIENCE EDUCATION
Steward of Sustainability – Educational Alliance with Susie Walter
LEGUMA COSTUME
12:15 PM – CAMPOS GARDEN
@ 12th Street btw. Aves B & C
GARDEN – CLIMATE SOLUTION – VERTICAL FARMING & SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
PERFORMANCE – Poem For Sustainable Urban Agriculture by Steve Dalachinsky
In memory of Steve Dalachinsky (9. 29. 1946 – 9. 16. 2019)
Performed by: Bonny Finberg, Mindy Levokove, Eve Packer
2019 Ecological City Memory – Campos Garden
12:20 PM – 9TH STREET COMMUNITY GARDEN PARK
@ 9th Street & Ave. C (NE corner)
GARDEN – CLIMATE SOLUTION – SOLAR MICRO GRID
9th & C Community Garden & Park Videos
PERFORMANCE
‘Song for Solar & Sustainable Earth’ by Stephan Said
‘Without the Sun’ by Kim Kalesti
2019 Ecological City Memory – 9th and C Garden
CALLS of the WILD – A Collective HOWL for the Lower East Side and an Ecological City – join your neighbors making bird calls, animal sounds and music from windows, balconies and rooftops.
12:30 PM – LA PLAZA CULTURAL GARDEN
@ 9th Street & Ave. C (SW corner)
GARDEN – CLIMATE SOLUTION – SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY CULTURE
PERFORMANCES:
For the Rites of Spring Sonnet 221 Poem – Don Yorty
Hurricane Sandy and Birth of Climate Solutions – Global Water Dances , Moving for Life, and Marymount Manhattan College Dance Department, with Martha Eddy
Birth of a Garden Dance – Morgan Burns
2019 Ecological City Memory – La Plaza Cultural Garden
12:40 PM – DE COLORES GARDEN
@ 8th Street btw. Aves B & C
GARDEN – CLIMATE SOLUTION – BIO-SWALE
PERFORMANCE & GARDENER – Bio-Swale Serenade by Elizabeth Ruf
SONG – Eclipse – performed by Elizabeth Ruf & Karl Bateman
SONG – “Over the Rainbow” by Judy Sky
2019 Ecological City Memory – DeColores Garden
12:50 PM – Carmen’s Garden
@ Ave C btw. 8th & 7th St.
GARDEN – CLIMATE SOLUTION – PERMEABLE PATHS
GARDENER CEREMONY: Sustainable Garden by Carolyn Ratcliffe
1 PM – GREEN OASIS GARDEN
@ 8th Street btw. Aves C & D
GARDEN – CLIMATE SOLUTION – POLLINATOR RAIN GARDEN
GARDEN VIDEO – Pam Pier & Ian David Knife
PERFORMANCE – Butoh – Dance of the Pollinators – Betty Kao
VIDEO “Learning About Bees at Green Oasis Garden” – Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space
2019 Ecological City Memory – Green Oasis Garden
1:10 PM – ORCHARD ALLEY
@ 4th Street btw. Aves C & D
GARDEN – CLIMATE SOLUTION – TREES AIR FILTRATION
2019 Ecological City Memory – Orchard Alley Garden
1:15 PM – EL JARDIN DEL PARAISO
@ 4th Street btw. Aves C & D
GARDEN – CLIMATE SOLUTION – HOLISTIC HEALING & WELLNESS
El Jardin del Paraiso Garden Video
Wellness Ceremony – Lifestyles of Bioremediation, Symbiosis, Regenerative Culture, and Wellness
PERFORMANCE – Jill McDermid – Holistic Healing & Wellness Ceremony
Song for the Healing of the Earth by Marta Vi
2019 Ecological City Memory – El Jardin del Paraiso
1:20 PM – PARQUE DE TRANQUILIDAD
@ 4th Street btw. Aves C & D
CLIMATE SOLUTION – CARBON SEQUESTRATION
PERFORMANCE & GARDENER – Trudy Silver’s Earth Celebration with Scottie David and Evangeline Hyman
2019 Ecological City Memory – Parque de Tranquilidad
1:25 PM – SAGE’S GARDEN
@ 4th Street btw. Aves C & B
CLIMATE SOLUTION – Permeable Paths
SAGE’S GARDEN VIDEO
Performance: Pam Fleming – Trumpet, Composer; Song: Say Goodbye, from the album “Climb” – Pamela Fleming & Fearless Dreamer www.FearlessDreamer.com; Video: Chris Whitehead
1:30 PM – 6TH STREET AVENUE B COMMUNITY GARDEN
@ 6th Street btw. Aves A & B (SW corner)
CLIMATE SOLUTION – WATER HARVESTING POND & RAIN BARREL
6th & B Garden – Videos
PERFORMANCE – “Miracle” Singer: Lee Taylor
2019 Ecological City Memory – 6th Street Ave B Community Garden
1:40 PM – EARTH SCHOOL (PS364)
@ 6th Street btw. Aves B & C Ave B (SE corner)
CLIMATE SOLUTION – GREEN ROOF
2019 Ecological City Memory – Earth School (PS364)
STEWARD OF SUSTAINABILITY – University Settlement After School Program at PS 63
1:45 PM – 6BC BOTANICAL GARDEN
@ 6th Street btw. Aves B & C
CLIMATE SOLUTION – BOTANICAL DIVERSITY
Gardeners’ Water Offering
6BC Botanical Garden Video
2 PM – 6TH STREET COMMUNITY CENTER
@ 6th St btw. Aves B & C
CLIMATE SOLUTION – ROOFTOP BEE FARM, ZERO WASTE & CSA (Community Supported Agriculture)
6th Street Community Center -Virtual Pageant Video with Jen Chantrtanapichate
PERFORMANCE – Children’s Bee Roof Farm Ceremony & Zero Waste Performance
STEWARD of SUSTAINABILITY – Howard Brandstein
2019 Ecological City Memory – 6th Street Community Center
“EAST RIVER PARK SPIRIT” COSTUME
2:30 PM – EAST RIVER PARK SITE 1
@ Waterfront Near 6th Street Bridge Area
PERFORMANCE – River Revival – Artichoke Dance Company
STEWARDS OF THE EAST RIVER PARK – East River Park Action – Pat Arnow, “Statement on the ESCR East Side Coastal Resiliency plan and community vision for a Sustainable LES future.”
STEWARD OF SUSTAINABILITY – Wendy Brawer, Green Map
STEWARD OF THE RIVER SOLAR 1 with Dina Elkin
2019 Ecological City Memory – East River Park Site 1
MELTING GLACIERS COSTUME
2:45 PM – EAST RIVER PARK SITE 2
@ Circular Maze (Labyrinth Pavement Painting by Diana Carulli near Houston Street)
East River Park Coalition: www.facebook.com/erpcoalition
PERFORMANCE – Primates – Octavia Dance Cup
Choreography: Laura Ward
Dancers: Cassie Roberts Rossi, Fiona Oba, Natalia Wodnicka, Eva Janiszewski, Juliette Janiszewski, Laura V Ward
STEWARD OF THE RIVER PARK – Labyrinth Artist, Diana Carulli, East River Park Coalition
2019 Ecological City Memory – East River Park Site 2
“CLIMATE CONSEQUENCES: FIRE AND FLOODS” COSTUME
3:00 PM – EAST RIVER PARK SITE 3
@ Waterfront Under the Williamsburg Bridge
CLIMATE SOLUTION – COMMUNITY VISION & COASTAL RESILIENCY
PERFORMANCE – Dance “WALK WITHOUT FEET” with Infinite Movement. Director: Shaheeda Yasmin Smith
STEWARD OF THE RIVER – GOLES (Good Old Lower East Side)
2019 Ecological City Memory – East River Park Site 3
“WETLANDS” COSTUME
3:15 PM – EAST RIVER PARK SITE 4
@ Seal Park near Grand St
CLIMATE SOLUTION – BUFFERING SEA RISE & POLLUTION
PERFORMANCE – PLASTIC VIRUS – Jody Sperling
PERFORMANCE – Fish Dance – Mindy Levokove
2019 Ecological City Memory – East River Park Site 4 (Seal Park)
“MUSSEL WOMAN” COSTUME
3:30 PM – EAST RIVER PARK SITE 5
@ WATERFRONT – Near amphitheater at Cherry Street
CLIMATE SOLUTION – RIVER REMEDIATION
STEWARD OF THE RIVER – Paul Mankeiwicz, The Gaia Institute & Louis Kleinman
STEWARD OF THE RIVER – Kate Boicourt, Waterfront Alliance
STEWARD OF THE EAST RIVER PARK – Michael Marino, Friends of Corlears Hook Park
PERFORMANCE – East River Park Homage: River Cleansing and Closing Ceremony
Shakti – Dance by Lynn Needle – Art of Motion
“Lale Li Si, Zumbul Li Si” Bulgarian traditional song sung by Vlada Tomova
Bio-Remediation Sculpture Offeringfor a Virtual Pageant by Dee Maucher – MOS Collective
“On the Bridge to Williamsburg” Song by Susan Mckeown
4 – 5 PM – PERFORMANCES
“Lale Li Si, Zumbul Li Si” Bulgarian traditional song sung by Vlada Tomova
Bio-Remediation Sculpture Offering by Dee Maucher – MOS Collective
Lady of the Willows Serenade – Vlada Tomova & Lemon Guo
“On the Bridge to Williamsburg” Song by Susan Mckeown
2019 Ecological City Memory – Waterfront Site 5
2019 Ecological City Memory – Bioremediation with Dee Dee Maucher