Green Festival Launches in NYC Earth Day Weekend - April 21-22, 2012

30 November 2011

Green Festival New York will take place Earth Day weekend, April 21-22, 2012 at the new Javits Center North, so mark your calendars now!

Green Festival found the perfect spot to launch its first New York City event, the new Javits Center North, located on 11th Avenue between 39th and 40th Streets. Unveiled in August 2010, Javits Center North features 80,000 square feet of naturally lighted column-free, high ceiling modern space. JCN is connected to the main building through a 30-foot wide corridor link featuring floor to ceiling glass doors looking onto an outdoor plaza view, adding more natural light and a touch of outdoors. This beautiful space will be the ideal weekend spot for celebrating Earth Day weekend at Green Festival.

New York Green Festival will offer not only an incredible sense of community but also the largest, most diverse and most trusted place for learning, shopping and having fun. New York Green Festival will feature an organic, vegetarian and vegan food court; an environmental film installation presented by the Sierra Club; an everyday eco-fashion show; hands-on DIY workshops; live music; an organic beer and wine garden; and, an incredible Green Marketplace featuring products and services from local, regional and national green and sustainable businesses and organizations.

New York Green Festival is renowned for its rich and inspiring keynote presentations, workshops, demonstrations, visual installations and interactive fun. You’ll find a weekend packed with local, national and internationally acclaimed social and environmental authors, leaders and experts and cultural icons. From kids’ interactive programming to hands-on DIY demonstrations to uplifting keynote addresses from national heroes, this is the New York City event to attend in celebration of Earth Day 2012. 

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