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Green Festivals a Place for Everything Green

SAN FRANCISCO – The largest sustainability event in the world celebrates 10 years this year. The founders of Green Festival expect approximately 30,000 to 40,000 attendees at the San Francisco Concourse Exhibition Center April 9 – 10. This one-of-a-kind weekend experience offers the opportunity for community members to meet their favorite authors, actors and community leaders as well as shop more than 300 eco-friendly exhibitors.

All this while being able to participate in educational workshops; enjoy live music, sample local vegetarian cuisine; organic chocolates, wine and beer.

There are 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.”

Green Festivals a Place for Everything Green via Chris McGrath – Thrifty and Green

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Green Festival Fashion

Eco-Company TV: Green Festival Fashion

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gDiapers Wins 2010 Green America People’s Choice Award

San Francisco – Portland Oregon-based gDiapers received Green America’s People’s Choice Award for Green Business of the Year. Certified Cradle to Cradle, gDiapers are plastic-free, elemental chlorine-free, latex free, and perfume free. gDiapers biodegradable gRefills can be home composted, tossed, or flushed. They are the only certified 100% biodegradable diaper and break down in about 3 months, unlike disposables, which can take up to 500 years.

“Winning the People’s Choice Award is the most rewarding accolade we could receive.  Nothing means more to advancing the environmental cause than the collective voice of individuals calling for and believing in change.  We are so very grateful.”  Kim Graham-Nye, President and co-founder, gDiapers. “We couldn’t have done it without all of the amazing moms and dads committed to changing the world, one diaper at a time.”

The People’s Choice Award winners are chosen by individual Green America members across the country, who nominating and vote for their favorite green business. The award was presented at the San Francisco Green Festival.

The top ten finalists this year were:

Brittanie’s Thyme (Cedar Springs, MI)
Digital Hub (Chicago, IL)
Ecobunga.com (San Francisco, CA)
Faeries Dance (Harbor City, CA)
Grounds for Change (Poulsbo, WA)
Hazelnut Kids (Traverse City, MI)
Stay Vocal (Norwell, MA)
Theo Chocolate (Seattle, WA)
We Add Up (Wickliffe, OH)

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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

Source: Green Business Network

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