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DENVER’S DEBUT GREEN FESTIVAL DRAWS DIVERSE CROWD OF OVER 23,000 TO CELEBRATES SUSTAINABILITY |
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
DENVER’S DEBUT GREEN FESTIVAL DRAWS DIVERSE CROWD OF OVER 23,000 TO CELEBRATES SUSTAINABILITY
Denver, CO (May, 2009) – Premiering in the Mile High City in 2009, Green Festival, a joint project of Global Exchange and Green America, made a stellar debut with an impressive first year attendance of over 23,000 participants. Kicking off the weekend with a keynote speech was Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper who welcomed the festival to the city and shared with participants the steps Denver is taking to combat climate change. Now in five cities nationwide, Green Festival is the world’s largest and most authentic green living show that walks its green talk with extensive green features including recycling, composting and carbon offsets for all of its energy use.
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Thank You Colorado! |
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Thank you, Colorado, for your participation in the first-ever Denver Green Festival, May 2 & 3, 2009, in the Colorado Convention Center. The event was a great success with:
- 21,778 participants
- 850 volunteers
- 22 TV broadcast media hits--just during Green Festival weekend--for 803,451 audience impressions (and that's not even including radio, print, online and grassroots media!)
- Nearly 94% of the event waste—more than 14,000 pounds—was sorted and diverted from landfills.
We'd love to hear what you thought worked well and could use improvement. Please help by completing our 6-section survey by 5pm on Thursday, May 14. All your feedback will be used to create a wrap-up report and recommendations for future events.
Please feel free to forward the link to this survey to others.
Click Here to take survey.
Thank you for helping us improve.
What's Next?
The co-producers of Green Festivals--Green America and Global Exchange--are in conversation with the Colorado Convention Center regarding dates and space for 2010. More information will be posted on www.greenfestivals.org as it becomes available.
In the mean time, we hope you will attend, exhibit at and support local green events and businesses in our communities.
Thank you for helping us celebrate what's working for people, business and the environment.
Sincerely,
Sarah Moss
Consultant/Denver Regional Director
Green Festivals
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Green Festival - VIP breakfast with Thom Hartmann giveaway! |
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Register at this link for a amazing, VIP opportunity for Thom Hartmann fans!
Join AM 760 Colorado's Progressive Talk and Thom Hartmann for a VIP breakfast on Saturday, May 2nd. This intimate breakfast will be at Shells and Sauce on 2600 E. 12th Ave. in Denver.
5 listeners and their guests will win this amazing opportunity!
Winners will also recieve a pair of tickets to the Denver Green Festival on May 2nd. After the breakfast - you can head down to the Colorado Convention Center to see Thom keynote speak at the Green Festival!
Register now - even if you aren't one of the lucky 5, you will still have a chance to win tickets to the Denver Green Festival!
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GREEN FESTIVAL DEBUTS IN THE MILE HIGH CITY |
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
GREEN FESTIVAL DEBUTS IN THE MILE HIGH CITY
Denver Hosts the Nation’s Largest Green Consumer Living Event for the First Time
In a Joint Effort Among National Nonprofits, Local Government & Passionate Citizens, Green Festival Brings Sustainable Solutions and Eco-Conscious Options to the Rockies
May 2 & 3, 2009
Denver, CO (May 2009): Green Festival, the original green consumer living event, will debut in Denver this year at the Colorado Convention Center on May 2 & 3, 2009. Named one of the top five “big city” mayors in America by Time magazine, Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper will welcome the festival to the Mile High City with a keynote speech to kick off an energetic weekend of eco innovations that will invigorate the community with a vision of a cleaner, more efficient future for American businesses, homes, and lifestyles.
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Free Passes for Adults who Accompany Student Groups Available |
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We are offering free passes for adults who accompany student groups (youth ages 18 and under already receive free admission to Denver Green Festival). If you bring a class or club field trip, we’ll comp any accompanying teachers, parents, bus drivers, etc.
Filled with fun, educational hands-on experiences, Green Festival can help get your students in touch with our natural environment, how energy is used, where our food comes from, and more. Part educational speakers series and part sustainable marketplace, young Green Festival participants can enjoy:
- Green Kids’ Zone—Hands-on activities by Bluff Lake Nature Center,
FrontRange Earth Force, HawkQuest, CSU’s Little Shop of Physics, John
“Worm Man” Anderson/Woodbine Ecology Center, and Global Exchange
- Green Teen Pavilion—Visit exhibits by PeaceJam and Teens Turning
Green’s Green Spa. See presentations by Montbello High School, Denver
School of Science and Technology, Telluride’s Youth Empowering
Sustainability (YES) Club, and others on affordable outdoor adventures
for youth, calculating your carbon footprint, backyard chickens, green
careers and many other topics
- “The Big Blue Bear Goes Green” walking tour of the Colorado Convention Center’s sustainability efforts
- More than 125 renowned authors, leaders and educators on our speaker stages
- Delicious local organic cuisine
- Diverse live music—Hip hop, Latin Jazz, folk, Native American
storytelling, Westminster High School’s Raging Harmonies a cappella
group, and Charlie the Big Green Rabbit from the PBS kids show
- Our unmatched commitment to reducing our environmental impact;
the fall 2008 Green Festivals in San Francisco and Washington, DC,
achieved 95-97% resource recovery.
To take advantage of this offer for free adult passes, please contact Sarah Moss, the Denver Regional Programming Director, with the name of your school group, # of youth age 18 and under, and
# of adult chaperones, and we’ll make arrangements for your free passes
at will-call.
We look forward to seeing you May 2-3 in the Colorado Convention Center!
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