Posts Tagged Wellness

4th Annual Green Metropolis Fair Celebrates Earth Month April 14 at Chicago’s New Green Exchange Building!

Chicago (Feb. 14, 2012) Once again, Chicago’s Green Metropolis Fair will bring the local conscious community together on April 14 to officially celebrate Earth Month. This year, the Fair will be held at the Green Exchange Building, 2545 W. Diversey, Chicago’s premier sustainable business community.

“The vision for Green Exchange has always been about being a place to gather and educate people about incorporating sustainable choices into their lives,” says David Baum, owner and developer of Green Exchange. “Green Metropolis Fair exemplifies this opportunity, and we are thrilled to be hosting at GX!”

With the planting season just around the corner, and Chicago enjoying a warmer USDA zone classification, the Green Metropolis Fair will feature workshops and activities on a wide array of gardening topics, including urban organic gardening, composting, keeping backyard chickens and bees, and growing and preserving fruits and vegetables. Master Gardeners and Master Composters from the University of Illinois Extension Service will be on hand to answer your toughest gardening questions, and bedding plants – herbs, vegetables, and flowers ‐ will be available for purchase.

Many local businesses will be part of the Gren Metropolis Fair’s Retail Marketplace, and their special handcrafted, artisanal products, along with fair trade offerings from around the World, will delight the most discerning shoppers. Wonderful local food and drink from a wide variety of purveyors will be available throughout the day, and local services like CSAs (community supported agriculture), nuritionists and chiropractors, and other sustainable businesses will be featured in the table sponsors area.

Yoga, and other wellness activities, and ways to make your home healthier and more energy efficient year round will be spotlighted. Children will enjoy petting rabbits, goats, and other furry creatures. And everyone will appreciate the beautiful new LEED certified Green Exchange Building, with it’s organic sky garden, cistern for recapturing and recycling rain water, green roof, green tenants, and other outstanding features.

Again this year the Green Metropolis Fair is presented by the Green Parent’s Network. For more information, visit www.greenmetropolisfair.com, or contact Maureen Ewing @ greenmetropolisfair@gmail.com, or Mary Beth Rebedeau @ mbr@greenparentsnetwork.com.

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Green Festival: Thinking Global, Acting Local

“The Chicago Green Festival, held at McCormick Place last weekend, rounded up more than 300 green exhibitors and 125 speakers for two days of cutting-edge sustainable lifestyle action and information.

We stopped by on Sunday to find out what’s new in the sustainability world. Here’s a look at what caught our eye in terms of cool products of note and environmentally friendly organizations with whom Morton Grove activists can partner.”

Green Festival: Thinking Global, Acting Local via Janice Cha – Morton Grove Patch – The Sustainable Beat

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2011 Green Festival

“In its 10th year in Seattle the Green Festival celebrated 1 million attendees and all that is good and green. Green Festival is the largest sustainability-focused event in the U.S. and folks learned about everything from GMO’s and organics to solar and urban composting options. People also came out to hear from well-known sustainability experts including Dennis Kucinich, Ed Humes, and Zoe Weil.”

VIEW PHOTOS: 2011 Green Festival via Mohini Patel Glanz – Seattle Weekly

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The Green Festival Hits Seattle THIS Weekend!

“AM 1090 wants YOU to go GREEN at the Seattle Green Festival, THIS WEEKEND at Qwest Event Center!

Join AM 1090 & Don Willis Furniture for the Festival at the Qwest Field Event Center THIS  Saturday, May 21, 2011 10am – 7pm & Sunday, May 22, 2011 11am – 6pm! PLUS when you stop by our booth, you can enter to win 2 Natural Cedar Adirondack chairs courtesy of Don Willis Furniture!”

The Green Festival Hits Seattle THIS Weekend! via CBS Seattle

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May be a busy month, liberally speaking

May 21-22, Qwest Event Center (800 Occidental Avenue S., Seattle): The Green Festival. Billed as “the nation’s premier sustainability event,” this wide-ranging extravaganza of alternative, well, everything features a long and variegated list of guest speakers, exhibitors, arts, crafts and musicians. And it won’t cost you much green: between $5 and $25, depending on how, when and where you pay. Be there or be Republican.

May be a busy month, liberally speaking via Matthew Thuney – Seattle Liberal Examiner

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Revolutionary Health Clothing Comes to the United States

Vastra introduces the innovative concept of “wellness clothing” at the 2011 San Francisco Green Festival

SAN FRANCISCO – March 31, 2011, Vastra, a global wellness clothing company, will launch a line of apparel based on the 5000 year old medicine system of Ayurveda at the San Francisco Green Festival (April 9-10 2011, SF Concourse Exhibition Center).

Vastra is an ancient word from Sanskrit that translates to ‘clothing’ or fabric’, and in the context of the modern world it stands for clothing that is pure, natural  that can promote life, health and longevity.  Vastra introduces the concept of “wellness clothing” to the U.S. marketplace with clothing that is dyed fully with medicinal plants and herbs for health and wellness qualities. Vastra also aims to promote awareness among the green-curious and green-conscious public about this breakthrough in the world of natural clothing.

The Vastra team at The Handloom Weavers Development Society in Kerala, India revived and refined this ancient technique of dyeing clothing to deliver the benefits of medicinal herbs through the skin (known as Ayurvastra), which has been proven by tradition and clinical research. News organizations, including Time magazine and the BBC have covered the revival of this age-old/traditional concept and the growing interest in exploring its benefits.

“The skin being the largest organ in the body absorbs anything and everything that it comes into contact with,” said Sri Narayan, the Washington, D.C. based founder of Vastra who worked for over a year to bring the concept to the United States. “By wearing clothing that is dyed with medicinal plants and herbs, as opposed to the toxic, synthetic and chemically-dyed alternatives, we are consciously choosing health. This is why we are sharing Vastra with a new community.”

The initial line of Vastra’s fully organic apparel, will include six colors. Each color is created using a predominant herb/plant along with a synergistic blend of more than 40 other herbs/plants. The colors come from ayurvedic herbs themselves, which include tumeric, tulsi, sandalwood and neem. The Vastra exhibit will be located in the Organic Body & Health section at the San Francisco Green Festival (April 9-10 2011, SF Concourse Exhibition Center). The products will also be available through the Vastra online store in April. Vastra fabric will also be available for custom orders by retailers, and corporate clients.

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Free Wellness Classes at Tai Sophia Institute in September

Tai Sophia Institute will be hosting two weeks of free introductory wellness classes beginning Monday, September 13. During Week 1, learn about acupuncture’s powerful role in supporting individuals with cancer before and after they undergo treatment, and harvest helpful “how-tos” about creating greater health and wellness with seasonal foods, herbs, and spices. Week 2 features introductory movement and meditation classes plus an interactive workshop on transformative practices for the workplace. All of the free classes will be held on the Tai Sophia campus at 7750 Montpelier Road, Laurel, MD, 20723.

Acupuncture and Cancer: Supporting Patients and Families During and After Treatment
Monday, September 13
6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Learn how acupuncture can support and re-balance the body; alleviate the side effects of chemotherapy and radiation; address the emotional aspects of living with cancer for both the patient and loved ones; and support overall health and wellness after treatment.

Healthy Eating with the Seasons: Fall Focus
Wednesday, September 15
6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Learn which types of foods, preparation techniques, and meals best support overall health and nutrition during the fall months. Learn ways to preserve herbs, fruits, and vegetables (with drying, freezing, and pickling) so they can be incorporated into meals all fall and winter long. Go home with four easy, healthy recipes that incorporate seasonal produce.

Herbs & Spices for Nourishment and Health
Thursday, September 16
6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Herbs and spices play an important and essential role in nourishment and health. They are a tasty and traditional part of any diet. Learn which herbs and spices enhance digestive and cognitive functions, which help relieve stress, and which you can grow at home. Participants will learn how to prepare a fall spice blend.

Qi Gong: Dance of the Phoenix
Monday, September 20
6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Learn about and try Qi Gong (pronounced “chee gung”), a health and longevity exercise that leaves you feeling more refreshed, relaxed, and reinvigorated.

Transformative Practices for the Workplace Tuesday, September 21
6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
The workplace is a place of increasing complexity and rapid change. Join Tai Sophia’s Transformative Leadership faculty in a lively, interactive dialogue about workplace best practices including how to skillfully and effectively navigate the turbulent waters of change. Learn concrete practices to positively address workplace breakdown and effectively manage the inevitable emotions that accompany change.

Introduction to Qi Gong: Medical Longevity Qi Gong and Three Jewels Qi Gong
Wednesday, September 22
6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Attendees will learn how Qi Gong improves physical health and wellness, watch a demonstration of Qi Gong, and have the opportunity to try Qi Gong movements.

Yoga and Meditation
Thursday, September 23
6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Explore yoga and the benefits of stillness through meditation and breath work in a class that is ideal for the new student and for those looking to deepen their foundational practice.

All classes will be held at 7750 Montpelier Road, Laurel, MD, 20723. Register to reserve your seat at www.tai.edu (keyword: free wellness).

Tai Sophia Institute is a nonprofit, accredited educational institution for wellness-based studies. The Institute offers graduate-level academic programs in Acupuncture, Health and Wellness Coaching, Herbal Medicine, and Transformative Leadership and Social Change, as well as community wellness programs, continuing professional education, and clinical care. Tai Sophia’s 12-acre main campus houses the Natural Care Center, the Meeting Point bookstore, a library, the Himmelfarb Art Gallery, and herb and meditation gardens – all of which are open to the public.

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