You’re Invited to the Bioneers Free Family Fair October 22 & 23!
Bioneers is bringing back their popular Family Fair on Saturday, October 22 and Sunday, October 23, 2016 at the Marin County Fairgrounds in San Rafael. This unique learning-and-play program is free for families with kids 12 and under. Come learn from some of the country’s top nature-inspired education masters and have fun exploring a wide array of experiential education activities.
Attendance to the Family Fair is free for families, or check out the Bioneers Conference with a Tandem Ticket, allowing the kids to do kid things while two adults trade off experiencing the conference and hanging with kids at Family Fair.
This year's Family Fair offers a wide variety of experiential activities:
- Guided nature walks exploring ways to mimic nature’s perfect order and raise ecological awareness with the Coastal Redwood Biomimicry Network and Vida Verde.
- Hands-on education activities including a touch tank with tide pool animals like sea stars, sea cucumbers, hermit crabs and whelk snails hosted by Aquarium of the Bay.
- Learn about animal tracks and make your own animal track molds with Vilda Nature.
- Learn about the flora and fauna and unique ecosystem of China Camp State Park with Bethanie Gilbert.
- Create endangered species art with Phoebe Ackely of WEAD (Women Eco Artists Dialog).
- Have fun and increase your water literacy with the creations of Christina Bertea including riding the “Bucketing Bronco.”
- Make otter art and learn about The River Otter Project.
- Work with a hands on glacier model that shows the challenges and design opportunities of melting ice, created by Lauren Elder.
- See live owls from the Hungry Owl Project.
- Have your face painted by “honeybee” Nutmeg Baker.
- Examine species of taxidermy birds and learn how their beaks are adapted to what they eat, with Sachiko Erin Matsumoto and Cindy Hsu.
- Meet WildCare’s rescued wild animals and learn more about these remarkable critters.
The Bioneers Family Fair is free and open to the public. You can also purchase a Tandem Ticket shared by 2 adults and attend the Bioneers conference while the kids and one adult attend the Family Fair. The Bioneers Conference is a family friendly event. Family Fair activities are free to the public, but do not include access to other regular conference keynotes, panels and workshops.
For more information visit conference.bioneers.org/family-fair.
