Celebrating Mother Earth and the Island's Environment
Martha’s Vineyard Museum hosted its first Earth Day Conservation Festival.
Martha’s Vineyard Museum hosted its first Earth Day Conservation Festival.
Wampanoag Black Brook Singers Durwood (Woody) Vanderhoop and James Moreis drum.
Wampanoag Black Brook Singers Durwood (Woody) Vanderhoop and James Moreis drum.
Black Brook Singers perform Stomp Dance with crowd to celebrate nature and earth.
Black Brook Singers perform Stomp Dance with crowd to celebrate nature and earth.
Phoebe Walsh and Meg Higgins with the Martha’s Vineyard Fisherman’s Preservation Trust.
Phoebe Walsh and Meg Higgins with the Martha’s Vineyard Fisherman’s Preservation Trust.
Luanne Johnson of Biodiversity Works was inspired to create first earth day festival.
Luanne Johnson of Biodiversity Works was inspired to create first earth day festival.
Display by Felix Neck with a barn owl and osprey wings and local butterflies.
Display by Felix Neck with a barn owl and osprey wings and local butterflies.
Rick Karney and Mass Audubon's Sydney Pigott with a box turtle.
Rick Karney and Mass Audubon's Sydney Pigott with a box turtle.
Nat Benjamin chatted with Great Pond Foundation's David Bouck.
Nat Benjamin chatted with Great Pond Foundation's David Bouck.
Rock painting for the kids.
Rock painting for the kids.
Lydia Silvia with her daughter Louise Silvia have fun playing in the dirt.
Lydia Silvia with her daughter Louise Silvia have fun playing in the dirt.
Haoa Vanderhoop enjoying the museum’s celebrations.
Haoa Vanderhoop enjoying the museum’s celebrations.
heo Armstrong with the zinnia (a pollinator flower) he planted.
heo Armstrong with the zinnia (a pollinator flower) he planted.
Signe Benjamin and Samantha Look represented Vineyard Conservation Society.
Signe Benjamin and Samantha Look represented Vineyard Conservation Society.
Roberta Kirn of BeWellSing leads the celebratory singing groups.
Roberta Kirn of BeWellSing leads the celebratory singing groups.
Theo Armstrong learns about scallops.
Theo Armstrong learns about scallops.
Periwinkle fun.
Periwinkle fun.
On Saturday the Martha’s Vineyard Museum hosted its first Earth Day Conservation Festival, a four-hour celebration of the Island’s natural environment.