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Entrance to Earth Day on the Bay is FREE!
There is a charge for our 2-hour boat trips. Registrations are now OPEN, and will sell out.
Please click HERE to reserve your spot today.

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Schedule of Events for
Earth Day on the Bay 2008!

April 19th @ MSI

 

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On the Land side:

 

 

Mud!!

Join us at the Dock and dig into the Benthic Zone!

9am, 1:15pm


 Plankton T.V.

Catch and watch your much loved plankton on our giant 10’ screen in the Marine Science Center!

9am

 

San Francisco Ocean Film Festival
  

Oil Spill in San Francisco Bay 2007 Documentary

10:00am; 3:00pm

 

 

 

Touch Tank

It’s hands-on time with intertidal animals with all of your favorites! You can find us at the Aquarium.

10:15am; 1:45pm

 

 

 

  Earthcapades Environmental Vaudeville

Learn about Protecting the Environment with dazzling juggling, unicycling & more!

11:00am; 2:30pm

 

 


Shark Feeding

See our beautiful Leopard Sharks at the Aquarium

11:00am

 

MSI Awards Presentation

Celebrate the winners of our annual Translating the Tides poetry contest and Brownlee Awards! @ Main Stage

11:30pm

 


Music by the
 
12 pm

 

 

Al Gore's "The Climate Project"

The Climate Project's mission is to increase public awareness of the climate crisis at a grassroots level in the United States and abroad. By April 2007, a diverse group of 1,000 volunteers from throughout the U.S. had been trained by Al Gore himself to present a version of the slideshow featured in the Academy Award-winning film An Inconvenient Truth. Arm yourself with the latest facts at this incredible presentation!

1:15pm

 

Hawaiian Hula Dance!

Kilohana's friends Keolalaulani O Lapa O Laka is a young professional hula troupe. Main Stage.
Not to be missed!

2:15pm

 


Fish Seine

Do you want to catch some amazing sea swimmers?
Then you need to come and meet us at the Beach to catch some fish!

4 pm

AND on the water…..

 

Robert G. Brownlee Discovery Voyages

  See the Bay, catch fish, touch the mud, and play with plankton! More about our boat here.


  Reserve your spot ahead of time to ensure space aboard our exciting and educational two-hour trips on the Bay you’ll be sure to remember!

$20 / adult
$15 / child (under 12)

(Reserve your spots today!)

8am, 10am, 1pm, 3pm

 

Canoe Voyages

Help restore Bair Island, the largest undeveloped island in South San Francisco Bay! (pre-registration required)

9:30am until 3pm

 

 


Kilohana Outrigger Canoe Demonstrations

1pm

 

 


Other Scheduled Events for
Earth Day on the Bay!

 Earth Day Environmental Info Fair

Featuring tables from the following organizations:

Aquarium of the Bay; Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies; the Marine Mammal Center; NOAA Coast Survey (with their survey vessel!); San Francisco Ocean Film Festival; Al Gore's Climate Project; San Mateo Recycling; California Coastal Commission; Lyngso; Cargill; Save the Bay; Farallones National Marine Sanctuary Association, and more!

 

 


Lunch

(provided by Café N.S.)

11:00am-2:00pm

 


Ocean Crafts

Come and let your imagination run wild while you do crafts in the Annex!

All day

 

 


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Thanks to our generous sponsors of Earth Day on the Bay 2008!
Please give them a visit!

our returning Title Sponsors:

additional sponsorship provided by:
 
 

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This is the only day of the year that the Marine Science Institute opens it's doors to the public.

You can help make it a success by spreading the word!

Download our event poster by clicking HERE and pass it along to your friends.

 

 

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