Baltimore: The Urban Forest Project at ECOFEST Druid Hill K-12 banners and Labrynth
Location: Druid Hill Park by the Reservoir
Date: Saturday, April 26th (raindate – Sunday April 27th)
Time: 11am – 5pm
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Celebrate Sustainable Living with Food, Music, Information and Fun for the Family and Everyone!
Baltimore Green Week kicks off with an EcoFestival, April 26th, 2008, as a celebration of our regional environment. Attendees will find fun family events and resources that promote sustainable living. Held in Druid Hill Park, near the Woodberry light rail stop, bus lines and Jones Falls trail, the EcoFestival will include workshops, demonstrations, vendors with sustainable products, healthy food, music and art.
Most of all, serve as Baltimore’s Premier Green Event –fun and educational!
Stop by Tilt Studio Foundation’s Booth and learn more about the Urban Forest Project and take the Create Change Challenge.
Please join us on Wednesday, April 2 from 7p to 10p at AVAM’s Sculpture Barn. Tickets are $45 online in advance and $55 at the door – all proceeds benefit TreeBaltimore. The theme is “Plant our City Green!” This party will elegantly celebrate the sustainable life – nature and people alike. Enjoy live music, scrumptious appetizers, delicious drinks and an eco-inspired silent auction. Guests will be able to bid on green lifestyle products and experiences that nurture our bodies and minds, like renewing spa moments and amazing restaurant meals. In addition, guests are automatically entered in a raffle that evening, and we will announce one Grand Prize winner (concept and contents still being developed)! We have several speakers scheduled: Senator Cardin, Mark Randall (Urban Forest Project founder) and city representatives (TBD).
We sat down with Jenn Tucker to talk about her banner and her recent assimilation to the Baltimore community. Click to check out her company, Cafeteria.
Thanks to everyone who participated in this week long blog blast! We at Tilt really enjoyed learning more about just a few of the designers and artists who participated! So remember, the exhibition opens April 11, 2008 and runs until June 27. The banners will be up throughout the city, and maps will be available at several locations throughout the city for you to follow!
And now for the prize winners!
Garrett Ohm: UFP Promo-Tshirt
Holly K: A custom painted tile by Jessica Pegorsch
Marybeth Morgan: Full set of banner buttons
Chad Miller: 3 tons of Carbon Offset certificates
Congratulations everyone! Don’t miss our Plant our City Green party on April 2nd. You will be able to register online soon enough. Its going to be a great event and will hopefully raise a lot of money for TreeBaltimore, our beneficiary. For more info on the event, see our Events page.
Danny here! Greetings from the snowy slopes in Whitetail resort in PA. We here at Tilt are on retreat for the next few days and hitting the trails together. Fortunately, I can post blogs on the fly!
We sat down with Fastspot to talk about their totally unique online design application encouraging community involvement in Baltimore: The Urban Forest Project.
Designed by from top to bottom, left to right:
DDG Green
Holly Barnard
Jamie Barnett
Greg Bennett
Kim Bentley
Anne Ditmeyer
Kristian Bjornard
Alison Mcelheny
Alyssa Recht
Whitney Sherman
Thanks to all the designers and artists who created these banners! You will be able to see the entire exhibition starting at the end of March. If you would like to pre-order one or more of these banners as a bag, t-shirt, or poster please visit our Shop page
And don’t forget to comment to be eligible for today’s prize which is a full set of UFP banner buttons!
We sat down with Felice of the American Visionary Art Museum to talk about her banner and get an insight on art in the community. Check out her banner revealed here for the first time! Her banner is entitled “Save Me”
Want to know more about the American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore: The Urban Forest Project and our beneficiary TreeBaltimore come to the Plant Our City Green party on April 2nd at the American Visionary Art Museum. Tickets are $45 online and $55 at the door. All proceeds benefit TreeBaltimore. Check back soon to RSVP! Interested now? Let us know!
Remember you must comment to be eligible for today’s prize! Prize winners will be announced on Friday!
Today’s Prize: Full set of UFP banner buttons!
And don’t forget, later today we will be revealing 10 never before seen banners here on the blog! This is your chance to pre-order the banner of your choice! To pre-order a banner as a bag, a poster, or a t-shirt, visit our Shope Page
We sat down with Lindsey Muir, a graduate design student at MICA, to talk about her banner, revealed here for the first time! Let us know what you think! If you’d like to buy preorder this banner as a bag, a poster, or a t-shirt, visit the shop page!
Check out “PLEASE” by Lindsey Muir
Let us know what you think! Those who comment are eligible for today’s prize!
Today’s Prize Custom painted Tiles by Jess Pegorsch. Take a peek!
What’s your favorite place in Baltimore? Know a place full of trees? Know a place that needs a tree? Send us your photographs, along with its location and we will load it onto our map as we recieve it!
Since Baltimore: The Urban Forest Project’s ultimate goal is to increase the tree canopy in Baltimore city through its collaboration with TreeBaltimore we want you Baltimore residents to show you where we need trees the most in the city!
Its your chance to show Baltimore a little love and help make her a little more green. So send your photos to us and take part in this collaborative mapping of where Baltimore needs the most.
We sat down with Aaron Moore, principal and creative director of Orange Element to talk about the Baltimore based Design Firm’s banner. We took a few minutes to ask him about design, the community, and the future of Baltimore, and for the first time ever, we’ve revealed the banner here! You can see Orange Element’s banner up starting April 11, 2008 and you can pre-order this banner as a bag, a poster, or a t-shirt!
Hi all! Danny here. I can’t believe that the kick-off for Baltimore: The Urban Forest Project is only a month away! It seems like yesterday, when really we started planning for this project this past summer. Along the way we’ve met some great people who are truely committed to creating change. I’d like to piggy-back on Rachael and Jess’ sentiments, and say a huge thank you to everyone who has participated thus far. We really couldn’t have done it without you!
So why are you here reading this? Well, for one week only its all about the blog, the designers, and you! Over this next week we will have daily give-aways to commenting users. T-shirts, buttons, posters, and hand-painted tiles will be among the prizes! One never before seen banners will be revealed per day as well as a special 5 minute interviews with just a few of the participating designers.
That means, comment away! Let us know what you think about this effort. Check the list below to see all the upcoming interviews this week.
