MCR LTER scientists, graduate students, and Outreach staff joined over 200 exhibitors at the Community Environmental Council's 2010 Santa Barbara Earth Day Festival on April 17th and 18th to raise awareness about LTER research and the global health of coral reefs. This year's festival celebrated the 40 year anniversary of Earth Day by expanding to two days and attracted 18,000 people on Saturday and 15,000 on Sunday. Participants were able to stop by to ask questions, view informational posters, make and decorate paper plate fish, and discuss issues with MCR LTER representatives.