Marching for Mother Earth and an ‘Eco City’
BY BOB KRASNER
This is how the East Village
throws a parade: colorful and
loud, with heart and a sense of
purpose.
In fact, Saturday’s “Ecological City:
Procession for Climate Solutions,”
organized by the nonprofi t organization
Earth Celebrations, was all of that
and more.
Beginning at the Sixth Street Community
Center, the creatively costumed
group made their way to the beat of
drums to 21 different community gardens
and landmarks. They stopped at
each one for a short performance, all
with the common themes of our climate
change and sustainability.
Dancers from the Artichoke Dance
Company, covered in plastic bags, entertained
the crowd at El Sol Brillante
garden, on E. 12th St.
Elsewhere, poems were read, children
sang and performers rolled in the
dirt. The battle between Mother Earth
and the Evil Pirates was enacted on E.
Ninth St.
The six-hour extravaganza ended at
East River Park, where the city’s reconstruction
plan to safeguard against
fl ooding is vigorously opposed.
PHOTO BY BOB KRASNER
This costume was definitely causing some buzz.
PHOTO BY BOB KRASNER
Bazile Deenks blew the shell to start the parade.
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The marchers opposed the city’s plan to bury East River Park under
nearly a dozen feet of dirt to raise it and protect it from flooding.
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