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EarthShare of Illinois Presents Revamped: A Fashion Show for a Greener Society

May 9

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Earthshare of Illinois presents their 2nd Annual ReVamped Fashion and Art Show May 20th at Bridgeport Art Center

CHICAGO, IL – May, 6, 2011 - Earth Share of Illinois, a nonprofit environmental federation, would like to announce their 2nd annual Revamped Fashion & Art Show.  The Revamped Fashion & Art Show will take place on Friday, May 20, 2011, from 7:00pm-11:00pm, at the Bridgeport Art Center, 1200 W 35th Street, Chicago, IL.  For more information, visit www.revampedchicago.com.

General Admission tickets ($35.00) include open bar, fashion show, and other entertainment.  VIP Admission tickets ($75.00) include access to exclusive VIP lounge with food and featured cocktails, and seats along the runway.

All tickets include free parking, complimentary coat check, music, “green carpet” photo ops and spectacular views of downtown Chicago from one of Chicago’s newest premier event spaces!

Your participation and support of Revamped will help to celebrate the beauty when people recycle, reimagine and reinvent fashion and art.  Revamped conveys the simple ways that we can have a positive impact on the environment through the creative reuse of our resources.  Revamped shows people that there is an environmentally conscience choice in fashion and art.

An expected 400 people will be introduced to simple ways in which you can have a positive impact on the environment.  From vintage clothing, sustainable textiles, custom refashioned accessories, and recycled fabrics; Revamped inspires guests to reuse materials waiting to be discarded.  We will feature refashioned vintage couture mixed with new developments in eco-textiles.  The designers are filling a gap in the fashion industry and capturing an emerging market of consumers that want to make socially responsible choices.

This year, the event has expanded and local artists have been invited to showcase their recycled artwork.  Guests will be introduced to a new community of local artists and designers that create with the environment in mind.  Artists include Nicole Matta Santos, Carrie Ann Schumacher, Jay Strommen, Maggie Joyce, Charles Heinrich, Tiffany Gholar and Brikena Boci.

Revamped will provide local artists and businesses a way to get involved and support the Chicagoland environmental community.

Our runway show will feature the following designers; Redgi Woods, Imagine Fashions, Rachel Brooks, The Style Cooperative, Alternative Shoes, Corky Couture, and Marta Cebrat-Czernik.

Purchase tickets by May 20, 2011, pre-sale ends at 3:00pm.  Visit the event website at www.revampedchicago.com or contact Elizabeth Kossik at 312-795-3740.

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About Earth Share of Illinois

Earth Share of Illinois represents over 60 leading environmental and conservation organizations making a difference locally, nationally and internationally.  We are hard at work to provide funding to protect our valuable natural resources to those member charities through workplace giving campaigns.  Our member charities are dedicated to the protection of our public health and natural resources, and provide educational resources

on pollution prevention and conservation practices.  To learn more about our work, visit www.earthshare-illinois.org, or email LKossik@earthshare-illinois.org.

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DISPOSABLE CUPS HAVE GOT TO GO

May 6

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New 3-week community-wide campaign to kick the disposable cup habit

SEATTLE, WA – May 5, 2011 A unique three-week effort to prompt a simultaneous shift in one of our country’s biggest waste problems begins May 21.

Led by New World Habits and supported by coffee shops, non-profits and others, the idea for sudden change is prompted by the theory that any habit can be changed with a concerted three week effort.  This theory will be put to the test in Seattle.

The good news is that you don’t have to give up your coffee.  You simply need to bring your own cup, just as most of us have learned to bring our own bag to the grocery store.

The habit change is relatively painless yet important as Americans throw away almost half a million cups every 15 seconds.  Last year, paper cup usage created close to 400 million pounds of solid waste, and that represents almost a third more than just 4 years earlier!  Our thoughtless disposal of single-use items is getting out of control.  This trend must be reversed.

Via the website, New World Habits will provide the two essential ingredients to facilitate change:  support and a  deadline, not to mention the added incentive of a magnified collective impact that is practically instantaneous.  The website will track the growing numbers.

Participants will join the effort online and then they can watch a change in personal habits become part of a much larger wave of change.  The actual 3-week shift will launch at Green Fest, who is partnering in the initiative along with Sustainable Seattle, Zero Waste Seattle and other organizations.   Equally important is the collaboration of coffeehouses, including Caffe Ladro, who will promote the effort by offering discounts.  Individuals are encouraged to approach their neighborhood coffeehouses (or office, cafeteria, or community organization) to get them involved:  the website offers a flier, including a list of incentives for businesses.  Everything is designed to make it easy for the movement to spread at the grassroots level.

“It’s not as difficult as we make it out to be,” says founder and executive director Karin de Weille.  “We need to show ourselves that we have the power, that we are the adaptable organisms that today’s fast-changing world requires.”  And she believes Seattle is the perfect place to test this point.  Seattle City Council President Richard Conlin concurs, “This initiative is another example of Seattle’s environmental leadership.  Let’s show that we can do this, and our success will be duplicated in other cities.”

The campaign addresses the powerlessness we often feel as individuals.  According to de Weille, “We often feel overwhelmed and so we retreat into denial and a sense of powerlessness.  We find reasons to maintain habits whose value we’ve come to doubt.  Deciding to carry a reusable cup can become a powerful way to align ourselves with what we know to be true and necessary.  And when we make this single move together, we feel that much more empowered as a community to steer our way into the future.  Really, the goals of the campaign are quite broad.  A campaign targeting disposable cups is one way in.  And an especially good way here in Seattle, where we drink a lot of coffee!”

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ABOUT NEW WORLD HABITS

Founded in Seattle in 2010 and aimed at empowering individuals and groups to shift personal behavior and through collaboration move towards a future they believe in.

CONTACT:

Karin de Weille

New World Habits

tel. 808-443-8373

Karin@NewWorldHabits.org

www.NewWorldHabits.org

facebook page:  Reusable Cup Campaign

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Ford and Green Festival Give Organizations a Chance to Make a Difference with Community Green Grants

May 5

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  • Ford and the Green Festival are teaming up to invite organizations and communities to propose innovative and impactful ideas that would improve the environment in their local communities with a $5,000 Community Green Grant
  • The Green Festival and Community Green Grant will travel to Chicago, Seattle, New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco this year. Entries for the grant to be awarded at the Chicago Green Festival are due by May 7
  • As a corporate innovator partner of all five 2011 Green Festivals being held across the U.S., Ford will have a presence at each event that includes a display at the Ford Pavilion, test drives of hybrids and electrified vehicles, and a Ford executive speaker on the company’s sustainability and green vehicle strategy

Dearborn, Mich., May 3, 2011 – Ford and the Green Festival have teamed up to find and fund the most innovative projects to improve the environment in five U.S. cities. The Community Green Grant program challenges organizations and individuals to propose impactful ideas that would improve the environment in their local communities prior to the start of a local Green Festival. Attendees at the Green Festival in each city will vote to select the project proposal that will receive the $5,000 Community Green Grant.

“Being an environmentally responsible company is a key part of the Ford corporate identity,” said John Viera, Ford director of Sustainability & Vehicle Environmental Matters. “By working with the Green Festival, we are able to extend this sustainable thinking beyond Ford and do something tangible and permanent to improve the local community following each event.”

Before each event opening, a panel from Green Festival and Ford will select a group of Community Green Grant finalists from among the proposals submitted. During the Green Festival, the finalists’ project proposals will be presented in the Ford Pavilion, with the winner of the Community Green Grant chosen by a vote of festival attendees.

“We’re so pleased to be partnering with Ford to bring the Community Green Grant program to all of the Green Festival cities,” said Greg Roberts, Green Festival producer. “I am confident we will receive some very creative project proposals from the many people and organizations who participate in the events.”

Attendees will vote on the grant finalists throughout the two-day event. The votes will be tallied on-site and the winning project proposal will be announced on the final afternoon of the Green Festival.

“The Green Festival is a great fit for Ford because it’s a way to connect with the most passionate and environmentally concerned consumers,” said Viera. “We can share our sustainability strategy and have a two-way dialogue about how we can work together to improve the environment.”

As a corporate innovator partner, Ford will have a presence at each of the Green Festivals that includes a display at the Ford Pavilion, test drives of hybrids and electrified vehicles, and a presentation by a Ford executive speaker who will discuss the company’s sustainability and green vehicle strategy.

Sustainable ideas
The first $5,000 Community Green Grant will be awarded during the Chicago Green Festival, May 14-15. Later in 2011, the Green Festival and Community Green Grant will travel to Seattle, New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Entries for each festival must be received by the following dates:

Chicago, May 7
Seattle, May 14
New York, Sept. 24
Los Angeles, Oct. 22
San Francisco, Nov. 5

Ideas can be submitted to communitygreengrant@actionpartners.com or mailed to:

Attn: Community Green Grant
3020 Carbon Place, Suite 300
Boulder, CO 80301

Blueprint for Sustainability
Ford’s corporate sustainability strategy encompasses a wide range of efforts, such as the improved energy efficiency of its facilities around the world, the reduction of CO2 emissions of its vehicles, and accelerated development of more fuel-efficient and alternative-fuel vehicles. For additional information, see Ford’s Blueprint for Sustainability at http://www.ford.com/about-ford/company-information/corporate-sustainability.

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About Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company, a global automotive industry leader based in Dearborn, Mich., manufactures or distributes automobiles across six continents. With about 166,000 employees and about 70 plants worldwide, the company’s automotive brands include Ford and Lincoln. The company provides financial services through Ford Motor Credit Company. For more information regarding Ford’s products, please visitwww.ford.com.

About Green Festival
At Green Festival®, a project of Green America and Global Exchange, we’re celebrating what’s working in our communities and around the world – for people, business and the environment. Think of Green Festival® as a walk through a sustainable community. It begins with finding solutions to help make our lives healthier-socially, economically and environmentally. Individuals, business and community leaders come together to discuss critical issues that impact us at home and abroad. Organizations and businesses showcase programs and products that restore the planet and all that inhabit it. Neighbor-to-neighbor connections are formed and skills are shared to empower people to create positive change in the world.www.greenfestivals.org

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Environmentalist Leaders Meet to Discuss Strategies for Fight Against Climate Change

Apr 28

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At the Venezuelan Embassy’s Bolivarian Hall

Washington DC – April 27, 2011 Environmental leaders met on Tuesday, April 26, at the Venezuelan embassy’s Bolivarian Hall to share their experiences and celebrate their joint work in protecting the environment, promoting social justice and food security, combating climate change, and fighting for a cleaner earth.

The event, organized by the Rural Coalition, ChecktheWeather.TV, Advocates for Environmental Human Rights, Live Green and the Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, sought to pave the way for activists of the nation’s capital to make connections to further work at the local, national and global level aimed at saving the earth. Additionally, the leaders sketched out future actions in the fight against climate change. The proposals, which will be collected and sent to all the attendees by the Venezuelan embassy, include environmental justice initiatives that will be implemented over the remaining year and through 2012.

“I think this event was productive. I met people that I didn’t know before. I had been able to make connections and build solidarity on the work that I’m doing and that others are doing. We were able to find commonalities,” said Michele Roberts, Campaign & Policy Coordinator of Advocates for Environmental Human Rights.

Most of the activists who attended this meeting participated in the World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth, held in April 2010 in Cochabamba, Bolivia, as well as in the UN Framework Conventions on Climate Change, held in Copenhagen in 2009 and Cancun in 2010.

According to Roberts, this event, which was co-hosted by the Venezuelan embassy, also allowed environmental activists to join efforts and strategies for a common agenda in the wave of the coming UN Climate Change Conference to be held in Durban, South Africa in late 2011.

“If we are all able to work together, we should be able to go to Durban with folks representing the United States, Venezuela, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Various countries that we’re representing in this space tonight have people right here working in the United States,” added Roberts.

Besides members of the environmental community in Washington, D.C., the event was also attended by leaders of social movements and human rights activists. “We realized that our struggle is bigger than an environmental issue. It is about an issue of saving humanity,” highlighted Roberts.

The deputy chiefs of mission of the embassies of Bolivia and Venezuela, Freddy Bersatti and Angelo Rivero-Santos, also attended the event.

A brief presentation on the experience of Venezuela’s “Mission Tree” was given by Clara Saraí Rodríguez, the Venezuelan embassy’s environmental attaché. Angela Adrar, from the Rural Coalition; Kari Fulton, from ChecktheWeather.TV, Lilian Molina, from the Energy Action Coalition, and Roberts also presented their experiences and work in the environmental struggle, and thanked the embassies of Bolivia and Venezuela for supporting environmental initiatives.

The photo exhibition “Faces of the Harvest,” which documents the participation of the Venezuelan people in activities centered on reforestation and the protection of Venezuelan forests, was also enjoyed by the people who attended the event.

From 2006 to 2010, Mission Tree has created 5,199 conservation committees, groups made up of people from local communities who organize to promote reforestation and to protect the environment. Those conservation committees include the participation of 50,000 people throughout Venezuela. Thirty-four thousand hectares, over 84,000 acres, have been reforested throughout the country, and about 42 million plants have been planted in 3,198 community, school and governmental nurseries.

The event concluded with a concert of musicians Maimouna Yousse, Patricio Zamorano and Vicky Leiva.

Press Office – Venezuelan Embassy to the U.S. / April 27, 2011

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Whole Foods or Whole Hypocrisy?

Apr 27

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“In an interview at the Green Festival in San Francisco on April 9, Alexis Baden-Mayer, OCA Campaign Director, explained the strategy behind the Millions Against Monsanto Truth-in-Labeling Campaign.

“Over 90% of Americans want GE-tainted foods labeled. Why? So that we can avoid buying these foods.  This is a major reason why millions of us are buying certified organic products, which preclude the use of GE ingredients, as well as toxic chemicals and animal drugs. Since the politicians in Washington apparently prefer to listen to Monsanto rather than their constituents, we need to put our efforts where we currently have the most power, in our local communities, especially at the retail grocery store level, where 50 million of us are regularly buying certified organic and so-called ‘natural’ foods.

“What most green consumers don’t understand yet, is that most of the so-called “natural” processed foods and animal products (which make up 2/3 of the sales of Whole Foods Market) that we are still buying are GMO-contaminated. Either they contain GMO ingredients like soy, corn, canola, cottonseed oil or sugar beet sweetener, or else the animals have been force-fed fed a steady diet of GMO grains and drugs.”

Whole Foods or Whole Hypocrisy? via Ronnie Cummins – Counter Punch / Organic Consumers Association

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GREEN FESTIVAL CELEBRATES 10TH ANNIVERSARY MAY 21-22

Apr 25

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The nation’s largest green consumer living event: Now in Seattle’s Qwest Event Center

Seattle Green Festival May 21-22 at Qwest Event Center

SEATTLE – The premier sustainability event in the nation celebrates 10 years, one million attendees at a new location, Qwest Event Center, May 21-22. This one-of-a-kind weekend experience offers opportunities for community members to meet their favorite authors, actors and community leaders; shop more than 300 eco-friendly exhibitors; participate in educational workshops; enjoy live music and local vegetarian cuisine; and sample organic chocolates, wine and beer.

Ten stages and pavilions host more than 125 inspirational and educational speakers, including Amy Goodman, Jeffrey Smith, John Perkins, Zoe Weil, Dr. David Korten, Dr. Sharif Abdullah and Rep. Dennis Kucinich.

The Green Marketplace showcases more than 300 green and socially-responsible businesses and organizations. Attendees browse everything from non-toxic home products to organic clothing to fair trade treats and décor. Green Festival gives back GF Bucks to individuals who purchase tickets online or at the door. GF Bucks are the local Green Festival currency and can be used the same-as-cash to shop in the Green Marketplace. Discount admission available online until May 20: http://tickets.greenfestivals.org/events/139716.

“Last fall, Green Festival stimulated the green economy by giving back $44,000 to local, regional and national sustainable businesses through the new ‘GF Bucks’ admissions policy,” says Global Exchange and Green Festival Founder, Dr. Kevin Danaher.

Volunteer or donate to various local nonprofits in exchange for complimentary Green Festival admission. Engage with Sierra Club Seattle, Washington State 350, Sound Circle Center, Sustainable Seattle, Solar Washington, International Bicycle Fund, Alleycat Acres, Washington Health Foundation, Community Alliance for Global Justice, Seattle International Film Festival, El Centro de la Raza, Sustainable Wallingford, Transition Seattle, Real Change, feet first, SCALLOPS, Sightline Institute, Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility, The Art Affect, Green America, Global Exchange and more to receive free Green Festival tickets. Also, Green America and Global Exchange members always receive free admission to Green Festival.

A joint project of Green America and Global Exchange, two leading nonprofit organizations dedicated to environmental and social justice for more than 27 years, Green Festival inspires and promotes the connection between change and sustainable progress for people, communities and businesses. Green Festivals empowers people to live healthier lives—socially, economically and environmentally.

“Whether you go to shop, learn, try new organic foods or experience art and music, Green Festival has it all, with the goal to motivate every person to think, participate and make more planet-friendly, sustainable choices in their every day lives,” says Green America and Green Festival Founder, Denise Hamler.

Thank you to Corporate Innovators Bon Ami and Ford for their commitment to sustainability. Receive complimentary tickets when you visit your Seattle-area Ford Dealer. Test drive one of Ford’s new green hybrid and electric vehicles right at the Green Festival.

Thank you to Green Festival partners: Hyatt at Olive 8, Mother Earth News, Utne Reader, Herbal Companion, Natural Home, Entercom, AM1090 and KOMO.

Engage with Green Festivals online at www.GreenFestivals.org, www.Facebook.com/GreenFestival and www.Twitter.com/GreenFestival for the latest news about the Seattle Green Festival and additional Green Festivals in 2011. Children under 18 and all volunteers receive free admission. To volunteer, email: volunteer@greenfestivals.org.

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About Green America

Green America is a national nonprofit organization founded in 1982, providing the economic strategies, organizing power and practicing tools for businesses and individuals to address today’s social and environmental problems. Its Green Business Network is the largest national network of businesses screened for their social and environmental responsibility.  www.greenamericatoday.org

About Global Exchange

Global Exchange is a membership-based international human rights organization dedicated to promoting social, economic and environmental justice around the world. Since its founding in 1988, Global Exchange has successfully increased public awareness of root causes of injustice while building international partnerships and mobilizing for change. www.globalexchange.org

About Seven-Star, Inc.

Seven-Star, Inc. is the nation’s premier green full-service event company focusing exclusively on green events. Since 1999, Seven-Star has provided turn-key green event services for environmentally Responsible and socially Respectful (eR/sR) festivals, trade and consumer expositions, conferences and concerts. From the greening of the 2007 International Live Earth events, to the 2008 Democratic National Convention events, to producing the nation’s largest consumer Green Festivals, Seven-Star has defined itself as the company for eR/sR event production. Seven-Star is the first event company to have won the EPA’s Gold Waste Wise Award for Excellence in recognition for their proprietary system of event waste diversion, which has consistently achieved greater than 95%.www.sevenstarevents.com

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A Day of Service on the Los Angeles River

Apr 14

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El Río de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles de Porciúncula

Saturday, April 30, 2011

LOS ANGELES - The “LA River Day of Service,” taking place Saturday April 30, 2011, will bring community awareness to the Los Angeles River and watershed issues by mobilizing volunteers city-wide through service and civic engagement.  The “LA River Day of Service” is part of Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa’s “We Serve LA” volunteer and service campaign and will bring together Angelenos throughout the City in an effort to learn about how we are all connected to the LA River (and its tributaries) and find ways to continue revitalizing this urban treasure.

The “LA River Day of Service” will consist of an array of service projects, beautification, community education, and fun-filled activities along the river (from the Valley to the Eastside).  The day will engage countless community groups and individuals volunteering together to improve neighborhoods and bankside sites along the 51-mile L.A. River. Mayor Villaraigosa and other community leaders/celebrities/sponsors will travel on a trolley and visit targeted service projects along the river.  Service activities take place in the morning, culminating with a volunteer celebration featuring a free concert by GRAMMY® Award-winning Ozomatli at Rio de Los Angeles State Park in the afternoon.

The “LA River Day of Service” is organized in conjunction with the Friends of the Los Angeles River (FoLAR) and will include the participation of other community based organizations, schools, and neighborhood councils.  These groups include the Los Angeles Conservation Corps, Keep America Beautiful, LA River Revitalization Corp., Los Angeles River Project, San Fernando Valley Audobon Society, Mountains Recreation & Conservation Authority, Heal the Bay, Urban Semillas, Pacoima Beautiful, & Girls Today Women Tomorrow, Pacific Asian Volunteer Association.  We have over 50 community service projects taking place and expect between 5,000 – 8,000 volunteers to participate throughout the day.

The event will culminate at El Rio de Los Angeles Park where volunteers will be thanked by the Mayor and others for their service, have lunch and be treated to a free concert by LA’s own “Ozomatli.”  Community and sponsor booths will be set to provide relevant information to those in attendance.  Daphne Zuniga, actress and part of the cast of the CW’s “One Tree Hill,” will serve as MC for the culmination ceremony.

As an added bonus to celebrate the Los Angeles River, Ozomatli, the City’s Department of Cultural Affairs and the Office of the Mayor will organize “Songs of the LA River,” where local students will have an opportunity to submit songs about the river.  Selected student songs will be performed live by Ozomatli during their concert on the river.   KCET will also be on hand to document the many stories from people who have experienced the LA River through their public media programs Departures and StoryShare.

For more information on the “LA River Day of Service” please contact Rafael Gonzalez (rafael.gonzalez@lacity.org).

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Green Festival SF: The Fabulous Beekman Boys Interview Sarah Zisa from Carrot Mob

Apr 13

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Josh Kilmer-Purcell and Dr. Brent Ridge, stars of the hit television show The Fabulous Beekman Boys on Planet Green, speak with Sarah Zisa from Carrot Mob at Green Festival in San Francisco. Sarah is Carrot Mob’s Director of Community and has helped companies like Walmart be more sustainable.

Green Festival SF: The Fabulous Beekman Boys Interview Sarah Zisa from Carrot Mob via Treehugger

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Pay it Forward, Get it Back: 10th Annual Green Festival Features Green For All Fellows

Apr 6

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“The largest sustainability event in the world celebrates 10 years, one million attendees at the San Francisco Concourse Exhibition Center April 9 – 10. This one-of-a-kind weekend experience offers opportunities for community members to meet their favorite authors, actors and community leaders; shop more than 300 eco-friendly exhibitors; participate in educational workshops; enjoy live music and local vegetarian cuisine; and sample organic chocolates, wine and beer.

Green For All is a “Pay it Forward, Get it Back” non-profit ally at this year’s event. Our panel, on April 9th at 3:30 p.m., is focused on the local food movement, community agriculture and food security.”

Pay it Forward, Get it Back: 10th Annual Green Festival Features Green For All Fellows via Green For All

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How Being Bold Can Create a Just Food System in Africa

Apr 5

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This guest post was written by Zakiya Harris, San Francisco Green Festival’s Community Catalyst and the Founder of Earthseed Consulting.

“As we embrace the cosmic shift transpiring on the planet, we bear witness to walls of separation fading into the realization of one global community.

The role of Africa is integral to this process.

Not only because it represents the birthplace of civilization but because the land and its people have served as “global canaries” in the coal mine of our collective conscience. Africa, is a symbol of how inconceivable beauty and unimaginable horrors can shape the landscape of the human spirit and affect the planet. Therefore, you cannot have a conversation about the transition toward a just food system without first exploring the implications of a just Africa. Before a seed is planted one must first ensure that the soil is healthy and in many ways Africa epitomizes the soil essential for the growth of humanity.”

How Being Bold Can Create a Just Food System in Africa via Zakiya Harris – TreeHugger

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