Earth Day Weekend: SUNDAY

SUNDAY: Green Apple Festival!

I rounded out my weekend by attending the Green Apple Festival on the National Mall. I was so excited to go and meet the reigning Miss Earth United States and some of the other delegates. When we parked, we noticed a bike carriage that was free and sponsored by Timberland. Since we had parked so far, we thought it would be cool to take a "green" ride over to the festival. It was actually fun and relaxing.

When I arrived, I was greeted by Miss Earth Unites States, Jana Murrell and Miss Earth East Coast (DC), Ruby Ong. We hung out for a little bit before my manager scored us yet another interview. It's so funny that doing these interviews makes me realized how truly passionate I am about the environment and promoting the awareness of others. While it's so easy to recycle, I always stress that that's one of the last things you want to do; notice the order: we should always reduce, reuse, recycle, respectively.

Jana had the pleasure of speaking to the audience about the environment and introducing the Flaming Lips. All day long, the crowd were asking what time the Flaming Lips were performing. Once they got on stage, I realized what all the hype was about and that I actually already know and like a couple of their songs. There were other special guests in attendance as well, a Congressman, Timberland CEO, actor and others. This just shows you how vast the Green Generation is becoming.

I wrapped up the day by volunteering to help clean up after the show. I was actually surprised to find that there were actually things to be cleaned at a green festival. The cleanup was not so bad because most of the people began bringing the trash to me once they realized the mess that was made. I met one of the fellow volunteers for that day and asked to document her volunteerism. Thanks Zara!

Thanks to Earth Day Network, Planet Green, the Green Apple Festival and Timberland for sponsoring such a great event.

HAPPY EARTH DAY!