Celebrate Earth Day NYC!

When:Thursday, April 22, 2010
Time:11 AM – 2 PM
Where Times Square
Cost:FREE

Join Earth Day New York, in partnership with The City of New York, today as they host a public
celebration in Times Square on Earth Day.The celebration will be a three-hour
show with environmental activists, business leaders, government officials and entertainers –
all of whom are committed to protecting the Earth. They will all take to the stage on Broadway
between 45 and 46th Streets. Mayor Michael Bloomberg will make his official Earth Day
announcement at the event around midday. In addition, to Mayor Bloomberg, other
prominent environmentalists that will taking the stage include: Speaker Christine Quinn ,
Denis Hayes, Matthew Modine of Bicycle for a Day, Dan Reicher of Google, Alex
Matheissen of Riverkeeper and many other notable environmental leaders. The three hour
event will also feature Vice President Gore and Wangari Maathai, both sharing their Earth
Day messages virtually on the screens in Times Square. Entertainment highlights of the
festivities will be a live performance by Salman Ahmad and Junoon and a performance by
the legendary reggae band, The Wailers.

Confirmed speakers and entertainers include: Denis Hayes, Honorary Chair of Earth Day
Network, Maya Lin who is releasing her multi-media work on extinction called “What is
Missing?”; Gail Cunningham, Keep America Beautiful (KAB); Caressa Cameron, Miss
America; Matt McKenna; KAB president/CEO and Barry Caldwell, KAB chairman; Lisa
Young, Dept. of Interior – President’s Volunteer Service Award (PVSA); Mandy Gonzalez,
Elphaba from Wicked; Aisha Tyler – actress/comedienne ; J. Xavier – singer/performance
“Green Starts Here”; Dan Reicher – Google; Blue Man Group + PSA; The Honorable Mayor
Bloomberg ; Vice President Al Gore (video message) ; The Wailers; The cast from the
Broadway show Hair; Yoland Trevino, Global Council Chair of the United Religions
Initiative; Wangari Maathai (video message) and a special performance by Salman Ahmad
and Junoon, who have reunited to perform for the 40th anniversary of Earth Day.

Earth Day New York will also host a number of informational booths on Broadway between 42nd and 43rd Streets. President and Executive Director of Earth Day New York, Pamela Lippe has invited attendees of the event to visit the Toshiba booth to record their own TwitVid “E” message live from Times Square and to visit the other environmental organizations and companies that will be exhibiting