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Celebrating Earth Day

  • The Newtown Theatre 120 North State Street Newtown, PA 18940 (map)

An Evening of Education and Inspiration

In celebration of Earth Day, the historic Newtown Theatre is partnering with local environmental groups to present a special movie screening and panel discussion on Saturday, April 22 at 7 PM.

The night will begin with a screening of several short environmental documentaries, including “Wild in the Garden State,” which follows a New Jersey couple who turned their suburban lawn into a beautiful ecological garden.

Panelists

Following the short documentaries, a panel of experts will discuss the following topics:

  • Becoming a Greener Consumer

  • Greening Your Food Dollars

  • Re-wilding Your Backyard

  • Shifting to Renewable Energy

The panel will be moderated by WHYY’s Marty Moss-Coane, and attendees will walk away with changes they can make in their own lives to improve the health of the world around us – in our homes, our towns, and the planet.

Panelists will include:

  • Phil Coleman, president of aFewSteps.org, a non-profit dedicated to reducing the energy costs and carbon footprint of the communities of the Wallingford-Swarthmore School District

  • Faran Savitz from PennEnvironment, a policy and action group with a mission of building a greener, healthier world

  • Alisa Shargorodsky, founder and CEO of ECHO Systems, a circular model for reuse in grocery, restaurant, and event spaces

  • Mary Anne Borge, a naturalist and instructor at Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve, a Pennsylvania master naturalist, and editor of Butterfly Gardener 

  • Robin Hoy, founder and a director of the Bucks County Foodshed Alliance, founder of the Wrightstown Farmers Market, and co-chair of the Wrightstown Township Environmental Advisory Council

Event Partners

Newtown Township, Newtown Borough and Wrightstown Township Environmental Advisory Councils; the Bucks County Audubon Society at Honey Hollow; Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve; Bucks County Foodshed Alliance; Wrightstown Farmers Market; Bucks County Ready for 100; The Heritage Conservancy; and PennEnvironment

Online tickets are $15 per person or $10 for members of the theatre or any of the partner organizations listed above. Any remaining tickets will be sold for $25 at the door on the night of the event (if available).

DETAILS

  • Doors open at 6 PM and the first film starts at 7 PM.

  • All tickets are general admission.

  • Please bring your tickets! Electronic or hard copy is fine. We recommend printing them out (or saving them to your phone) as soon as soon as you buy them.

  • Members of the Newtown Theatre or any event partners: please be prepared to present your membership card at the door along with your tickets.

  • Need help finding your tickets? First, check your junk or spam folder in your inbox. If you don't see your tickets there, try to retrieve them here. If you have tried both of these things and you still don't see your tickets, please contact us for help.

  • All ticket sales are final. Refunds/exchanges will not be offered for any reason. If you can't attend, you're welcome to give your tickets to someone else. The name on the ticket does not have to match the person using it.