{"id":827,"date":"2011-04-14T14:00:32","date_gmt":"2011-04-14T19:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kuulstuff.com\/blog\/?p=827"},"modified":"2011-04-14T14:03:59","modified_gmt":"2011-04-14T19:03:59","slug":"quad-cities-earth-week-fair-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kuulstuff.com\/blog\/quad-cities-earth-week-fair-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Quad Cities Earth Week Fair &#8211; 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The QCCA Expo Center will be hosting the Earth Week Fair this Saturday from 10 am to 4 pm. The event is free for all visitors. The first two hundred visitors receive free goodies apart from special exhibits from all the local authorities. It is a good\u00a0opportunity\u00a0to learn about conserving the natural resources and waste reduction.<\/p>\n<p>The <a title=\"Earth Fair\" href=\"http:\/\/www.qcearthweek.org\/AllNews.aspx?ID=61&amp;View=Home\" target=\"_blank\">Quad Cities Earth Week Fair<\/a> will be held at the QCCA Expo Center this Saturday. To increase the awareness among the local residents, this event has several hands-on activities for children and interesting presentations for adults. The presentations will be about natural beauty products, edible plants, \u00a0and raising environmentally friendly pets.<\/p>\n<p>In our daily lives, we can make small changes to make earth more green and eliminate hazardous materials that damage the environment. The different local institutions have set up booth activities such as:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Recycling<\/li>\n<li>Environmental landscaping<\/li>\n<li>Leaving no trace<\/li>\n<li>Water quality<\/li>\n<li>Reusable products<\/li>\n<li>Sculptures from junk<\/li>\n<li>Earth friendly practices<\/li>\n<li>Reusing<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>All the local authorities will display the green practices followed by them and some booths will have free arts and crafts for children. If you are a earth friendly and a nature loving person, do visit the fair. In contrast, if you are not earth-friendly person, do visit the fair to realize the small steps we can take to make earth a better place for our future generations. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>You can reach the <a title=\"Expo Center\" href=\"http:\/\/www.qccaexpocenter.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">QCCA Expo Center<\/a> at 2621 4th Avenue Rock Island IL. 309 788 5912<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The QCCA Expo Center will be hosting the Earth Week Fair this Saturday from 10 am to 4 pm. The event is free for all visitors. The first two hundred visitors receive free goodies apart from special exhibits from all the local authorities. It is a good opportunity to learn about conserving the natural resources and waste reduction.<a href=\"http:\/\/kuulstuff.com\/blog\/quad-cities-earth-week-fair-2011\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Quad Cities Earth Week Fair &#8211; 2011<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[689,690,78],"class_list":["post-827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daytoday","tag-earth-week-fair","tag-qcca-expo-center","tag-quad-cities"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4AvRz-dl","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1510,"url":"http:\/\/kuulstuff.com\/blog\/have-you-booked-your-solar-eclipse-viewing-party-yet\/","url_meta":{"origin":827,"position":0},"title":"Have You Booked Your Solar Eclipse Viewing Party Yet&#8230;","author":"KP","date":"August 12, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Its not too late to reserve a solar eclipse viewing party near you. 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