Preliminary 2005 Tour Schedule
May Day NYC
May 4th NYC Harlem River event w/ brook park 10 am - 1pm
mid May NYC Green Circus benefit
End of May NYC Kick off summer celebration w/ brook park
June 1-5 San Francisco for environmental conference
June 18-21 Philadelphia - BioDemocracy 2005 - Reclaim the commons www.biodev.org
July 1st-7th Virginia - national rainbow gathering
mid July "de-bunking the myth of clean coal" appalachia ( lexington, georgia, TN, N. carolina )
www.mountainjusticesummer.org
Aug 27&28th W Mass Global Alliance on the Mohawk Trail
< Burning Man >
Sept 17&18th Upstate New York, World Unity Festival
THE TOUR
The Green Circus will PROVIDE AN EXAMPLE of alternative energy. We will travel
around the country on a tour bus – The Green Machine- running on biodiesel
as well as grease from restaurants. The Green Machine will travel all over
the United States to various biodiesel co-ops, biodiesel plants, music festivals,
eco-festivals, alternative energy conferences, and state fairs. The bus will
serve as a mobile advertising billboard displaying the ecological and economic
impact of our fuel as well as displaying sponsors’ logos. There will
be cross promotion of the Green Circus and sponsors/funders through our website
www.greencircus.org which is also displayed on the bus.
THE CLEANEST SHOW ON EARTH!
This free show is performed in a magical, multi-sensory circus tent which offers
the audience a glimpse into a world that is ecologically sustainable. Through
multimedia, audience interaction, acrobatics, trapeze, and live music, the
circus, which is for audiences of all ages, will illustrate easy, simple
solutions to creating cleaner air, water, and land. After the performance,
there will be an engaging and fun demonstration that explains how our biodiesel
engine works and how you can convert your engine from using fossil fuel to
biodiesel. This show and class will be performed at various times of the
day/evening. The audiences at the festivals will be made aware of the times
by small parades of The Green Circus characters announcing who we are and
when the show times are.
GREEN CIRCUS WORKSHOPS
The Green Circus also provides yoga, dance, clowning, and theatre workshops
for children and adults throughout the day/weekend of the festival/fair/conference.
We will also have a booth providing information on other related organizations
to contact. An educational comic book/information packet will be distributed.
EDUCATIONAL DOCUMENTARY
During the tour there will also be a filming of a documentary interviewing
farmers, children and people of all ages about their concerns/opinions relating
to alternative energy. It will provide educational information about how the
bus is running on biodiesel and documenting visits to the various biodiesel
plants/co-ops across the country. This video also will be a “making of” of
the entire process and marketed and distributed nationwide to universities,
film festivals and other venues.
GREENSPHERE, INC –FISCAL AGENT
Website: www.greensphere.org Email: info@greensphere.org
Green Sphere Inc. is a 501(c)(3), community based organization (CBO),
organized to assist organizations and individuals with education on
ecological issues through cultural events, the media, and grass roots
hands on projects.
Green Sphere was founded in 1987 as a means by which individuals could
become directly involved, making their views known about a variety of
environmental issues ranging from such issues as sources of renewable
energy and population concerns, to food irradiation and stricter
pollution laws. It was determined that the best method by which to accomplish
this was through the proactive use of the media as an educational tool.
Green Sphere has co-produced the award-winning documentaries: "Nukes
In Space: The Weaponization and Nuclearization of the Heavens," "Three
Mile Island Revisited," and "Star Wars Returns."
These documentaries and EnviroVideo's 30 minute TV interview series, Enviro
Close-Up with Karl Grossman, are now seen on Free Speech TV ( www.freespeech.org
). FSTV brings the best of progressive TV to 25 million U.S. homes - airing
24 hours a day on Dish Network (channel 9415) and part-time on 140 community
access cable stations in 30 states. For a schedule and description of individual
episodes of the Enviro Close-Up with Karl Grossman series go to www.envirovideo.com
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Rana Lee Araneta – Executive Director
Rana Lee Araneta is a New York City performance artist and children’s
circus arts/yoga teacher.
You can contact her at 212.252.4733 or email: tofuhoneypie@yahoo.com