St. Louis Earth Day 2012 Festival
Date: 4/22/2012 Album ID: 1456093
Photos by by J.B. Forbes
Earth Day in Forest Park started with rain, but then became dry and cool for festival visitors. The festival was held all around the Muny Opera. It showcased local programs, organizations and businesses that made a commitment to honor the Earth. The St. Louis Earth Day festival is one of the largest in the country.
Jenny Murphy, 24, from Perennial, a non-profit organization that transforms trash into treasure, gets something to eat in the rain while she waits for a tent to arrive to protect her display of furniture salvaged from discarded material Sunday, April 22, 2012, during the St. Louis Earth Day 2012 Festival in Forest Park.

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Pooki Lee, from St. Louis, gives a free hug to Bob Jordan Sunday, April 22, 2012, during the St. Louis Earth Day 2012 Festival in Forest Park. Lee said she was giving free hugs because we need to connect more and come into a beautiful harmony with one another.

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Doug Foehner plays a homemade musical instrument for the crowd Sunday, April 22, 2012, during the St. Louis Earth Day 2012 Festival in Forest Park. He was taking part in the Green Strum Project that used various discarded parts to make musical instruments.

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Allie Gordon, Abby Simons and Emily Woodruff practice doing yoga Sunday, April 22, 2012, during the St. Louis Earth Day 2012 Festival in Forest Park. They were going to be part of a demonstration of yoga, but they couldn't locate the instructors, so they practiced on their own.

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Vicky Patterson, from St. Peters, performs American Tribal style belly dancing with the group Tandava Tribal Sunday, April 22, 2012, during the St. Louis Earth Day 2012 Festival in Forest Park.

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A group of musicians stroll through the festival grounds Sunday, April 22, 2012, during the St. Louis Earth Day 2012 Festival in Forest Park.

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A goose chases a duck away from festival goers Sunday, April 22, 2012, during the St. Louis Earth Day 2012 Festival in Forest Park next to the Muny Opera.

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Danny Row, from St. Louis, kisses his daughter Ali, nine months, Sunday, April 22, 2012, during the St. Louis Earth Day 2012 Festival in Forest Park.

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A dirty, smoky exhaust from a generator fills the air Sunday, April 22, 2012, during the St. Louis Earth Day 2012 Festival in Forest Park. Eventually, the generator was replaced with a cleaner-running model.

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Frederick Moss, from San Diego, fills an order of barbeque Sunday, April 22, 2012, during the St. Louis Earth Day 2012 Festival in Forest Park. Moss runs Moss St. Louis Style BBQ and Grills.

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Faye Folkie, left, lets her granddaughter Autumn Rozier, 3, play with her smart phone
Sunday, April 22, 2012, during the St. Louis Earth Day 2012 Festival in Forest Park. They were waiting to do a storytelling performance.

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Several electric cars were on display
Sunday, April 22, 2012, during the St. Louis Earth Day 2012 Festival in Forest Park. Visitors look at a 1971 VW superbeetle that runs only on electricity.

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Chuck Justus grabs some lunch next to his solar power supply that was running several of the booths Sunday, April 22, 2012, at the St. Louis Earth Day 2012 Festival in Forest Park. Justus runs Second Sun Power Systems for use at fairs and festivals.

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Paul Vandivort, from St. Louis, paraded in his homemade Barak Obama costume
Sunday, April 22, 2012, during the St. Louis Earth Day 2012 Festival in Forest Park.

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Asparagus was on sale at the Sappington Farmers Market Sunday, April 22, 2012, during the St. Louis Earth Day 2012 Festival in Forest Park.

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Rainee Arnold, 10, left, helps Trenten Alexander, 3, with an environmental demonstration Sunday, April 22, 2012, during the St. Louis Earth Day 2012 Festival in Forest Park. Alexander was with his parents Jason and Hillary Alexander, from Troy, Mo. The demonstration sponsored by the Deer Creek Watershed Alliance showed how native grasses were better for the environment.

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