{"id":421,"date":"2011-04-21T20:56:46","date_gmt":"2011-04-21T20:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alivinglibrary.org\/archive-site\/?p=421"},"modified":"2024-03-11T23:47:01","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T06:47:01","slug":"city-celebrates-earth-day-public-unveiling-chinatown-living-library-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alivinglibrary.org\/archive-site\/chinatown\/city-celebrates-earth-day-public-unveiling-chinatown-living-library-park","title":{"rendered":"City Celebrates Earth Day with Public Unveiling of New Chinatown Living Library & Think Park"},"content":{"rendered":"

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NEWS ADVISORY <\/em><\/strong><\/span>(Release No. <\/span>03-11)<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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April 22, 2011<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Contact: Tyrone Jue (415) 554-3247<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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City Celebrates Earth Day with Public Unveiling of New Chinatown Living Library & Think Park<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Public school demonstration project promotes hands-on, interdisciplinary learning about sustainable water, native plants, growing food, with new gardens and eco-art <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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WHAT:<\/strong><\/span> <\/span>S.F. Board of Supervisors President Supervisor David Chiu, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC), Life Frames, Inc., students and community leaders celebrate Earth Day with the public unveiling of the new <\/a>Chinatown Living Library & Think Park Rainwater Harvesting Cisterns\/Gardens\/Mural <\/span><\/a>at Gordon J. Lau Elementary School.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The\u00a0new features in the Chinatown Living Library & Think Park include two elaborate demonstrations of rainwater harvesting with 11 cisterns and other rainwater conservation methods, Native California Riparian and Native Drought Tolerant Gardens, a Fruit, Flower & Vegetable Garden, as well as a mural that describes the installation in three languages: Chinese, English, and Spanish. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Speakers will also announce a sister demonstration project in New York City\u2019s Chinatown. <\/span><\/p>\n

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WHO: <\/span><\/strong><\/span> <\/span><\/span>David Chiu, President, S.F. Board of Supervisors<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/span>Michael Carlin, Deputy General Manager, SFPUC<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>Bonnie Ora Sherk, Founder, Life Frames, Inc. & A Living Library<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/span>Jill Wynns, San Francisco Board of Education<\/strong><\/p>\n

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WHEN:<\/strong><\/span> <\/span>Friday, April 22, 2011 from 11:00 a.m. \u2013 11:30 a.m.<\/span><\/p>\n

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WHERE:<\/strong><\/span> Gordon Lau Elementary School at 950 Clay Street, San Francisco <\/span><\/p>\n

Lower Yard, Entrance at Washington Street side (between Stockton & Powell)<\/span><\/p>\n

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