Green Festivals - Programming

Programming

Youth Unity Pavilion

See what your peers doing are doing and pick up some news you can use.

Saturday
1PM Alliance for Climate Education
Ambessa Cantave
Alliance for Climate Education offers informative and interactive presentations to high schools across the country. Join Cantave for a comprehensive look at climate change and ways you can help solve this global problem.
To book a presentation at your school or ﬁnd networks that are forming around solving today’s climate crisis: www.climateeducation.org

Dining

Chicago Diner F5 Favorite Vegetarian Diner in Chicago Since 1983 www.veggiediner.com Chicago Soydairy F10 Green Manufacturer of All Natural Vegan Foods www.welovesoy.com Cousin's F1 Live Food www.cousinsiv.com Gourmet Gorilla F2 Local Organic Catering to Schools, Institutions and Universities www.gourmetgorillainc.com
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Music Stage

Located in the natural foods dining area, the music stage features great local bands and performers.

Saturday
12:00 PM Lance Brown Group
country swing, bossa nova, jump tunes, jazz, blues
www.lancestunes.com/archtop.html

Green Careers Area

The Green Careers presentations and the conversation area are hosted by BIG: Blacks in Green™. BIG: Blacks in Green is a community education and trade association, and a global green practices collective born to remind
generations of the African diaspora of our great cultural legacy—our stewardship of the land—and to reinvent that stewardship in the age of climate change.

Saturday
Green Careers and “The Multiplier Effect” of Green Manufacturing
Hear the objectives essential to building a robust manufacturing sector, rebuilding local communities and creating high quality jobs.

12:00
Fred Redmond, International Vice President, Human Affairs
United Steel Workers

Community Action Center

45 Minute Interactive Sessions.

Saturday
2pm Why the New Economy Will be Local
The recent collapse of the financial markets, the recession and climate change have opened many people’s eyes to the problems inherent in our current approach to business and economic growth. We need to create new models that value our communities and the health of our natural world. This session will discuss how the concepts of local living economies can address the most pressing issues of our time.
Suzanne Keers, Cofounder and Treasurer, Local First Chicago
Ellen Shepard, Executive Director, Andersonville Chamber of Commerce and Andersonville Development Corporation
Jeff McCourt, Project Director, Illinois office of Good Jobs First

Fair Trade Pavillion

When you buy Fair Trade products, you ensure that farmers and artisans earn living wages that enable them to take care of their families, grow their businesses and maintain a healthy environment. Learn more about what Fair Trade is doing around the world.

Special Feature
Saturday 4PM / Sunday 3PM
Resonating Change: Connecting Communities Through Fair Trade
Evangelina Pizarro and Ayde Riveros, Green America and Partners for Just Trade
Celebrate the Green Festival with Evangelina Pizarro and Ayde Riveros. For the ﬁrst time, these artisans will travel from Peru to share their stories of how Fair Trade has radically changed their lives. In their presentation, Pizarro and Riveros will give ﬁrst-hand accounts of how the purchase of Fair Trade products directly improves the lives of farmers and artisans in the global south.

Green Home/Green Building Pavilion

Ready to make those much-needed, energy-efficient home upgrades? Finding toddlers and household toxins don’t mix? This is a perfect opportunity to make your home environment a healthy one. Please check back for the 2009 schedule.

Saturday
11:30AM Creating a Green Living Space
Lisa Elkins, CWA, LEED AP and Ron Elkins, LEED AP, 2 Point Perspective: Architecture and Furniture
Find out how to incorporate green features into new and existing homes. 2 Point Perspective’s winning entry for the green home competition sponsored by the Village of Oak Park will be used to demonstrate eco-conscious elements and zero-energy possibilities for your renovation or new home project. Following this presentation, sit in on small Q&A groups led by experts. Homeowners are encouraged to bring ﬂoor plans, sketches and photos of their residences for the opportunity to receive free mini-consultations.

Organic Valley Green Kids' Zone

Join us for fun, interactive activities all weekend that explore the world around us. Enjoy samples and a bean bag toss provided by our host Organic Valley. Children must be accompanied by an adult. All Weekend Organic Valley Green Festival Partner Bean bag toss/samples/booth/bus
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