Earth Day Pensacola 2005



The ABC's of Ecology
Dog Park Area

Bob & Jo Hyer
850-377-6796
The Hyers have been teaching environmental education to children since 1992, using coloring books, games, puzzles, posters and displays. Kids and their parents will love to visit this booth, as the Hyers provide a wealth of information to inspire the next generation. They will be handing out free coloring books!


The Anchorage Institute for Inner Studies (AIIS)& The Pranic Healing Center
Booth 55

2803 E. Cervantes St.
Pensacola, FL 32503
850-433-2782
aiisphc@aol.com
We offer free meditation and healing nights for the community, as well as study groups, guest speakers and Pranic Healing certification classes.


ACLU, Florida Panhandle
Booth 29

P.O. Box 12723
Pensacola, FL 32591-2723
www.aclufl.org
Their booth will offer information about the ACLU Panhandle Chapter and the work they are doing in northwest Florida. The ACLU is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization. They are neither liberal nor conservative, Republican nor Democrat. Their mission is keeping the promise of the Constitution and Bill of Rights alive for everyone and they are dedicated to protecting Civil Liberties and constitutional rights for everyone.





American Chemical Society
Booth 51

Alan F. Nitzman
850-982-9653
alannitzman@cox.net
www.uwf.edu/acs/pnsacs
Display of information and providing handouts



Bay Area Safe Air Coalition (sharing a booth with CATE)
Booth 10b

P.O. Box 10576
Pensacola, FL 32524
sfmADA@aol.com
BASAC is a coalition of local governmental groups whose goal is to improve air quality through the use of educational grassroots activities and advocacy tools.


Big Green Drum
Booth 72

2447 Executive Plaza #5
Pensacola, FL 32504
850-479-1907
www.aikidowestflorida.com
Non-profit student-run martial arts school. The group will be performing on stage and on the grounds throughout the day.


Blaze Sports
Booth 32

850-426-2557
sdennison@ci.pensacola.fl.us
Display board, video and flyers



Campfire USA
Meeting Room

info@cfgulfwind.org
Youth Development


Center for Pranic Healing and Wellness
Booth 63 & 64


206-B Center Street
Gulf Breeze, FL 32561
Vickie F 850-380-5660
Connie W. 850-380-0561
flpranichealing@aol.com
pranichealingandwellness.com
Non-profit Center for meditation and Pranic healing.


Citizens Against Toxic Exposure, Inc (with Bay Area Safe Air Coalition)
Booth 10a

6400 Mariana Drive
Pensacola, FL 32504
850-478-5794/850-478-5799
Community-based environmental justice organization.



Courtney Osborne Children's Face Painting
Booth 76

P.O. Box 13463
Pensacola, FL 32591-3463
850-501-0934
Kiki and Coco will be doing children’s face painting.


The Echo Center
Booth 40

850-380-7362
epenniman@escambia.k12.fl.us
The Echo Center specializes in Florida native plants, wildlife plants and herbs. Promoting landscapes that are diverse, drought tolerant, pesticide free, wildlife friendly, and edible.


East Hill Chiropractic Center Inc.
Booth 21

2045 N 12th Ave
Pensacola, FL 32503
shawnaspeed@hotmail.com
East Hill Chiropractic is a full service chiropractic office with care available for the whole family. We offer various forms of massage therapy and natural childbirth instruction. We will be offering free posture analysis, chair massage and childrens face painting.


Eco-Quest
Booth 2

www.ecoquestintl.com/mikesez
Eco-quest is a healthy living technology company offering a pollution free way to do laundry. Using no soap, bleach, or hot water helps our water systems and eliminates detergent bottles in land fills, and saves electricity.


Escambia County Democratic Party
Booths 79 & 80

850-475-7022
www.pensacolademocrats.com
Democratic Party representation


Escambia County Department of Public Safety
Booth 114

www. escambia-emergency.com/Emergency_Medical
The Escambia County Dept. Of Public Safety is offering free child passenger safety car seat inspections by a certified Child Passenger Safety Team, who will also train parents and caregivers how to properly install and set up their own specific car seats in their own vehicles.




Escambia County Department of Solid Waste Management, Recycling
Booth 1

13009 Beulah Rd.
Cantonment, FL 32533
850-937-2144/850-937-2153 (fax)
www.escambiarecycles.com
Escambia County Recycling Operations



Escambia County Green Party
Booth 60

Johnny Ardis, Secretary
850-474-1495
escambiagreens@cox.net
escambiagreens.org
Political party based on the values of Ecology, Social Justice, Democracy, and Non-Violence


Escambia County Master Gardeners & Florida Yard Advisors
Booth 69

3740 Stefani Road
Cantonment, FL 32533
850-475-5230
escambia.ifas.ufl.edu
Providing research-based horticulture information to homeowners and youth, the Escambia Master Gardeners represent University of Florida as volunteers.


Escambia County Neighborhood & Environmental Services Department (NESD)
Booths 52 through 54

1190 West Leonard St.
Pensacola, FL 32501
850-595-3496/850-595-3495(fax)
Pensacola, FL 32501
They will have the 6 divisions displaying information. Environmental Quality; Marine Resources; Community Redevelopment Agency; Neighborhood Enterprise Foundation; Mosquito Control; Soil and Water Conservation. (see Kid's Page for a listing of their displays) Lots of Hands-On for the kids!


ESP Natural Gas
Booth 15

850-473-6931
ESP Natural Gas
espnaturalgas.com
Natural Gas Utility Company


Exit Realty
Booth 3

Exit Realty NFI
www.floridaexit.com
Full service Real Estate company serving Milton, Pace, Pensacola, Gulf Breeze and Navarre.


Florida Chapter of the One Corps
Booth 70

http://blog.johnedwards.com/onecorps
Pensacola Chapter of One Corps is a volunteer organization committed to stopping global warming through political action. One corps was founded by Senator John Edwards in 2004 at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. They will hand out free bumper stickers and pamphlets. They will also have voter registration forms available.


Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Booths 100 & 101

160 Governmental Center
Pensacola, FL 32502
850-595-8300 ext. 1180 /850-595-8417 - fax
http://www.dep.state.fl.us/northwest/
Ecosystem Restoration Section and Hybrid Vehicles


Florida Department of Financial Services
Booth 44

610 E Burgess Street
Pensacola, FL 32504
http://www.fldfs.com/
Insurance and financial regulations/Consumer outreach



Florida Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice
Booth 82

PO Box 9483
Pensacola, FL 32513
850-475-4175
revcflorida@yahoo.com
Reproductive rights Advocacy and services to women 501(c)(3)


Florida Trail Association - Western Gate Chapter
Booth 66

westgate.floridatrail.org
www.florida-trail.org
The Western Gate Chapter and the Choctawhatchee Chapter, are the most northwestern chapters in the Florida Trail Association. Their mission is to develop, maintain, promote, and protect a continuous public hiking trail the length of the state of Florida, called the Florida National Scenic Trail, and other loop and side trails, together called the Florida Trail System; and to educate the public by teaching appreciation for and conservation of the natural beauty of Florida; and to provide opportunities to hike and camp.

They draw their members from Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, and Walton Counties. They are dedicated to hiking, camping and the enjoyment of the outdoors. They also build and maintain trails in the 4 county region. Completed trails are the Jackson Red Ground trail in Blackwater State Forest and the Gulf Islands National Seashore section of the Florida Nation Scenic Trail. One part of the Western Gate's trails extends through the Blackwater State Forest northward to the Alabama line. At present, both chapters are building sections of the Florida National Scenic Trail through Eglin Air Force Base. "It is our dream that one day there will be a continuous footpath from the Everglades of Florida to Mount Katadin in Maine. The trails the chapters are building today are part of that dream."

The Western Gate Chapter of the Florida Trail Association, Inc. meets at the First Christian Church located at the intersection of Goodrich and Langley between Davis Hwy. and Ninth Avenue the third Thursday of each month at 7:00 PM. Refreshments are served at 6:30 PM.


F.M. Weston Audubon Society
Booth 45
FMWAudubon.org
The mission of the Francis M Weston Audobon Society, a 501(c)(3) organization, is to conserve and restore our natural ecosystems focusing on birds and other wildlife and their habitat.

They will be providing information on bird and other wildlife preservation plus habitat conservation and restoration.



Friends of Perdido Bay
Booth 71

10738 Lillian Hwy
Pensacola, FL 32506
850-453-5488
www.friendsofperdidobay.com
A grassroots environmental organization to protect Perdido Bay and watershed through testing, education and legal action. There will be a display of problems and solutions for Perdido Bay. Their overriding purpose is to educate people about the environmental issues on Perdido Bay.


Funktional Furniture
across from Booth 77

5060 Bayou Blvd
Pensacola, FL 32505
funktionalfurniture.com
Demo only, outdoor building material from recycled automobiles


Funky Monkey Faux Design, Inc
Booth 48

funkymonkeyfsux@bellsouth.net
JaDecor Display samples and information as well as other decorative texture samples that are water based and environmentally friendly.


Greyhound Pets of America/ Emerald Coast
Booth 34

P.O. Box 30426
Pensacola, FL 32503-1426
850-986-2010
lorolovesgreys@cox.net
www.gpaec.com
Greyhound pet adoption available during the day. Greyhounds placed though GPA are usually between 2 and 5 years old. They stand between 24 and 31 inches tall at the shoulder and weigh between 50 and 90 pounds, females generally being smaller than males. Greyhounds come in a variety of colors including black, red, blue, fawn, or a combination of these colors, various shades of brindle and all of those colors broken with white.

Greyhound Pets of America, a racing neutral organization was founded in 1987 for the purpose of finding good pet homes for ex-racing Greyhounds. GPA-EC, A recognized chapter of Greyhound Pets of America, is a volunteer, not-for-profit corporation organized to educate the public of the value of retired greyhounds as pets and receive and process greyhounds for adoption.



Gulf Islands National Seashore
Booth 47


850-934-0116/850-934-2629
Mike_Aymond@nps.gov
www.nps.gov/guis
Gulf Islands National Seashore is a National Park that stretches from Pensacola, FL to Gulfport, MS. It consists of six offshore barrier islands that provide outstanding cultural, natural, and recreational opportunities within its130,000 acres. It is YOUR park, set aside for future generations. Get outside and enjoy!


The Labyrinth
Northeast of Center

The Labyrinth is provided by Celestial Inspirations

40 foot by 40 foot area - a complex system of paths, set up to walk through and meditate upon - Here are some examples of labyrinths:


La Leche League of Pensacola
Booth 9
850-505-0361
www.lalecheleague.org
A nonprofit mom-to-mom breastfeeding support group.

The Light Spiritual Education Center
Booth 43

http://forthelight.com
At this booth you will find an assortment of mind, body and spirit items for sale including wind chimes, sun catchers, candles, music, books and other merchandise to help bring people closer to the Earth. The Center holds various workshops, classes and seminars (check their website for current schedules). Visit our booth and pick up a current issue of The Light, a monthly inspirational free publication promoting healthy lifestyles.


Manna Family Farms
Booth 78

manna@mannafoodpantries.org
Manna Family Farms establishes community gardens through out the community to provide fresh, locally grown produce to poor and low income citizens.


Natural Awakenings Healthy Living Magazine
Booth 16

P.O. Box 191421
Mobile, AL 36619
251-661-8142
mobilepublisher@naturalawakeningsmag.com
www.NaturalAwakeningsMag.com
Look for the Earth Day Pensacola ad in the April issue.     “awakening one community at a time ...naturally”

As one of the largest natural living magazines in the United States, Natural Awakenings has become an indispensable personal resource for people seeking a healthy, natural lifestyle. "Our rapidly growing family of 35 independently owned magazines bring positive solutions to life’s challenges to more than a million readers each month."


The Nature Conservancy
Booth 28

4025 Hwy 178
Jay, FL 32565
850-675-5758 / 850-675-5759 fax
www.nature.org
The mission of The Nature Conservancy is to preserve the plants, animals and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive.


Palestine Solidarity Network
Booth 59

850-437-1323
flpalsolidarity@riseup.net
www.flpalsolidarity.com
"We will be providing information about Palestinian culture and society, including traditional embroidery and crafts. We carry fair trade items handmade by refugee women working to support themselves and their families."




Pensacola Dog Owners' Association
Booth 33

2000 East Lloyd Street
Pensacola, FL 32503
850-432-8323
pensacoladogowners.org
www.pensacoladogowners.org
A passion for pets, care for the community and the imagination of a few like-minded dog owners have joined together to create a new non-profit group in Pensacola; the Pensacola Dog Owner’s Association. As an organized group, founders hope to enhance the health, welfare, and educational opportunities for companion animals and their owners. The Association supports responsibility and safety and plans to aid local recreational agencies to create better dog programs for the community.

Pensacola Sound Chorus
Booth 22

pensacolasoundchorus.com
Recycling/ fundraising project. Collection items like inkjet and laser cartridges, sell phones, laptops, videogames, etc.


Population Connection
Booth 90

850-432-5209/850-456-5680
Population Connection is a non-profit, non-partisan, 501(c)(3) Education/Advocacy organization.


Primerica Financial Services
Booth 67

850-932-6377
maniacpns@yahoo.com
Financial services, offering free financial analysis/planning. "We are a financial services firm that seeks to educate the public on financial service matters. "


Pyramid, Inc.
Booth 4

7309 W. Pensacola Hwy 98
Pensacola, FL 32505
850-453-3341
scarter@pyramidinc.org
www.pyramidinc.org
Welcome to the wonderful world of Pyramid. Our private non-profit company serves more than 500 people with developmental disabilities, who represent a wide range of abilities. Pyramid’s six Florida centers strive to provide safe, respectful and stimulating environments and the tools each individual can use to become full participants in the life of their communities.

The visual and performing arts, coupled with life, social and vocational skills training, and community inclusion activities represent Pyramid’s core programs. They will have art and craft work created by Pyramid students for sale. The students are commissioned for any art that sells. They will also have gardening baskets available for purchase.


Resport Mountain Properties
Booth 30

850-982-5098
The Mountin resort Properties, is dedicated to meeting the incredible demand of people like you searching to fulfill your dream of a beautiful mountain getaway and a sound financial opportunity.


Save Darfur
Booth 61

They will be displaying/passing out flyers and information on the current crisis in Darfur, Sudan. We will also be selling Save Darfur merchandise.


Seastars Aquatic, Inc.
Booth 75

5425 Hibiscus Rd.
Pensacola, FL 32504
850-418-0644
chaz@seastarsaquatics.org
www.seastarsaquatics.org
To promote and foster the success and growth of children who are economically, physically, and mentally challenged by providing individualized attention as a part of a structured competitive swim team program. To improve the quality of life for challenged children by developing successful student-athlete skills. These skills help aid their pursuit of higher education and achievement of life goals.



Shockley Springs Nursery
Booth "S" - By The Main Parking Lot

Mark S. Davis
7097 Old River Rd
Baker, FL 32531
850-902-0160
shockme7097@yahoo.com
Native tree nursery.



Sierra Club - NW Florida Group
Booth 68

PO Box 15545
Panama City, FL 32406
www.florida.sierraclub.org/northwest
Environmental conservation and preservation


Sherry Starling
Booth 31

Indoor air purifiers and informational literature


Students for a Free Tibet / Tibetan Fairhope Society
Booth 58

850-292-7245
klaravrbova@yahoo.com
"We raise awareness about the Tibetan issue, work with the Tibetan Lamas and a local Tibetan Monk to introduce the Tibetan culture. We sponsor Tibetan refugees in India and involve the local community in our events and our efforts."


Sustainable West Florida
Booth 41

larryswf@yahoo.com
Promote sustainable living through discussion courses, affiliate of Northwest Earth Institute


United Cerebral Palsy
Booths 19 & 20

850-432-1930
www.ucpnefl.org
UCP of NW Florida, Inc., is a Developmental Disability Service Provider, serving individuals with cerebral palsy and other developmental disabilities in a ten-county area in NW Florida. "We will be giving away vouchers for free trees thanks to a grant from The Home Depot Foundation. Pick up your voucher at our booth and then pick up your tree from Booth 40, The Echo Center."


Unitarian Universalist Church of Pensacola
Booth 83

850-475-9077
988 Pensacola Blvd
Pensacola, FL 32534
uupensacola.org


WFREC Milton, University of Florida
Booth 62


latwood@ufl.edu
http://www.miltongators.com
They will have information on WFREC's research at the Milton campus. Some topics include dune restoration and environmental horticulture. Hands-on activities will be incorporated into the booth and plants and UF paraphernalia will be distributedl.


Wildlife Sanctuary of Northwest Florida, Inc.
Booth 46

14970 Innerarity Point Road
Pensacola, FL 32507
850-433-9453/850-438-6168 - fax
wildlife105@juno.com

http://members.aol.com/wildlifenwfl/visitus.htm
Wildlife hospital and sanctuary for injured and orphaned animals.


Young Democrats of Northwest Florida
Booth 77

 

PO Box 1437
Gulf Breeze, FL 32562
850-291-8979
Young Democrats of NW Florida offers people between the ages of 16 and 39 the chance to have their voices and concerns heard by local, state and national leaders. Come by and visit. Voter registration forms will be available.



 

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