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Oakville Beaver, 4 Apr 2014, p. 10

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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Friday, April 4, 2014 | 10 Popular Eco Festival returns Saturday to Glen Abbey continued from p.1 "The Halton Eco Festival raises greater awareness about the importance of the natural environment and we have put together another really interesting line up of features and activities that families will want to see." The fair features educational booths and speakers, a kids eco-fun zone, and an eco café, among others. Highlights include: · the Association for Canadian Educational Resources educating the public on how communities can take ecological action in response to climate change · Bumble Bee Gardens, which specializes in native plants and ecological gardening while taking inspiration from the natural landscapes of woodlands, meadows, prairies and wetlands · Eco-gardener Sean James will make a presentation on the eco festival stage on how to properly maintain the branches of your trees · Oakville Hydro will show festival-goers its variety of conservation programs and initiatives for home and work · the Oakville Sustainable Food Partnership will promote its local sustainable food systems and talk about its Growing and Sharing Food in Halton program The Halton Eco Festival raises greater awareness about the importance of the natural environment and we have put together another really interesting lineup of features and activities that families will want to see. Oakville Centre for Peace, Ecology and Human Rights Stephen Dankowich At the 2013 edition of the annual Halton Eco Fest, Logan Urquhart, models his new blue box. The fair will once again be held at the Glen Abbey Community Centre, tomorrow (Saturday, April 5). The centre is located on Third Line just south of Upper Middle Road. | Oakville Beaver file photo There will also be free parking, blue and orange boxes (one per family) and door prizes. The day is sponsored by Conservation Halton, the Town of Oakville's Environmental Policy Department, Halton Region's Public Works Department, Burlington Reuse Centre, Physicians for Global Survival, Niagara Escarpment Views and the Halton Peel BioDiversity Network. For more information, contact OCCPEHR by phone at 905-849-5501, email at info@ oakvillepeacecentre.org or by mail to OCCPEHR, P .O. Box 52007, Oakville, ON, L6J 7N5, or visit www.oakvillepeacecentre. org/haltonecofest. HERITAGE Lifestyle Home Furnishings Since 1977 Down Sectional $2699 4205 Fairview Street, Burlington 905-634-5298 · heritagefurniture.ca Welcome to different

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