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WHAT: Earth Day New York 2014

WHEN: April 22, 2014 all day

WHERE: Union Square in NYC

I’m excited to present the heeltote.com experience at Earth Day New York 2014.  On this 44th annual celebration of Earth Day, this is the second year that Earth Day New York hosted festivities, activities, and exhibits in Union Square.  The free event was held from 11 am – 7 pm. 

Mayor Bill De Blasio announced revisions to PlaNYC as he spoke about his plans with the City Council to update the City's air pollution control code to keep NYC at the forefront of sustainable and responsible environmental practices.  

Want less litter on the streets?  Just start a recycle rewards program.  Anyone looking over towards the north plaza of Union Square could not have missed the huge recycle bin balloon announcing “The Great Recycle,” a project by Honest tea, an exhibitor at the event.  Heeltote.com was happy to learn that trees.org was participating in The Great Recycle Duane Reade Reward Store and that was a motivating factor for heeltote.com to get more actively involved promoting environmental awareness and action at the event.  We enjoyed the chats with attendees.

Heeltote.com was the one and only TREES volunteer that showed up that day to offer our services in Union Square.  The TREES message is “Choose to plant trees.org” as planting trees helps people out of poverty.  Trees for the Future has planted 100 million trees worldwide so far and is celebrating its 25th Anniversary.

Heeltote.com stopped by to help spread the word to passers by but ended up getting down and dirty afterward.  After volunteering I marched on in the rain for miles in search of recyclables.  For blocks and blocks there was barely a bottle or can in sight.  Every bottle or can brought in counted towards the rewarding experience.  Visit the Botanic 'Heeltote Gallery' for more reasons to Go Green.

Although I expected Earth Day to be informational and entertaining it was an interactive event for heeltote.com.

“Nary a bottle | or can in sight hidden on | the wet streets tonight.” 

Throughout the day visitors brought in bottles and cans for points to redeem for a variety of items, from buttons to backpacks, at the Honest tea booth.  Empty bottles and cans qualified for 1 point each towards rewards, and 5 points could plant a tree.    

With my fondness for trees, of course heeltote.com chose to plant a tree.  See how many points heeltote.com redeemed here.
 
Earth Day is a worldwide event celebrated on April 22 in support of environmental protection and it is a part of Earth Week which focuses on environmental issues.  Working on the images below so this sentence will be removed shortly.
 

Earth Day New York 2014 Mayor Bill De Blasio speaks

Earth Day New York 2014 Honest tea booth and "The Great Recycle" project balloon

Earth Day New York 2014 TREES promotes awareness and action amongst students

Earth Day New York 2014 Honest tea interviewed by the media

Earth Day New York 2014 TREES meets Sharon and spreads the TREES message

Earth Day New York 2014 Student brings in bottles and cans

Earth Day New York 2014 Visitor poses for photo promoting TREES

Earth Day New York 2014 Heeltote.com collects bottles and cans worth 48 points in The Great Recycle Duane Reade Reward Store

Heeltote Haikus: Nary a Bottle

Walking around the nearby blocks you could see the environmental impact “The Great Recycle” project had with nary a bottle or can left on the street and this has inspired the Nary a Bottle 'Heeltote Haikus'.  Did you know that the squirrel curls its tail above its head when it starts to rain?

Nary a bottle | or can in sight hidden on | the wet streets tonight

Nary a bottle   or can in sight hidden on the wet streets tonight

Send us your photos participating in 2014 Earth Day New York, so we can add a few of our favorites below. 

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Happy 25 Years Trees For the Future!  On Earth Day 2014 heeltote.com had plenty of fun working alongside a very special TREES representative.  THank you.

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