Green Festivals
GREEN FESTIVALS EXPLORE NEW FRONTIERS AND RETURN
TO THE HEARTLAND
Seattle Hosts 1st, Chicago Hosts 2nd Annual Green Festival
WHAT: Green Festivals, a joint project of Global Exchange and Co-op America, will celebrate its FIRST year in Seattle and its SECOND year in Chicago this spring. Each event will bring together more than 125 speakers, 350 local and national green businesses, dozens of community groups and an anticipated audience of more than 30,000 to celebrate what’s working in our own communities, for businesses and for the environment.
For two days in April, Seattle residents, and for two days in May, Chicago area residents are invited to take part in the largest and most authentic green event in the world and explore what’s next on the horizon for renewable energy, socially responsible investing, eco-fashions, eco-tourism, green building, green parenting and more.
SHOW HIGHLIGHTS IN BOTH CITIES INCLUDE:
* Fair-Trade and Eco-Shopping
* Music Stage Featuring Local Acts
* Socially Responsible Investing
* Green Films
* The Fair Trade Café and the Organic Beer & Wine Garden
* Natural Pets Section
* Green Kids Zone
* Green Building and Renewable Energy
* Green Careers Area
* Organic Beer and Wine Pavilion & The Power Foods Pavilion
* Eco Tourism & Eco Fashion
* Yoga and Movement Classes
FOR MORE INFO: Check out www.greenfestivals.org, or call 1-800-58-GREEN
Seattle Green Festival
WHERE: Washington State Convention & Trade Center
800 Convention Place, Seattle
WHEN: April 12-13, 2008
Saturday 10AM - 8PM
Sunday 11AM - 6PM
HOW MUCH: $15 per person- all-access for one or both days.
$10 per person ($5 off admission) for students with ID, seniors over 62, bike riders with a ticket from the Green Festival Bike Valet, bus riders with transfer ticket/bus pass,
BetterWorld book drive participants (see below).
FREE: Kids under 12 and Co-op America or Global Exchange members
Influential Speakers Include: Mayor Greg Nickels, Amory Lovins, Amy Goodman, Thom Hartmann, Paul Stamets, Jim Hightower, Raine Eisler, Eric Liu, Caroline Casey, Frances Moore-Lappe, John Perkins, John DeGraaf, Gifford Pinchot III, and Richard Heinberg
Chicago Green Festival
WHERE: Navy Pier
600 E Grand Avenue, Chicago
WHEN: May 17 -18, 2008
Saturday 10AM- 8PM
Sunday 11AM- 6PM
Influential Speakers Last Year Included: Mayor Daley, Greg Palast, Amy Goodman, Jim Hightower, Frances Moore Lappé, Dennis Kucinich, Bill McKibben, Riane Eisler, Paul Stamets, Judy Wicks, and Van Jones
Contact: Katie Hunsberger, OrganicWorks Marketing (212) 253.0474
Katie@organicworksmarketing.com
Better World Books and Green Festival are partnering to offer $5 off Green Festival admission to attendees who bring in 3 or more books. Your donated books will be sold on BetterWorld.com to help fund girls’ scholarships in developing countries in Asia through Room to Read. www.roomtoread.org
