18 January 2012
Green Festival and Green America strongly commend President Obama for his wise decision, announced this afternoon, to reject the dangerous Keystone XL pipeline. This Canadian project poses severe consequences for human health and the environment while further entrenching the dirty fossil fuel economy and failing to generate lasting jobs. Investment in clean energy generates 3-4 times as many jobs as investments in fossil fuels.
“This is the right decision, a brave decision, and one that shows the President took into account profound concerns about the pipeline’s impacts on health, climate change, the environment, and the need to build a clean energy economy that can create lasting U.S. jobs,” said Fran Teplitz, Green America’s director of strategic outreach.
10 January 2012
If you use Twitter, you've probably heard of the prestigious Shorty Award by now, an award that recognizes excellence in social media for almost 3,000 different categories. Those categories include celebrity, blogger, food and one of our favorites, green. While every category can have a sponsor, you know we've never really been happy with just putting our name on something.
We take action!
16 December 2011
Solar Panels are Reindeer Safe!
The Sungevity Team
This holiday season, Sungevity thanks Green Festival and Green America for being part of the solar community and spreading solar to supporters and friends. With the help of our non-profit partners like Green America, Sungevity has put more than $400,000 into the non-profit sector this year. This money has gone toward cleaning our waterways, educating our children, and preventing dirty energy measures, among many other amazing efforts. Not to mention the impact of the solar systems themselves! So far, the Sungevity community solar installations have...
05 December 2011
The Green Festival lives on – and comes straight to your computer screen through the Green America Gift Guide, featuring dozens of great green and Fair Trade businesses. You may recognize many of these great companies from the Green Festival Marketplace. Support green businesses during the holiday season by taking advantage of these discount offers – this is a great compilation of products for anyone and everyone on your list – including you!
22 November 2011
"Ten years ago, like now, it was a time of protest. It was a time of no - we don't like this, we don't like that. My dear friend at Global Exchange, Kevin Danaher said, 'We need a YES to this time of no. Let's celebrate solutions!' And that's where the idea of Green Festival came up. You walk the floors of Green Festival and there is such an amazing energy because people are tapping into the yes side of their lives - into solutions" - Alisa Gravitz, Executive Director - Green America
From Green Festival, Green America and Global Exchange, we thank every attendee, volunteer, exhibitor, partner, nonprofit ally, staff member and community catalyst for ten years of dedication, support, growth and celebration. Together, we have made Green Festival the largest, most established and trusted sustainability event in the nation. Here's to many more years of Green Festivals nationwide!
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