2018 Earth Day Recap

Earth Day Bay County

Our 2018 event took place
Saturday, April 21, 2018
10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
McKenzie Park
Downtown Panama City, Florida

Our Thanks

Thank you to all the citizens and participants who joined together to celebrate the 48th year of Earth Day and the 14th Annual Earth Day Bay County. We held the BEST event in the 14 years I’ve been helping to keep this event alive and yesterday April 21st it thrived. We who joined together truly appreciate this beautiful bayside and Gulf side area we call Home and sharing it with others is truly the best part of the entire event. Thank you to our sponsors BEST, Inc., The Jelks Foundation, and all of you who helped make the event so special by giving of your time and talents.

Blessed Be. Namaste. Thank You.

2018 Event Photos

2018 Participants

  • BEST, Friends of St. Andrew Bay
  • Green Party of Bay County
  • Friends of St. Andrews State Park
  • Bay County Audubon
  • Bay County Conservancy, Inc.
  • Bay County Democratic Executive Committee
  • Florida Trail Association
  • Emerald Coast Pagan Community
  • Way Center, LLC
  • Unity Spiritual Center Of Panama City
  • Florida Native Plant Society, Sweetbay Chapter
  • Zika International, Arlene Cook
  • Debra Kivett Designs, Enamels & Recycled Art
  • Recycled & Repurposed Furniture by Steven Walters
  • Handmade & Recycled Crafts by Barbara Hayes
  • Florida Forest Service
  • St. Andrew Bay Watch
  • Bay Indivisible
  • Democratic Women’s Club Of Bay County
  • Bay County Public Library: Outreach Program
  • Katharine Orr Photography & Art
  • Publix Greenwise
  • Pathdrummer, Handmade Frame Drums
  • Unreal Artist Gallery & Facepainting by Paulette
  • Indigo Earth Spa
  • Young Democrats Of Bay County
  • C.A.I.R. Of Florida
  • Cindy’s Handmade Jewelry
  • Florida DEP
  • Amavida Coffe
  • Wild Cat Education Center
  • Stamping Up/Sunshine Organics
  • Panama City Doulas, LLC
  • Learning Lifeline, Inc.
  • Simona’s Journey Cancer Foundation
  • Bay County Master Gardeners
  • Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Of Bay County
  • Pyramid, Inc.
  • Rebekah’s Basket, Handcrafted Soaps & Crafts
  • Caribbean Cuizine
  • PC Growing Strong
  • FINNS
  • WKGC 90.7 Radio from Gulf Coast State College
  • Bay County Recycling Program (container for recycling on site)
  • Buddy Nachtsheim & Buddy’s Bee Farm (local & tupelo honey)
  • Knitter Inc. Wildlife Sanctuary
  • Vision Quest (Jewelry & Artwork)
  • Robert Wall Recycled Steel Sculptures


2018 Entertainment

  • 9am Jamie Flynn (gongs/bowls)
  • 10:00 Wes Swenson Drum Circle
  • 10:45 Paul McAuliffe (flute)
  • 11:15 Gypsy Parvana Belly Dance Troupe
  • 12:00 Bonita Underground
  • 1 – 1:45 Lucky Mud
  • 1:50 – 2:25 Sarah Watts & Tura (STD’s)
  • 2:30 – 4:00 Roberts Hall Revue: Andre Childers, Sarah Lotring & Paula Kay

Watch NOVA’s Earth From Space Special

“Earth From Space” is a groundbreaking two-hour special that reveals a spectacular new space-based vision of our planet. Produced in extensive consultation with NASA scientists, NOVA takes data from earth-observing satellites and transforms it into dazzling visual sequences, each one exposing the intricate and surprising web of forces that sustains life on earth.

Or watch this video on the official NOVA website

Bay County, FL, Recycling Information

Recycling helps protect many natural resources. Recycling fibrous materials (e.g. newspaper, cardboard, office paper) saves millions of trees. Making new aluminum cans from old cans uses 95% less energy than making new cans from virgin ore. Recycled plastic material can often be used in place of virgin wood. Recycling used motor oil prevents pollution to our waterways and stormwater systems.

Find out what materials are recyclable, where you can take them in Bay County, guidelines for correct recycling practices, and more when you…

Download the Bay County FL Recycling Guide

2017 Earth Day Recap

Our 2017 event was held
Saturday, April 22, 2017
10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
McKenzie Park [map & directions]
Downtown Panama City, Florida
Our thanks to everyone who helped make the 2017 event a success!

Watch a Video Walkthrough of the 2017 Event

2017 Event Photos


2017 Registered Participants

Environmental Booths:

  • BEST, Inc. (Friends of St. Andrew Bay)
  • St. Andrew Bay Resource Management Association
  • Bay County Audubon
  • Bay County Conservancy
  • Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation
  • Sweet Bay Chapter-Native Plant Society
  • IFAS-Master Gardener Program
  • Solar Display-Muth & Sons
  • Florida Trail Association

Political Booths:

  • Bay County Democratic Executive Committee-Voter Registration
  • Green Party of Bay County/Move To Amend
  • ACLU of Bay County

Religious/Spiritual Booths:

  • Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Bay County
  • Unity Spiritual Center of Panama City
  • Islamic Society of Bay County
  • Emerald Coast Pagan Community

Health & Fitness Booths:

  • Indigo Earth Spa
  • Well-Being by Arlene
  • Young Living Essential Oils

Animal Rescue & Birding:

  • Wild Birds Unlimited
  • B.F.F. Animal Rescue/P.A.W.S.

Arts & Crafts & Misc.:

  • Art By Sly-Pottery/Ceramics
  • GlassDragonfly-Stain Glass
  • Cindy’s Handmade Jewelry
  • Redmonds-Vintage Wind Chimes
  • Art by E.S. Olsen-Mixed Media
  • Pyramid Inc.-Jewelry, Paintings, Baked Goods
  • Lilla Rose-Hair Accessories
  • Planti Flora-Orchids, Airplants, Vegetables
  • Recycled/Reclaimed Wood Products by Steve Walters
  • Hand Painted Wood, Glass, Gourds and figurines by Robyn & Ron Plowe
  • Of Earth & Sky: Crystals & Rocks and Organic Food/GMO Free Supplements
  • Coastal Creations Artwork: Sea Creatures on Stained Board by Patricia Beck
  • Kivett Designs
  • Carol Monti: fabric tote bags, bowls and more
  • Bay Indivisible
  • March For Science
  • Succulent Plants
  • Red Mary: Psychic Readings
  • Crystal Cottage: Handmade Soaps

Face & Body Painting:

  • Janet Kirksey, Artist/Teacher

Food:

  • FINNS
  • Caribbean Cuisine
  • Amavida Coffee

Entertainment

  • Jamie Flynn-Gongs & Singing Bowls
  • Mother Earth Drummers
  • Paul McAuliffe-Flutes
  • Gypsy Parvana Belly Dance Troupe
  • Bonita Underground
  • Lucky Mud
  • Sarah Watts

Energy and the Environment – by the numbers

In honor of Earth Day ? and Earth Week (April 18-22) ? the Census Bureau has provided this edition of Profile America Facts for Features pertaining to energy and the environment.

[Source: U.S. Census Bureau]

Renewable Energy

$9.7 billion

The total of revenues in 2012 for electric power generation industries that use renewable energy resources, such as hydro, wind, geothermal, biomass, solar and other electric power generation.
Source: 2012 Economic Census

1,183

The number of hydroelectric, wind, geothermal, biomass, solar and other electric power generation business establishments in 2014.
Source: 2014 County Business Patterns

12,456

The number of employees in hydroelectric, wind, geothermal, biomass, solar and other electric power generation business establishments in 2014.
Source: 2014 County Business Patterns

$5.1 billion

The total of revenues in 2012 for the wind electric power generation industry, the highest among the industries using renewable energy resources. Hydroelectric power generation followed with revenues of $2.5 billion. Geothermal electric power generation had revenues of just under $1 billion ($981.2 million), followed by biomass electric power generation with $721.5 million in revenues; solar electric power generation with $427.6 million; and other electric power generation with $43.4 million.
Source: 2012 Economic Census

Heating and Cooling the Home

2.4 million

The estimated number of occupied housing units across the country primarily heated by wood in 2015, which is 2.0 percent of all homes.
Source: 2015 American Community Survey, Table DP04

106,737

The estimated number of occupied housing units across the country using solar energy in 2015 as their primary source of heat, which is 0.1 percent of all homes.
Source: 2015 American Community Survey, Table DP04

57.0 million

The estimated number of occupied housing units across the country primarily heated by utility gas in 2015, which is 48.2 percent of all homes.
Source: 2015 American Community Survey, Table DP04

93%

The estimated percentage of newly-built single-family homes across the country with air conditioning in 2015.
Source: Presence of Air-Conditioning in New Single-Family Houses Completed
http://www.census.gov/construction/chars/pdf/aircond.pdf

Commuting to Work

26.4 minutes

The estimated average time workers age 16 and older across the country spent getting to work in 2015, up from 26 minutes in 2014 and 25.8 in 2013.
Source: 2015 American Community Survey, Table S0801

33.1 and 32.6 minutes

The estimated average time workers age 16 and older in New York and Maryland spent getting to work in 2015, the longest one-way commute times in the nation.
Source: 2015 American Community Survey, Table S0801 https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/15_1YR/S0801

16.9 and 16.6 minutes

The estimated average time workers age 16 and older in South Dakota and North Dakota spent getting to work in 2015, the shortest one-way commute times in the nation. The estimates for North Dakota and South Dakota are not significantly different.
Source: 2015 American Community Survey, Table S0801

885,188

The estimated number of people who rode a bicycle to work in 2015. This comes out to about 0.6 percent of the American workforce.
Source: 2015 American Community Survey, Table B08006

4,114,125

The estimated number of people who walked to work in 2015. This comes out to about 2.8 percent of the American workforce.
Source: 2015 American Community Survey, Table B08006

Working in the Nuclear and Forestry Fields

54,183

The number of workers employed in forestry and logging establishments across the United States in 2014.
Source: 2014 County Business Patterns

48,602

The number of workers employed in nuclear electric power generation establishments across the United States in 2014.
Source: 2014 County Business Patterns

109.9%

The percentage increase in the number of nuclear electric power generation establishments across the United States from 2005 to 2014, going from 68 establishments to 149 establishments, respectively.
Sources: 2005 County Business Patterns and 2014 County Business Patterns

Using Energy

18,817 trillion Btu

The energy consumption in the U.S. manufacturing sector in 2010, down 17 percent from the 22,576 trillion Btu (British thermal units) consumed in 2002.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, 2010 Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey

-32%

The percentage drop in the consumption of coal in the U.S. manufacturing sector from 2002 to 2010, going from 1,956 trillion Btu to 1,328 trillion Btu, respectively.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, 2010 Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey

Building a House

2,467 square feet

The median size of a single-family home completed in 2015.
Source: Median and Average Square Feet of Floor Area in New Single-Family Houses Completed

648,000

The number of single-family homes completed in 2015. Of these, 66,000 had two or fewer bedrooms and 307,000 had four bedrooms or more.
Source: Number of Bedrooms in New Single-Family Houses Completed

$360,600

The average sales price of a new single-family home sold in 2015.
Source: Median and Average Sales Prices of New Single-Family Houses Sold www.census.gov/construction/chars/pdf/soldpricerange.pdf
14,000 The number of multifamily buildings built across the United States in 2015. Of these, 8,000 used electricity as the primary heating fuel.
Source: Number of Multifamily Buildings Completed by Type of Heating Fuel 

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

113,090

The number of employees working in recyclable material merchant wholesale establishments in 2014.
Source: 2014 County Business Patterns

$95.8 billion

The total sales for recyclable material merchant wholesale establishments in 2012, up 19.6 percent from $80.1 billion in 2007. Total sales in 2012 for recyclable paper and paperboard products were $9.8 billion; recyclable plastics products were $2.5 billion; and recyclable glass products were $560.9 million.
Source: 2012 Economic Census and 2007 Economic Census

$8.4 billion

The product shipments value for recycled paperboard in 2015.
Source: 2015 Annual Survey of Manufactures

Collecting Revenue

$2.1 billion

The estimated revenue for hazardous waste management collection services in 2015 for U.S. waste collection employer firms.
Source: 2015 Service Annual Survey, Table 4, NAICS 5621

$5.2 billion

The estimated revenue for hazardous waste treatment and disposal services in 2015 for U.S. waste treatment and disposal employer firms.
Source: 2015 Service Annual Survey, Table 4, NAICS 5622

$14.9 billion

The estimated revenue for local, fixed-route passenger transportation, by road and transit rail in 2014 for U.S. transit and ground passenger transportation employer firms.
Source: 2014 Service Annual Survey, Table 4, NAICS 485

Celebrate Earth Day[Source: U.S. Census Bureau]

2016 Earth Day Recap

This year’s event was held
Saturday, April 9, 2016
10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
McKenzie Park
Downtown Panama City, Florida
Our thanks to everyone who helped make the 2016 event a success!

2016 Event Photos

Registered Participants

  • BEST, Friends of St. Andrews Bay, Tree giveaway
  • RMA, St. Andrews Bay Resource Management Association
  • Bay Watch, Turtle Watch programs, Touch Tank
  • Friends of St. Andrews State Park
  • Bay County Audubon Society
  • Bay County Conservancy
  • Gulf Coast Women’s Club Conservation CSP
  • Sweet Bay Chapter, Florida Native Plant Society
  • Bay County Master Gardeners
  • PAWS Animal Rescue Organization
  • Democratic Women’s Club of Bay County
  • Green Party of Bay County
  • Publix, recycling display with Earth Day shopping Bag giveaway
  • Indigo Earth Spa, Herbal remedies, Candles, Essential Oils & Chair Massage
  • ENGEN,LLC. Waste to Energy display
  • Muth & Sons Plumbing/Solar, Solar Hot Water display
  • La Leche League, Bay County Breastfeeding Support Group
  • Bloom Grow Birth & Panama City Postpartum Care
  • Emerald Coast Pagan Community
  • Gypsy Parvana Belly Dance, performance and instruction
  • Kelly Duncan, Fine Art & Illustration
  • Paulette Parobek, Hematite Jewelry
  • Art By Sly, Pottery
  • Christence Guilford, Fine Art
  • Jonathon Rudloff, handcrafted stoneware, bird spas, etc.
  • Arlene Cook, Natural Wellness, Water systems
  • Irene Lane, Skin Care & Makeup
  • Kritters Inc., Wildlife animal display
  • Lynn Haven Lions Club, eyeglass program display
  • Ricky Steele, Artist
  • Spyglass Treasures, recycled glass
  • Bay County Recycling, on site recycling container for aluminum & steel cans, #1 & #2 plastics, cardboard and office paper, newspaper & junk mail
  • Renaissance Festival, information
  • Connie Lower, Lilla Rose Hair Accessories
  • Danielle Streichert, Artwork on old barn wood, old glass and canvas

Food

  • Caribean Cuisine
  • Amavida Coffee

Entertainment

  • Paul McAuliffe & Gypsy Parvana Belly Dance
  • Curt McCarthy & Friends
  • Catnip Pat & Sons
  • Suzanne Stewart McDowell
  • Roberts Hall Revue with
  • Marvin Lee
  • David Timothy Dunn
  • Sarah Watts
  • Brandon Shows
  • More to Come!