Do you know a dynamic speaker who captures an audience? Can you or someone you know lead a hands-on workshop?  Do you have connections to celebrities, authors or media personalities? Encourage them to apply to speak at the Seattle Green Festival on June 5-6.

The Seattle Green Festival® is soliciting submissions for presentations on the themes of sustainable economy, ecological balance, and social justice. We are looking for speakers who can deliver interactive and solutions-based presentations.

Presentations will be selected based on the following:

• Compelling, transformative, imperative messages
• Stimulating, interactive dialogue & discussion
• Diversity of perspective and presentation style
• Innovative ideas, projects, programs
• Provides resources and tools for individual and community action
• Invites marginal communities to participate in sustainability & democracy
• Addresses Pacific Northwest initiatives, values & concerns

Applications from for speakers, panelists, and workshop leaders are due by February 22.

Apply today to speak at the Seattle Green Festival!

Please note that due to the high volume of applications received, we cannot respond to each application. If you are selected to present in Seattle, we will contact you by March 1. Thank you!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: SEATTLE HOSTS GREEN FESTIVAL FOR SECOND YEAR
Nation’s Largest Green Consumer Event Returns to Leading City in Sustainability
As Our Economy Transitions, Political Interest in the Environment Increases and Numbers of Green Consumers Grow, Green Festival Stands Out as a Vital Resource

March 28 & 29, 2009
Seattle, WA (March 2009): Green Festival, the fastest growing green consumer event in the country, returns to Seattle for the second year on March 28 & 29, 2009. The Washington State Convention and Trade Center provides the space for the festival to take its platform and bring the most cutting-edge people, ideas, and organizations on the green scene to Seattle residents and the surrounding community. Co-hosted by the city of Seattle, the 2009 Green Festival will introduce sustainable options for a transitioning economy, growing consumer consciousness, and evolving environmental policy. This year, the Green Festival will have specialized programming to address the current state of the economy with extensive discussions and information on the growing sector of green jobs.

 

Seattle Green Festival Partners with city's first eco-friendly hotel seeking LEED certification
Hyatt at Olive 8 Adds a Twist of Green Hospitality

March 2009: This month, Green Festival will make its second trip to Seattle, one of the greenest cities in the United States. Green Festival – the largest and most authentic green consumer event in the nation – welcomes more than 100,000 attendees in five cities annually will celebrate sustainability in Seattle on March 28 & 29, 2009. This year, the Seattle Green Festival has formed a partnership with the city’s first eco-friendly hotel seeking LEED (Lead in Energy & Environmental Design) certification, Hyatt at Olive 8. This will also be the first LEED hotel opened by Hyatt Hotels and Resorts. The sustainable practices and environmental commitment of both organizations led to the development of a partnership between Green Festivals and Hyatt at Olive 8.  

“With similar environmental commitments, a partnership between Seattle Green Festival and Hyatt at Olive 8 was only natural,” Gregory Roberts, Green Festival Producer, said. “Green Festival is constantly expanding its reach and impact. By teaming up with a prestigious hospitality chain like Hyatt, both groups will have a larger platform from which spread their core messages on the importance of going, and staying, green.”

As the 2009 Preferred Official Green Festival Hotel in Seattle, Hyatt at Olive 8 will host the festival staff for the duration of the show. Just two blocks from the Washington State Convention and Trade Center, Hyatt at Olive 8 is an ideal place to rest at the end of a long day exploring the Seattle Green Festival.

Hyatt at Olive 8 offers guests many green options, including:

• Energy efficient rooms featuring master power controls for lighting to conserve electricity and water reducing shower heads and toilets
• Hotel cleaning staff uses cleaning materials and chemicals that are environmentally friendly
• The Hyatt at Olive 8 building use 32 percent less water, 20 percent less power, and create less storm water runoff than similarly sized buildings in the area
• Hyatt at Olive 8 construction team recovered 95% of building material waste
• The building is home to one of Seattle’s largest living rooftops

I don't have to tell you—we’re in for some rough times economically. That’s why sustainable business practices—practices that look at the bigger picture—are more important than ever. While companies, large and small, are reevaluating how they can do “better,” a group of visionary businesses are doing better right now. These organizations continue to be committed to recycling and recovery, forestland preservation, safe and healthy working conditions, ethical business practices, fair and equal opportunities, human rights and animal welfare, and the many other measures that seem so obvious, but have real costs.

We are so grateful for their courage to take a stand for what will work for the world in the long run, even when budgets require deep cuts. These are the qualities that each exhibitor exemplifies at Green Festival. And these companies need your support.

If you know of companies like these (or you work in one), please invite them to join us at Green Festival and show everyone what really makes them exceptional. Green Festival is the best way to share their products and services directly with their target audience.

Don’t forget to invite all your friends, family members, neighbors, coworkers—everyone and anyone—to come to Green Festival and support these outstanding green businesses!

To do our part, we are extending the 20% off exhibitor discount and including payment options.

Are you a nonprofit looking for a space at Seattle Green Festival?  Please fill out our exhibitor application.