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Woody, Bob Weir, Michael Franti at Earth Day SF A21
Woody Harrelson, Bob Weir, Michael Franti and Randy Hayes gather with Clean Cars, Clowns, and Puppets to celebrate Earth Day - Precita Park (1 block South of Cesar Chavez bet Folsom and Alabama) - Sun Apr 21 Noon to 5pm - music, speakers, demos and fundraising for Votehemp and its efforts to oppose the DEA ban on hemp foods and oils and to decriminalize industrial hemp for farmers.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: David Frankel (415-707-2109)
April 17, 2002
Woody Harrelson, Bob Weir, Michael Franti, Clean Cars, Puppets and Clowns Gather for Earth Day Celebration in SF’s Precita Park (Folsom/Cesar Chavez) – Sunday April 21st Noon to 5pm
SAN FRANCISCO – Environmental activist and actor Woody Harrelson will have his biodiesel and solar powered tourbus, The Mothership, at San Francisco’s Precita Park, Earth Day Celebration, Sunday April 21, 2002, Noon to 5pm. The event is free to the public. Other environmental vehicles will include electrics and hybrids from Honda and Toyota as well as biodiesel vehicles converted to run on waste fryer oil.
Music will include Bob Weir, Fantuzzi, Hamsa Lila and an acoustic set by Michael Franti and members of Spearhead plus possible Special Guests. Loco Bloco (sponsored by Julia Butterfly and the Circle of Life Foundation), the Big Tadoo Puppet Crew and the Mystic Family Circus will also perform.
Woody Harrelson, Bob Weir and Randy Hayes, President of Rainforest Action Network and SF Environmental Commissioner, will be speaking about urban sustainability and environmental issues.
Environmental exhibits will include a hemp information wall, home solar displays and a non-toxic household products display.
Proceeds of donations and raffles at the event will benefit Votehemp.com’s efforts to stop the DEA ban on hempseed foods and to lobby for the reintroduction of industrial hemp as an agricultural crop for U.S. farmers.. The HIA and Votehemp recently scored a victory when the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily blocked illegal rules issued by the DEA that would have banned hemp food and oil products containing miniscule trace amounts of naturally occurring THC. The court order will remain in effect until the case, HIA v. DEA, is decided later this year. The hemp food case will be argued in San Francisco at the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday, April 8, 2002 – for details see http://www.votehemp.com.
Precita Park is on Precita Ave., one block South of Cesar Chavez between Folsom and Alabama. Contact David Frankel, 415-707-2109, http://www.earthdaysfbay.org, info [at] earthdaysfbay.org, for more information.
April 17, 2002
Woody Harrelson, Bob Weir, Michael Franti, Clean Cars, Puppets and Clowns Gather for Earth Day Celebration in SF’s Precita Park (Folsom/Cesar Chavez) – Sunday April 21st Noon to 5pm
SAN FRANCISCO – Environmental activist and actor Woody Harrelson will have his biodiesel and solar powered tourbus, The Mothership, at San Francisco’s Precita Park, Earth Day Celebration, Sunday April 21, 2002, Noon to 5pm. The event is free to the public. Other environmental vehicles will include electrics and hybrids from Honda and Toyota as well as biodiesel vehicles converted to run on waste fryer oil.
Music will include Bob Weir, Fantuzzi, Hamsa Lila and an acoustic set by Michael Franti and members of Spearhead plus possible Special Guests. Loco Bloco (sponsored by Julia Butterfly and the Circle of Life Foundation), the Big Tadoo Puppet Crew and the Mystic Family Circus will also perform.
Woody Harrelson, Bob Weir and Randy Hayes, President of Rainforest Action Network and SF Environmental Commissioner, will be speaking about urban sustainability and environmental issues.
Environmental exhibits will include a hemp information wall, home solar displays and a non-toxic household products display.
Proceeds of donations and raffles at the event will benefit Votehemp.com’s efforts to stop the DEA ban on hempseed foods and to lobby for the reintroduction of industrial hemp as an agricultural crop for U.S. farmers.. The HIA and Votehemp recently scored a victory when the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily blocked illegal rules issued by the DEA that would have banned hemp food and oil products containing miniscule trace amounts of naturally occurring THC. The court order will remain in effect until the case, HIA v. DEA, is decided later this year. The hemp food case will be argued in San Francisco at the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday, April 8, 2002 – for details see http://www.votehemp.com.
Precita Park is on Precita Ave., one block South of Cesar Chavez between Folsom and Alabama. Contact David Frankel, 415-707-2109, http://www.earthdaysfbay.org, info [at] earthdaysfbay.org, for more information.
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=v= I bring this up every year, to no avail, but it would also be nice if directions to the event were provided for something other than cars.
(1) Bikers who can't make it to the Critical Mass ride should know that Harrison and Cesar Chavez, just one block away from the park, is also the intersection of city bike routes 33 and 60 -- there's a map of the bike routes in the yellow pages and a better map available in bike stores or from the SFBC's website:
http://www.sfbike.org/biking_resources/maps/map.pdf/
(2) The park is a few blocks away from the 24th Street BART station and on the MUNI 27 and 67 bus lines. Getting there from Caltrain is a hassle. You can use this site to work out an all-transit or intermodal journey:
http://www.transitinfo.org/
<_Jym_>
For transit,
I love it when the press release for an "Earth Day" event proudly announces the various totalitarian institutions involved and the products they’ll have on display.
It gives me such a special feeling inside to be reminded that such events have, all too often, become little more than corporate marketing and greenwash.
“Oh boy, they built X00,000 hybrid coffins on wheels!”
Gee… those nice folks at Honda and Toyota must really be caring and concerned about the global ecosystem.
And yet, even the U.S. Dept of Justice disagrees…
The Department of Justice, on behalf of the [EPA], today [7/12/99] sued Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., Inc. [for installing] …illegal emission control monitoring systems…
[which] …permit increased emissions of hydrocarbon vapors from the fuel systems…
"Companies that take short cuts with their vehicle pollution control systems short-change the consumer and our environment. We will hold them accountable."
[The lawsuit] …involves 2.2 million Toyota Camrys, Avalons, Corollas, Tercels, Paseos; Lexus cars; Sienna minivans; 4Runner and RAV4 sport utility vehicles; and Tacoma and T100 trucks.
[It is] one in a series of… enforcement actions that the government has initiated against auto manufacturers for violations of the Clean Air Act. However, Toyota is the first such manufacturer that has refused to settle with the United States. In October 1998, the Justice Department and EPA announced that seven manufacturers of heavy duty diesel engines would spend nearly $1 billion to settle charges that they installed illegal software that disables affected engines' emission control systems. And in June 1998, the government settled with American Honda Motor Co. and Ford Motor Company for installing illegal emission control devices…
For a company that really wants to “help” the environment, they certainly haven’t discontinued, nor even slowed their production of pointless, triple-sized yuppie Land Rovers and FourRunners.
Maybe General Electric could set up a booth to tell us all about some new “energy efficient” lightbulb…
Hungry? Head over to the Burger King booth and buy one of their new genetically-modified veggie burgers.
Thirsty? Come on over and buy a cup of water at the Bechtel booth.
<_Jym_>
From: Mark Mellin
Like you, I was a little surprised that the directions link on this site were geared only for those driving to the event. Here's my take on arriving via public transit:
Muni from Downtown SF: Ride either the 12 Folsom or the 27 Bryant outbound. Ring the bell before you reach either Chavez and Folsom (12) or Chavez and Harrison (27). Walk south one block until you reach the park.
BART: Precita Park is a 15 minute walk from 24th Street BART. Also, the 67 bus heading eastbound from 24th and Mission will take you right to Folsom and Precita.
Caltrain: Ride the 47 bus from Fourth and Townsend to Bryant Street, exiting somewhere before Ninth. Transfer to either the 12 or 27 bus, whichever comes first. Taxi cabs are also plentiful these days at Caltrain's SF terminal, the queue is on Townsend Street. Tell the driver to use 280 to Chavez west, then take the protected left on Bryant to Precita. The park is two blocks away. Fare is usually under $9 before tip.
=v= There was still a problem with people coming by motor vehicle. One woman parked a massive SUV right on the sidewalk, in the way of anyone who'd like to actually walk to the event, and batted her eyes at the Parking Control Officer so he wouldn't give her a ticket -- and it worked! Just think, people can't walk around in their own neighborhoods thanks to Earth Day.
=v= But aside from this problem, which has been going on for years, this was a really good Earth Day event.
<_Jym_>