Ipswich Goes Green

General Schedule:

All activities: 1-5pm

1pm Live music starts, Mini golf opens

2pm- Seafood Throwdown! 

3pm – Community Building Community panel discussion

 

Detailed Schedule:

 

1:00 pm

– LIVE MUSIC: Chameleon

– Mini golf opens

– Event concourse opens

 

1:30 pm

– Compost demonstration by Greenscapes

 

2:00 pm

– Seafood Throwdown!  Head to Head cookoff between Ray Morley and Chris DeStefano

 

2:15 pm

– LIVE MUSIC: Greenhead

 

3:00 pm

 – Green Design and Community Building panel discussion

 

3:30 pm

– Compost demonstration by Greenscapes

– LIVE MUSIC: Miranda Russel

 

 

Feature Activities:

Ipswich goes GREEN Miniature Golf Course

 

Local Artists, Architects, and tinkerers will design and build a miniature golf course for the public to use and enjoy.  The each mini-golf hole will reflect environmental themes, and will use recycled and natural materials.  Fun for all ages.

 

North Shore Localvore – Local and Organic Food 

Featuring local farms, fishers, food producers, and markets from and around Ipswich that provides a unique local, organic and sustainable food culture on the North Shore.  

 

**Special Localvore Activities**

 

Seafood Throwdown! – Two Ipswich chefs will compete in an ultimate seafood cookoff, sponsored by the Cape Ann Fresh Catch community supported fishing and Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance.  Ipswich celebrity judges will select the top Chef in a fun, educational and community driven event  that promotes the ecological and economic benefit of locally caught seafood.

http://www.namanet.org/csf/cape-ann-fresh-catch

 

 

Cape Ann Food Pantry/The Open Door will feature The Good Food Farm, an interactive exhibit that encourages children to learn where their food is grown.   The Good Food Farm is part of the Mobile Market that brings fresh food and produce to families in need on the North Shore.

http//www.foodpantry.org/01_About_Us/good_food_farm.html

 

 

Community Building Community – 17^th and 21^st Century building 

As the town celebrates its founding in 1634, the design and building community of Ipswich is working together to create two side-by-side exhibits. The pair of buildings spans 375 years of architectural, cultural and environmental history.  Learn more at http://www.ipswichtoipswich.com/communitybuilding.html

 

Town of Ipswich Sustainability and Green Initiatives

 

Showcase of Ipswich departments and policies that have been implemented for environmental sustainability.  Ipswich Planning board, DPW, IMLD, Open Space, Recycling Committee, Town Committee on Energy Use,  Ipswich Schools will provide examples on how commitment at the Municipal level is needed for sustainable efforts.  

 

Businesses Commitment To Sustainability

Featuring businesses who demonstrate commitment to sustainability through their products or how their business is run.  

 

Live Music Stage:

Live Music Featuring local Ipswich artists Miranda Russell, Greenhead, and Chameleon

www.mirandarussell.com

www.greenhead.info

http://www.myspace.com/chameleongroove.

 

Community Leaders in the Environment

Featuring non-profit and citizen organizations who educate and lead by example to conserve and protect the Ipswich and global environment.

 

Sustainability Panel Discussions

• Green Building Panel: Community Building Community project discussion lead by Chris Doktor
• Local and Sustainable Food Panel