Aug 21, 2022 - 11:00 am EDT - 4:00 pm EDT
Location: DNR Outdoor Adventure Center, 1801 Atwater St., Detroit, MI 48207
Connecting with Community and Our Earth
Come together as we eat, connect, explore and engage with opportunities for environmental education, stewardship and action as we work together to care for each other and our planet.
Enjoy outdoor activities, art-making opportunities and complimentary admission to the DNR’s Outdoor Adventure Center along the Detroit Riverfront. Engage with hands-on workshops and activities designed for children, families and people of all ages. Nourish your body and soul with opportunities to purchase food from local food businesses.
The Outdoor Adventure Center invites guests to enjoy an up-close indoor exploration of Michigan’s great outdoors. The center features a 40-foot-tall, manmade, interactive tree; off-road vehicle, bicycle, kayak, canoe and fishing-boat simulators; a life-size beaver lodge and eagle’s nest; an indoor archery range; a 3,000-gallon, freshwater aquarium; a man-made waterfall with a 36-foot drop; and plenty more to see and experience.
Activities include:
- Wonderwalk with Voices for Earth Justice
- Outdoor adventure activities with Tamarack Camps
- Topsy Turvy Bus Book Storytime and Bus Tours with Author Anita Pazner
- Traditional Food Preservation: A Hands-On Workshop with Adamah
- Hands-on workshops and lectures with local food businesses and scholars
- Zach Berg, co-owner and head cheesemonger at Mongers Provisions will lead a session called “Cheese: Milk’s leap toward immortality” exploring dairy preservation and sampling cheeses
- Chef Phil, of Farmacy Food, will host a series of cooking demonstrations and sampling sessions called “Sweet Potato Latkes: an edible journey through Black and Jewish cultures”
- Culinary historian, Avery Robinson, will lead a session called “When Manishewitz is Trayf: A discussion and history of our evolving food values.”
- Rabbi Eliezer Finkelman, of Congregation Or Chadash, will lead a session called “Bread of the Earth: Examining how wheat is grown and bread is made, through a Jewish lens.”
- Introduction to bees and the art of bee keeping with Bees in the D
- Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) children’s workshops on wetlands and Michigan critters
- Make & Take Art Projects with Flying Cardboard Theater
- Have your portrait (or family portrait) taken in our photo booth built entirely out of recycled materials
- Environmental stewardship along the Dequindre Cut Greenway with Plastic Oceans
- Smoothie Bike Blender treats, with donated fruit from Michigan Farm to Freezer
- Summer Kit packing for Detroit Community Fridge with Repair The World Detroit
- Biking along the Dequindre Cut with MOGO Bikes
Musical Performances By:
- Joe Reilly
- Henry Barnes and the Half Sauers Stringband
If you would like to participate in the Festival as a sponsor, vendor, or organizational partner, or if you have general questions about the Festival, please contact Carly Silverman, Education and Program Manager at carly.silverman@hazon.org
View photos from the 2021 event here.

Ben N. Teitel Trust


JEWISH ORGANIZATIONAL SPONSORS AND PARTICIPANTS:
FESTIVAL TASTEMAKER
Hebrew Free Loan Detroit
FESTIVAL BUILDERS
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit
Jewish War Veterans Department of Michigan
NEXTGen Detroit
Tamarack Camps
Temple Beth El
ADL
Congregation for Humanistic Judaism of Metro Detroit
FESTIVAL SUSTAINERS
Congregation Beth Shalom
Hadassah Greater Detroit
Repair the World Detroit
Reboot
The Well
Temple Kol Ami
Temple Israel
Congregation Shir Tikvah
Adat Shalom Synagogue
Jewish Senior Life
Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue
FESTIVAL PARTNERS
Limmud Michigan
Congregation Beth Ahm
JARC
Detroit Jews for Justice
Jewish Veg
National Council of Jewish Women
Chabad of Greater Downtown Detroit
Reconstructionist Congregation of Detroit
Hillel of Metro Detroit
Dor Hadash
Yad Ezra
Congregatoin B’nai Moshe
Jewish National Fund – USA
Gesher Human Services
Congregation Shaarey Zedek
Temple Emanu-El
JHSM
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION PARTICIPANTS
Metro Food Rescue
Michigan Interfaith Power & Light
James and Grace Lee Boggs Center to Nurture Community Leadership
Forgotten Harvest
Plastic Oceans
Voices for Earth Justice
Moishe House
MoGo Detroit
Brilliant Detroit
Bees in the D
Jewish Earth Alliance
Citizens’ Climate Lobby
The Greening of Detroit
Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice
Farmacy Food
Michigan Farm to Freezer