Wear Green at the 2018 Mercer County Green Fest

Wear Green at the 2018 Mercer County Green Fest

Don’t miss the Mercer County Green Fest, our local area green fair promoting green living for Mercer County families, on Saturday, March 17th from 11 -4 at Rider University Student Recreation Center. We’re working hard to ensure that this year’s event will be bigger and better than ever. The event will feature live entertainment, local sustainable businesses, sustainable community groups, a farmer’s market, local live entertainment, local fresh food at our lunch café, demonstrations, and speakers throughout the day. There will be fun for the whole family!

More than 70 eco-friendly business and organizations will be offering information and incentives to help you to go green and save money. Visitors can learn about a wide variety of sustainability issues and exciting community projects such as bike trails, food waste recycling programs. energy efficiency, electric cars, health, exercise & wellness, and science fair projects from area schools.

There’s plenty for the kids to do too with lots of entertainment for a fun Saturday afternoon.

A farmers market will feature local farms and local artisan food producers. A lunch celebrating locally sourced and seasonal ingredients with be available for purchase.

The Mercer Green Fest is organized by Mercer County Sustainability Coalition(MCSC), a partnership of green teams from Lawrence Twp. Environment and Green Advisory Committee, East Windsor Twp., Ewing Green Team, Hopewell Valley Green Team, Sustainable Lawrence, Sustainable Princeton, Trenton Green Team, West Windsor Township, Mercer County Office of Economic Development and Sustainability and Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association.

Bring your whole family, meet your neighbors, enjoy the afternoon and learn how Mercer County area residents and business are building sustainable communities. We look forward to seeing you there!

About the author

Teresita Bastides-Heron author

Teresita is the Vice President of Sustainable Lawrence, Lawrenceville, NJ nonprofit sustainability working in making Lawrence a sustainable town. SL has hosted a series of programs and evens to educate the community on sustainability. SL have had series of Community events like how to make a rain garden and the benefit of it, Rain garden workshop, community gardens, green fairs, SL in collaboration with the Lawrence Nature Center had celebrate Earth Day and is working with Public Works on the Organic waste recycle. Teresita is the President of the Greater Eldridge Park Neighborhood Association, a nonprofit which promote & preserve business growth & Community life in our neighborhood by enhancing its Diversity, Sustainability, Vitality, Beauty, History and Economic development.