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Go “Green” At Seattle Green Festival

May 2

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“Celebrate the Green Festival’s 10th Anniversary at the Seattle Green Festival, May 21st – 22nd at Qwest Event Center!

Festivities include presentations by more than 125 renowned authors, leaders and visionaries, informative how-to workshops, cutting-edge films, kid’s activities, organic beer and wine, delicious organic vegan and vegetarian cuisine, diverse live music and over 350 green local and national businessesand organizations! Keynote speakers include Amy Goodman, John Perkins, Jeffrey Smith, David Korten, Zoe Weil and Edward Humes”

Go “Green” At Seattle Green Festival via CBS Seattle

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Neo-Network: Mimi's Organic Exchange

May 2

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“In an online, instantaneous, and ever-evolving world, we have innumerable social networks and a myriad of opportunities to connect with others. But face-to-face communication is waning and quality time is fading away—so are we really creating lasting connections?Mimi’s Organic Exchange (MOE), which is located in Chicago, is another kind of network, a healing network that facilitates “positive sharing” among professionals, small businesses, artisans, non-profits, and others interested in developing sustainable connections through social events. MOE supports socially, environmentally, and spiritually sustainable products and services.

Both MOE and The Convergence Project are groups that are passionate about teaching and encouraging others to be more open-minded, building community, and forming real connections. In Clayton’s words, we want people to “be respectful to each other. We are living on this planet. We are all living together.”

MOE and The Convergence Project will be presenting at the upcoming Green Festival on May 14-15 at McCormick Center”

READ MORE: Neo-Network: Mimi’s Organic Exchange via Chicagoist

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The Art Affect presents: Art4TheEarth – an evening of art and music performances by some of the most talented young adults in Seattle!

Apr 29

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Seattle nonprofit The Art Affect presents - Art4TheEarth May 7th

Join The Art Affect for an evening of art and music performances by some of the most talented young adults in Seattle!

Saturday, May 7th (6:30-9:30PM)
Solstice Cafe (4116 University Way NE)
FREE + ALL AGES

Featuring: Mike Day / Greg Cypher / Rachel Wong Patrick Smith / Mads Jacobsen / MCDK Sheldon Botler / Mandy Yu / Tsige Tafesse Ryan Applegate / and more…

Show starts at 6:30PM and runs till 9:30PM. Please come through early and stay as long as you can to support the artists!

Admission is FREE and ALL AGES! However, several Japanese students from SCC will be collecting donations for the Japanese Red Cross so please consider donating!

Bonus: The Art Affect will be passing out FREE tickets to the Seattle Green Festival (http://www.greenfestivals.org/sea/updates/)! They usually sell for $10-$15 but everyone who signs in at our event and sticks around for the show gets one for FREE!

Invite your friends! This is going to be one of the best free shows of Spring 2011

Tags: art, earth, Green, Green Festival, kids, music, nonprofit, performance, poetry, Seattle, show, youth

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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El Centro de Raza – Comcast Dares Day April 30th

Apr 19

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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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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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