South Coast Earth Day Festival 2010
Earth Day Celebrates its 40th Birthday!
Saturday April 17 and Sunday April 18
Alameda Park, Santa Barbara (see map below)
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We have a special connection to Earth Day here in Santa Barbara.
Find out more here. |
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How to Come Car FreeTake the bus: MTD buses and shuttles stop near the Festival location at Alameda Park, and buses from all over the South Coast, including UCSB, Goleta and Carpinteria, stop at the MTD transit center, only five blocks away. See www.sbmtd.gov or call 963-3366 (answered by MTD staff weekdays 6am-7pm, Saturdays 8am-6pm or Sundays 9am-6pm) for routes and schedules. Walk: Earth Day’s location makes it easy to get to without a car. Alameda Park is only a 30 or 40 minute walk from the Mesa, Upper State Street, or Milpas Street, and can be easily reached from lower downtown and the harbor either entirely on foot or with help from the MTD Downtown/Waterfront shuttle. So lace up your walking shoes and get some exercise while you make this a car-free day! Bike: Bike to the Festival and in addition to qualifying for a car free prize, you can also win one of 40 prizes from Bici Centro! View the online bike maps at www.trafficsolutions.info to plan your route. You’ll find free valet bike parking at the corner of Santa Barbara and Micheltorena Streets, and you can get a free bike checkup from local bike mechanics (including the Santa Barbara Middle School Bike Monkeys!) and the Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition. Bici Centro is also leading the Bike Train, a safe and comfortable paced group ride bike ride to Earth Day with stops in Carpinteria/Summerland, Montecito, Goleta, UCSB, and the Mesa - see details at CycleMaynia. |
Ride anywhere on an MTD bus or shuttle for FREE to the Earth Day Festival – and anywhere else you’d like to go – before noon on Saturday, April 17th and Sunday, April 18th. Cars are a major source of smog pollution and greenhouses gases contributing to global climate change. Take a vacation from your car and do your part for the planet on Earth Day! This cooperative initiative is supported by the City of Santa Barbara, MTD, Santa Barbara Car Free, the Air Pollution Control District, the Community Environmental Council, the Santa Barbara Conference & Visitors Bureau, and the County of Santa Barbara.
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Other ways to come to Earth Day Car Free: Check out www.trafficsolutions.info for online bike maps, and a full menu of car free options! |
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The South Coast Earth Day Festival is
presented by the Community Environmental Council. We think of Santa Barbara as the birthplace of Earth Day. See the Earth Day website for more info, and to find out about all the events planned for the months before and the Festival Day! |
Green Shorts Video Contest
This new contest is open to residents of Santa Barbara, Ventura and San Luis Obispo counties. Videos under two minutes on the South Coast Earth Day Festival theme, "Bringing it Home" will be aired online in the weeks leading up to Earth Day and at Earth Day. For all the info, see this page on the Festival website.And check out the Green Shorts vimeo site too!
Want to Find a Carpool to Earth Day?
Want to find out if your friends and neighbors are carpooling to the Festival? Check out the Zimride Earth Day carpool page. Zimride is a Facebook application so it makes it easy to post rides, view potential rides, and no registration with Facebook connect!
Note: The Come to Earth Day Car Free and Win prizes above don't apply to carpools, but there are still lots of prizes to win at Earth Day - and carpooling is a great way to make new friends!
Coming from Out of Town?
Register on this page to receive info on the Santa Barbara Car Free 20% Offer on Amtrak, and see this page for information on Car Free promotions, including hotel and activity discounts and specials.
- Take the Coastal Express to Earth Day: This charter-style public bus service from Ventura to Santa Barbara costs only $2 each way and makes stops at the County Government Center, Pacific View Mall, downtown Ventura, and Eugenia Street in Carpinteria. See their weekend schedule at the Go Ventura web site.
- Take Amtrak to Earth Day: Call 1-800-USA-RAIL or visit Amtrak.com for reservations and schedules.
Let Earth Day be the beginning...
Use Earth Day to discover your closest MTD stop, nearest bike path, or easiest walking route, and plan to make green transportation choices part of your regular routine - including your daily commute.
Check out www.trafficsolutions.info to start planning! Also see Your CAR-bon Footprint.




Come to Earth Day
car free and stop by the Santa Barbara Car Free/Air
Pollution Control District
booth and enter to win prizes, including pairs of tickets on the Amtrak Pacific Surfliner
The Grand Prize
will be round-trip tickets for two including roomette accommodations
from Santa Barbara to Portland or Seattle on the Amtrak
Coast Starlight®. Along the route, you’ll enjoy a gorgeous
backdrop of dramatic, snow-covered peaks, lush forests,
broad valley and miles of stunning vistas. The Dining Car
offers fresh cuisine served on china with glassware and
table linens, and the Parlour Car offers wifi. See more about
the Coast Starlight on



