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Be a Green Attendee at Los Angeles Green Festival with the Burbank Green Alliance

Nov 2

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Jessica Aldridge
Executive Director
Burbank Green Alliance

Take the Zero Waste Attendee Pledge! Burbank Green Alliance wants to help you reduce our waste-print this November 17-18th. Be a Green Attendee by checking-off what you can do:

  • __ Reduce My Footprint! I will bike, carpool, or use public transportation. (If you bike to the event you get in FREE.)
  • __ Bring My Reusable Bag! I will say no to disposable bags.
  • __ Bring My Reusable Water Bottle! I will fill it up at home.
  • __ Bring My Reusable Utensils and Napkins! I will use my own.
  • __ Go Easy On Freebies! I will only take what I will use.
  • __ Save Paper! I will scan business cards on my phone. (There’s an App for that!)
  • __ Shop Smart! I will buy sustainable goods that are locally made, recycled, non-toxic, and/or minimally packaged.
  • __ Bring My Name Badge! I will bring my reusable name badge, so I won’t need to take a new one or I will remember to hand back the one they give me.
  • __ Read the Signs! I will be sure to sort my trash in the appropriate receptacles; if I don’t know, I will ask someone.
  • __ Say Thank You! I will thank vendors for doing their part to be green.
  • __ If you don’t yet own reusable utensils, water bottles, or bags no worries, you can purchase these environmentally friendly items from Green Festival Vendors.

Burbank Green Alliance is proud to be a nonprofit ally and wishes you a fun and sustainable event!

Have a fantastic time!

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Bill McKibben at Powershift 2011: "It's Not CO2 That Rules the Day: It's Money"

Apr 19

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“We will never have as much money as the oil companies, so we need a different currency to work in, we need bodies, we need creativity, we need spirit.”
“That was one of my favorite lines from the rousing speech Bill McKibben delivered to a packed DC Convention Center on Saturday night. He was addressing the thousands of students and activists that turned out to join the climate and clean energy movement at Powershift 2011 — and he certainly succeeded in riling up the audience. That very crowd would go on to (peacefully) take Washington DC by storm today. It’s important to pay attention to what the esteemed environmentalist is saying here, as this speech adroitly outlines both the nature and scale of the obstacles climate action faces, as well as McKibben’s vision for a path forward.”

Bill McKibben at Powershift 2011: “It’s Not CO2 That Rules the Day: It’s Money” via TreeHugger / 350.ORG

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San Francisco’s Green Festival: A Network of Revolutionaries

Apr 15

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“If it is your first time attending the Green Festival in San Francisco, the immersion into a fast-paced marketplace can be a bit overwhelming. But as I discovered, if you just take in a deep breath, go with the flow, and take some time to listen to speakers and enjoy some amazing vegan food, the holistic vision of the festival will emerge.

First and foremost, the Green Festival advocates bringing sustainability to the forefront of the global economy. The booths are filled with fair trade vendors, vegan food, and organic beauty products from companies that support indigenous peoples, labor rights, and high all-natural and organic standards. Likewise, these companies do what they can to off-set their carbon footprint and decrease their energy usage.”

San Francisco’s Green Festival: A Network of Revolutionaries via Donna Kohut – Ecolutionist

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EARTH DAY SF: CO-CREATING SOLUTIONS NOW

Mar 24

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Celebrate Earth Day at the Civic Center Plaza, Downtown San Francisco  •  April 23, 2011  •  10 am to 6 pm

SAN FRANCISCO — Celebrate Earth Day in San Francisco this year at the Civic Center Plaza, April 23rd from 10am-6pm. This diverse and enriching event is designed to bring together leading members of the green business and sustainability activist movement with the public to co-create a vision of how communities address a current multitude of environmental issues. This robust new educational, multi-cultural, entertaining and family-focused event targets pressing environmental issues while promoting and offering solution oriented community action.
Keynotes include Chaske Spencer [star of the hit movie “Twilight;” Founder of Be the Shift campaign and United Global Shift organization], Kevin Danaher [Green Festivals and Global Exchange], Cecil Williams, Starhawk, Ocean Robbins, Rabbi Michael Lerner, Stacy Malkan, Vinit Allen, Dolores Huerta, Richard Heinberg and more will guide, inspire and enlighten.

Enjoy live music by Sila Afro-Funk, Sun Ra, Barry “The Fish” Melton, Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers with members of ALO & The Mother Hips, Ashel Eldridge, Scott Huckabay, Afrolicious, Joanne Rand, Alex Arndt, DJ Jimmy Love and more.

Participants will enjoy a wide variety of musicians, performers, expert speakers & activists on three stages and in the speaker’s tent.  Visit exhibits, explore hands-on activities, workshops and solution-based talks in the Permaculture Zone, Alternative Energy Zone and Holistic Wellness Zone.  Kids’ activities include a playground on-site, face painting, educational games and art from the Sustainable Living Roadshow featured in the Youth and Kids Zone.

Raw Bay Area and Best of Raw present a full-day Sustainable Feast Raw Gourmet Food Prep Demo Series in the Holistic Wellness Zone.  Massage therapists, Green Film, organic beer and wine tasting, cutting edge eco fashion shows, alternative vehicle showcase and many more highlights complete this diverse cultural extravaganza.

Join leading members of the business and indigenous communities, artists and artisans, civic community leaders, local “eco-green” politicians, traditional ceremony keepers, workshop leaders, eco-green & youth activists and environmental & social justice organizations in a holiday to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth’s natural environment. The event will be opened and closed with traditional ceremony to honor all life and planet we all share.

The founders of Earth Day SF are Green Zone Productions , One World-One Voice and Empowerment Works, the Presenting Sponsor is Santa Cruz Organic and the event is produced in cooperation with the National Organization for Women, Living Mandala, Solar Living Institute, Raw Bay Area, Visionary Culture, Sustainable Living Roadshow, and with the support of Harmony Festival, Global Exchange, Green Festivals, Earth Island Institute, 350.org, Green Kids, Teens Turning Green, Grind for the Green / Green For All, Hope and Beyond and more.

This Earth Day is occurring on the heels of some major climate events, toxic threats, species extinctions and  just a few days after the one year mark of the BP oil spill. Much progress has been made and much more remains to be done. Together, we can and must co-create solutions to these issues as stewards of our planet.


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