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Green Festival SF: The Fabulous Beekman Boys Interview Denise Hamler from Green America

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 Denise Hamler from Green America. Denise Hamler is the director of the Green America Green Business Network, the oldest, largest and most diverse association of socially and environmentally responsible businesses with over 4,000 business members. In 2002 she launched the successful Green Festivals, a joint project with Global Exchange. She currently serves as the Director of the Green Festivals, and produces the Green Business Conferences.”

Green Festival SF: The Fabulous Beekman Boys Interview Denise Hamler from Green America via TreeHugger

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Green Festival visits San Francisco in April

Apr 6

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Green Festival is currently the largest sustainability event in the world. Ten years and one million attendees later, Green Festivals are going strong in five major US cities.

Six festivals a year are presented: San Francisco has two, and Los Angeles, New York, Seattle and Chicago each have one festival.

A combination of a trade show and educational conference, Green Festival seeks to educate the population and provide the public with opportunities to sample and witness changes in the green movement. The trade show aspect includes about 300 companies showing their products, and the conference aspect encompasses speakers on a wide variety of sustainability topics.

“The goal is to save humanity from itself. We are undermining the planet’s ability to support human existence,” explained Kevin Danaher, Executive Director of the Global Citizen Center. “With Green Festival we are trying to accelerate the transition to the green economy. As the natural resource base gets depleted, the profitability of saving resources goes up. There are many green companies that people are not aware of. Green Festival puts the public in contact with this.”

Green Festival visits San Francisco in April via The Western Edition – San Francisco

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Green Festival : San Francisco

Apr 6

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“Spring is in the air and it’s that time again… Green Festival is coming to San Francisco this weekend, April 9 & 10. It’s a national project of Green America and Global Exchange that will be in Chicago, Seattle, New York and Los Angeles as well throughout this year.

I think what makes this festival stand out is that it carries the true sense of inspiration that makes the green community powerful. For those of you who have been before, you know that the Green Festival is one of the greatest collections of all things green, and that it’s done nothing but expand and grow ever since it debuted.”

Green Festival : San Francisco via Scott James – Care2

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Celebrate the Green Festival’s 10th Anniversary

Apr 5

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“This year marks the tenth anniversary of the Green Festival. Partners Green America and Global Exchange created a “party with a purpose” that brings together environmentalists, community organizers, sustainable business, art, music, and culture. While the program varies slightly from year to year, the purpose is always the same – to show people that another way of living is possible, one centered on environmental, social, and economic justice.

Recently, I had the pleasure of speaking with Zakiya Harris about this year’s upcoming festival in San Francisco. She is the festival’s Regional Director, a hip hop artist, a proud mother, and founder of EarthSeed Consulting, LLC. and Grind for the Green. We discussed how the festival has evolved throughout the last decade, what visitors can look forward to this year, and how the festival addresses issues of climate justice.”

Celebrate the Green Festival’s 10th Anniversary via Donna Kohut – Ecolutionist

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361. San Francisco Spring Green Festival

Apr 1

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“It’s that time of year again. Spring time. And things are looking up as we’re seeing sun yet again in the nick of time for this great event.

San Francisco Spring Green Festival”

361. San Francisco Spring Green Festival via 365 in SF

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Volunteer at the Green Festival and Get Free Admission

Mar 16

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“The 10th Anniversary of the Green Festival will be held from April 9-10, 2011 at the San Francisco Concourse and Exhibitor Center. The event will include over 125 renowned authors, leaders and visionaries. There will be a lot of learning, networking, and new products and services.

Volunteers receive free admission all weekend, an organic t-shirt, snacks, membership in Green America and Global Exchange, and 10% off Green America and Global Exchange stores. You can volunteer as an individual, as a group, as part of the street or media teams.

For more information about the festival, speakers and exhibitors, see www.greenfestivals.org. You can reserve your shifts online at www.greenfestivals.org/sf. If you would like to volunteer as group, call (828) 333 – 9415 orvolunteer@greenfestivals.org.”

Volunteer at the Green Festival and Get Free Admission via Mark Quan – Local Contributor, Yahoo News

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Reducing cell-phone radiation risks

Mar 8

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“Are cell phones having an impact on our brains?

The answer just got a little clearer when a February study in the Journal of the American Medical Association asserted unequivocally that, yes, cell phones change brain activity.

“This study shows that the human brain is sensitive to electromagnetic radiation coming out of cell phones,” study author Nora Volkow told The Wall Street Journal. “Our finding does not tell us if this is harmful or not.” Like a similar study backed by the World Health Organization last May, Volkow’s study concluded it will take more research to ascertain just how harmful. Regardless, since four in five American adults already own one, it’s urgent that we take precautions with cell phones.”

Reducing cell-phone radiation risks via Tracy Rysavy – Green American (syndicated through Citizen Times)

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GREEN FESTIVAL CELEBRATES 10TH ANNIVERSARY APRIL 9 – 10

Mar 7

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The nation’s largest green consumer living event returns to the San Francisco Concourse

SAN FRANCISCO - March 7, 2011 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.

Ten stages and pavilions feature more than 125 inspirational and educational speakers, including Amy Goodman, The Fabulous Beekman Boys, John Perkins, Dr. Sharif Abdullah, Zoe Weil, Favianna Rodriguez and Mark Hertsgaard, to name a few.

The Green Festival marketplace showcases more than 300 green and socially-responsible businesses and organizations. Attendees browse organic eco-fashion, green pet supplies, fair trade décor, nontoxic children’s products and much more.

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.

“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.

Green Festival enables individuals to volunteer or donate to various local nonprofits in exchange for complimentary Green Festival admission through the “Pay it Forward, Get it Back” campaign. Engage with Green America, Global Exchange, San Francisco Food Bank, SF Education Fund, Green For All, San Francisco Green Film Festival, East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse and Bay Localize to receive free Green Festival tickets. Also, Green America and Global Exchange members always receive free admission to Green Festival.

The San Francisco Food Bank and KPIX CBS 5 host a food drive at Green Festival, in which community members bring nonperishable cans to donate for free admission. According to the Food Bank, 197,000 people struggle each day to feed themselves and their families in San Francisco.

“The generous donation of food collected at Green Festival will aid the SF Food Bank in delivering nutritious and delicious meals for over 35,000 families throughout San Francisco and Marin,” says Events and Food Drives Manager, Jessica Brittsan. “Every donation helps in the fight to end hunger in our community.”

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: Ford and Bon Ami. Receive complimentary tickets when you visit your San Francisco 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: Clif Bar, KPIX CBS 5 and KCBS Alice Radio 97.3.

Engage with Green Festivals online at www.GreenFestivals.org, www.Facebook.com/GreenFestival and www.Twitter.com/GreenFestival for the latest news about San Francisco Green Festival and additional Green Festivals in 2011.

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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 92%.www.sevenstarevents.com

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Hershey Wins, Justice Loses

Feb 21

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“The Hershey Company, makers of the popular Hershey’s Kisses, ignored efforts of green activists from Green America and its allies in the “Raise the Bar, Hershey!” campaign. Global Exchange, International Labor Rights Forum and Oasis USA are urging a boycott and letter writing campaign to “raise awareness of the abysmal labor practices that Hershey relies on.”

During the campaign, we examined the stock price, distributed the news globally to all major news outlets and made an outreach for comment from Hershey.”

Hershey Wins, Justice Loses via Joe Sibilia – CSRWire

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9th Annual San Francisco Green Festival hosts over 34,000 participants, gives back to green economy and engages community year-round

Dec 6

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San Francisco – Green Festival hosted more than 34,000 socially and environmentally conscious participants on November 6-7, to celebrate what’s working in regional communities and engage in solutions to create a cleaner, greener and more socially-responsible world. Green Festival, the nation’s premier sustainability event, stimulated the green economy by giving back $24,000 to more than 300 local, regional and national sustainable businesses through the new “GF Bucks” admissions policy. Also, new this fall, Green Festival gave 10,000 free tickets, a $150,000 value, to local non profit organizations and asked community members to give back to their local communities in exchange for free admission.

Green Festival’s new admissions policy, “Pay it Forward, Get it Back at Green Festival,” engaged community members with 10 local non profit organizations to create year-round community involvement. These non profit allies engaged with new volunteers and donors by providing free Green Festival admission as incentive.

Highlights of the weekend included inspiring presentations from 350.0rg founder Bill Mckibben, Amy Goodman of Democracy Now and empowering activist Dolores Huerta.  Additional highlights included eco-fashion shows, a screening of the movie “Ghetto Physics” and fun interactive art projects, creepy crawly insects and reptiles in Annie’s Green Kid’s Zone

Green Festival partnered with T-Mobile to recycle old, unused cell phones in exchange for free admission. T-Mobile representatives were thrilled to report that 560 cell phones were collected at Green Festival for recycling, as well as a large amount of phone accessories, such as wall and car chargers. Recycling cell phones is incredibly important, as it aids the recycling of energy and preserves a significant amount of precious resource metals, including gold, silver, copper and palladium.

The San Francisco Food Bank and KPIX CBS 5 partnered with Green Festival to host a food drive in which nonperishable cans were donated for free admission. Over 3,000 lbs of food was collected and distributed to families in need in preparation for the Thanksgiving holiday. According to the SF Foodbank, in San Francisco, 197,000 people struggle each day to feed themselves and their families.

“The generous donation of food collected at Green Festival will aid the SF Food Bank in delivering nutritious and delicious Thanksgiving meals for over 35,000 families throughout San Francisco and Marin,” says Events and Food Drives Manager, Jessica Brittsan. “Every donation helps in the fight to end hunger in our community.”

A project of Green America and Global Exchange, two leading non profit organiza­tions dedicated to environmental and social justice for more than twenty-six years, Green Festival serves as a foundation to explore and build sustainable solutions to benefit communities and the environment, discover new environmentally-friendly products and practices and connect with like minded individuals from all over the nation.

In a continuing commitment to green event management, Green Festival diverted over 31,000 lb. of waste over the weekend, for a 93.5% per cent diversion rat

Green Festival will return to San Francisco April 9th and 10th, 2011. For information and regular news updates, visit http://www.greenfestivals.org. Also, keep up with continuing news from exhibitors, partners and more on the new Green Festival press portal at http://www.greenfestivals.org/press or through Twitter @GreenFestival and Facebook.

Special thanks to: Made, Earthbound Farm, Park Merced, Nissan LEAF and KPFA.

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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 85%. www.sevenstarevents.com

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