Discovery Green Conservancy, in partnership with Citizens’ Environmental Coalition is proud to announce this year’s Green Mountain Energy Earth Day featuring Houston Public Works’ Water Works Festival is all about art! Just as anyone can be an artist, anyone can be an activist. At Green Mountain Energy Earth Day, you can be both!

Expect family-friendly performances, live music, art installations, face painting, crafts and activities. Educational talks, panel discussions, spoken word performances and more will be provided. And, of course, there will be plenty of time to enjoy the water features at Discovery Green.  

Performances and activities include:

• Scrapdaddy Circus by Houston based artist Mark Bradford - A display of six of one-of-a-kind artcars and 25 interactive solar and wind power sculptures. These mobile, kinetic sculptures called “smile machines,” are constructed from found and salvaged objects. Presented in partnership with Houston First.
• Donkeeboy and Donkeemom live "paint off"
• Bayou at y.our doorstep by University of Houston-Downtown graphic design students and Professor, Natacha Poggio
• Envisioning Water: UHD creative writing students bring to life poems penned by creative writing students centered on the themes of water and environmental concerns.
• Chalk artists will create masterpieces around the park
• Calmecac Indigenous Arts Dancers
• Lee's Golden Dragon 
• Recycled Music by Jukebox Trainwreck
• Short films 
• Electric Car Petting Zoo by Houston Electric Vehicle Association
• More than 60 exhibitors including Green Mountain Energy, Wildlife Habitat Federation, Leadership Houston, Electrochemical Safety Research Institute, Bayou Preservation Association, Green Education Foundation, Whole Earth Offsets, Houston Humane Society Wildlife Center - TWRC

Green Mountain Energy Earth Day features Houston Public Works’ Water Works Festival. The event is produced by Discovery Green Conservancy in partnership with Citizens' Environmental Coalition.

Green Mountain Energy Earth Day is energetically pursuing a zero-waste event. Zero-waste means all trash* must be diverted from the landfill. This year we’re making it easy for ALL visitors to Be a Zero Hero.

For more info, visit DiscoveryGreen.com