Archive for May, 2011

Green Festival 2011 Offers Organics, Innovations, and much, much more

The 2011 Green Festival took place this past weekend at the Qwest Field Events Center in Seattle, bringing with it a host of innovations and green products, as well as some truly energizing and eye-opening speakers. If you missed the event, don’t worry – there are more Green Festivals to come later this year, including stops in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco, so be sure to check their website for future dates and tickets.

The Seattle festival was as energetic and illuminating as fans of the annual event have come to expect, with attractions ranging from local gardening advice to national environmental campaigns – via the samples at the organic chocolate tables, naturally. The two-day festival also offered a small beer and wine garden for the responsible adults, while the food options included a host of vegetarian delights, including felafel, burritos, and meat-free sausages.

Green Festival 2011 Offers Organics, Innovations, and much, much more via Dan Coxon – Seattle CultureMob

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2011 Green Festival

“In its 10th year in Seattle the Green Festival celebrated 1 million attendees and all that is good and green. Green Festival is the largest sustainability-focused event in the U.S. and folks learned about everything from GMO’s and organics to solar and urban composting options. People also came out to hear from well-known sustainability experts including Dennis Kucinich, Ed Humes, and Zoe Weil.”

VIEW PHOTOS: 2011 Green Festival via Mohini Patel Glanz – Seattle Weekly

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Seattle Green Festival 2011

“The sun disappeared and it was back to another rainy day in Seattle. Which made it a perfect day to enjoy some indoor activity such as the 4th annual Seattle Green Festival! This year the festival moved to a new venue, inside Qwest Field Event Center.

I’ve been volunteering and attending the festival since its first year. I’m so happy to be able to participate again this year. What a great event to be able to meet so many people who care about the environment.”

Seattle Green Festival 2011 via Camera In Tow

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Seattle Green Festival Recap

Green Festival 2011 via Tasha Kaye – The Clean Eating Mama

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Green Festival: Interview with Zoe Weil

“In this post, I have a confession to make.
In addition to viewing films, I have also starting creating my own films. Of course, I have already posted some short little films I made at the AIFF (American Indian Film Festival) in an earlier film.

Today I attended the Green Festival in Seattle. While I was there I met and interviewed Zoe Weil, founder of the Institute of Humane Education. She kindly allowed me to film her while I interviewed her. Zoe was a guest speaker at the Green Festival in Seattle on May 21, 2011.”

Green Festival: Interview with Zoe Weil via Silvia Wilson – Is it Green/I View Films

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Amy Goodman’s speech at the Seattle Green Festival

“Sunday afternoon I heard Amy Goodman and Dennis Kucinich speak at Seattle Green Festival. Both speakers received standing ovations. This article covers Amy Goodman’s speech.

Here’s my photo of her during the book signing that followed the speech.”

Amy Goodman’s speech at the Seattle Green Festival via Washington Liberals

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Dennis Kucinich visits UW campus

“Never sell out, never worry about losing and never quit. That’s Ohio congressman Dennis Kucinich’s advice for students interested in a career in politics that he shared on campus this past weekend.

“You don’t need many people to change the world,” Kucinich said toUW students. “Don’t wait to be invited to get involved.”

As part of his weekend of public appearances in Washington, which included a fundraiser for Democrats in Woodinville and the Seattle Green Festival in downtown Seattle, Kucinich made a stop at the UW to answer questions from students.”

Dennis Kucinich visits UW campus via the University of Washington Daily

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Kucinich's return to state fuels talk he may relocate here

“Kucinich would be legally eligible to run in Washington state in 2012 as long as he moved here and registered to vote before the filing period that spring.

Odds are, local voters will be seeing more of him between now and then.

In addition to the Woodinville appearance, Kucinich participated in a bank protest in Seattle on Saturday, and he was scheduled to speak to student groups at the University of Washington in the evening.

On Sunday, Kucinich is to speak at a pancake-brunch fundraiser in Shoreline for the 32nd Legislative District Democrats before heading to Qwest Field, where he is a featured speaker at the ongoing Seattle Green Festival.”

Kucinich’s return to state fuels talk he may relocate here via Jim Brunner – Seattle Times

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Go play today: Green Festival, baseball, kids' concerts, live jazz, WWE and more

“Looking for something to do? Here are some of the events going on around the South Sound today.

Seattle Green Festival 11 a.m.-6 May 22, Qwest Field and Event Center, 800 Occidental Ave. South, Seattle; Online – $10/day, $15/weekend; Door – $15/day, $25/weekend ; www.greenfestivals.org.”

Go play today: Green Festival, baseball, kids’ concerts, live jazz, WWE and more via Mary Anderson – The News Tribune

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Follow the Money

“Thank you Alisa Gravitz for the generous introduction and for another magnificent Green Festival. A new economy is essential the human future—and  the Green Festivals define its leading edge in thought and action. Note that during my presentation Kat Gjovik and Fran Korten will be passing around sign-up sheets for the David Korten and YES! Magazine e-mail newsletters. The David Korten newsletter will keep you up to date on my activities and thinking. The YES! newsletter will keep you up to date on all the many powerful ideas and practical actions that are shaping a positive human future throughout the United States and the world. We live in an interesting time. Whether it turns out to be a curse or a blessing depends on us. As you may have heard, today is a special day—Rapture Day. This is the day the chosen are lifted from Earth, from this life, to go to an afterlife in a faraway place of peace and plenty to live in loving relationship free from hunger, want, disease, and violence. A beautiful vision.” Follow the Money via David Korten – Living Economies Forum

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