SAVE THE DATE
Green Mountain Energy Earth Day at Discovery Green
Our Power, Our Planet ™
Saturday, April 19, 2025
12 – 5 pm
FREE!
12 pm: Danza Azteca – Blessing Ceremony
12:15 pm: President Kathryn Lott and Proclamation Presentation
1 pm: Squonk Performance
1:30 pm: Interactive Workshop with Squonk
2 pm: Green Mountain Energy Sun Club Recipients speak about their green initiatives
- Recipe for Success
- Silambam Houston
- Willow Waterhole
- Alzheimer’s Association
- Houston Furniture Bank
- Finca Tres Robles / Small Places
4 pm: Squonk Performance
4:30 pm: Interactive Workshop with Squonk
The 2025 Green Mountain Energy Earth Day at Discovery Green is all about renewable energy and its power to change the planet for the better. Visitors are invited to learn more about solar, wind, water and other forms of renewable energy with all the fun interactive art and activities Houston has come to expect from Discovery Green. Watch artists create live murals, enjoy musical performances, crafts for the whole family, exhibitors, food and more. Green Mountain Energy Earth Day is presented by Discovery Green in partnership with Houston Public Works Waterworks Festival. Community partners include Citizens’ Environmental Coalition and University of Houston, Downtown.
Together we have the power to save our planet. Find your place in the Earth Day community at Discovery Green. It’s free to attend and all are welcome.
Programming highlights:
Squonk’s Brouhaha in partnership with Houston First
This year people bring the performance power when Discovery Green presents an immersive outdoor spectacle bursting with rollicking music, dazzling imagery and the thrill of audience participation: Squonk’s Brouhaha.
More than just a concert, these musicians bring to the center of their riotous romp a “Squonkcordion” – an enormous musical instrument the audience gets to play. Squonk creates joyful, boisterous outdoor spectacles by fusing fantastical visual design, playful staging, and high-energy original music. Led by Co-Artistic Directors Jackie Dempsey and Steve O’Hearn. The New York Times called Squonk “ingenious, hallucinatory and hypnotic.”
Squonk’s Brouhaha performance coincides with Green Mountain Energy Earth Day and the First Robotics Competition held that weekend at the George R. Brown. Get inspired by the collaboration when the music, art and performance of Discovery Green combine with the youthful curiosity of teens at First Robotics.
Houston Public Works’ Water Works Festival
Each year, Houston Public Works hosts the Water Works Festival to engage and educate the public about the value of water. Emphasis is on topics such as water conservation, the water cycle, local water systems, native plants, green infrastructure, water quality and ecology. Additionally, attendees can learn about the City’s water supply, water purification plants, wastewater treatment systems, conservation efforts, drought plan, stormwater projects and more. Join us to explore Houston’s commitment to a better tomorrow.
“What if…? A Glossary of Renewable Energy” University of Houston – Downtown
Graphic Design students at the University of Houston-Downtown, led by Professor Natacha Poggio, MFA, illustrate concepts that promote renewable energy and its power to change the planet for the better. Their exhibition, “What If…? A Glossary of Renewable Energy,” suggests that the power and ability to protect and care for planet Earth lies within humanity itself, emphasizing the collective responsibility we have to protect our environment and ensure its well-being for future generations.
This will be a zero-waste event.
Please plan on bringing your own refillable water bottles and utensils.
Exhibitors will be asked to ensure waste is minimized by only providing reusable or compostable items
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Green Mountain Energy
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KIDS ZONE: SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH CREATIVITY
The Kid Zone program for Green Mountain Energy Earth Day brings together music, poetry, arts, and crafts to celebrate Earth and sustainability. Children will discover sustainability and environment concepts through art, music and creative hands-on workshops guided by “Pilas and Pendlum.”
Pilas is a community-based organization that connects people through themes of sustainability, entrepreneurship, creativity, and innovation. Pendlum Productions brings music, poetry, and art together to inspire curiosity and educate. The program will be enriched by performances from Squonk and Mr. Pete’s Playhouse.
KIDS ZONE PROGRAM SCHEDULE
12 -12:30 pm Pilas and Pendlum: Sustainable Sound-Makers
Children will create and decorate their own DIY instruments using recycled/recyclable materials
12:45-1:15 pm Musical Jam & Poetry by Mr. Pendlum
Children use their DIY instruments to jam and play-along to music and Mr. Pendlum presents from his musical and illustrated poetry book Mr. Pendlum’s Compendium—The Illustrated Multiverse!
1:30 – 2 pm SQUONK’S BROUHAHA
Their outdoor spectacles fuses fantastical visual design, playful staging, and high-energy original music. Children will get to jam along with their DIY instruments.
2:10 – 2:40 pm Mr. Pete’s Playhouse
Mr. Pete takes children of all ages on a fun learning adventure with songs, movement, readings, arts, crafts and so much more!
2:45 – 3:30 pm Pilas and Pendlum: Create Your Biome and Character
Choose a “biome” (lush rainforest, icy tundra, dry desert) and create your own creatures using colors and craft materials on paper.
3:30 – 4 pm Mr. Pete’s Playhouse
4 – 4:30 pm SQUONK’S BROUHAHA
