Green Festivals - Green Teen Pavilion

Green Teen Pavilion

Located in the exhibit hall

All Day/All Weekend
Goodwill
Go Green with Goodwill! Customize Your Own Reusable T-shirt Shopping Bag Choose from thrift store T-shirts donated by Goodwill and make reusable shopping bags to match your style! With just a few simple cuts and hems you can make an awesome bag and save shirts and plastic bags from ending up in the trash.

DC Youth Environmental Alliance
Video Your Green Truth
Why do you want to save the environment? Create a campaign video with DC Youth Environmental Alliance and tell the world why you want change.

Electric Vehicles Association of DC
Plug into YOUR Future with Clean Electric Vehicles
All-electric scooters and motorcycles will be available to educate and demonstrate to the teen crowd how to make our future transportation clean and green.

Saturday
11AM-1PM Student Conservation Association
Worm Composting
Vermicomposting (composting with worms) is one of the easiest ways to keep trash out of landfills and can be done in a small space, even if you don’t have a yard. Come learn how easy it is to make one for your home, school or office.

1PM Electric Vehicles Association of DC
Junior Solar Sprints
Check out the hands-on demonstration with electric racecars that are about the size of a shoebox.

2-3:30PM Washington Area Bicyclist Association
Taming the Green Machine: Biking Essentials
This fun, interactive workshop covers how to choose the right bike and equipment, stay safe on the street, change a flat tire and take care of your bike.

4PM Campaign for Safe Cosmetics
Beauty and the Beasts
Do your favorite beauty products contain toxic chemicals? Discover the dirty secrets of the beauty industry and the best safer alternatives with author Stacy Malkan and the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics.
Enter to win a free green makeover!

5PM DC Youth Environmental Alliance
Your School’s Green Scene
Find out what local students are doing to make a difference. Learn how you can green your own school!

Sunday
12-12:20PM Roots & Shoots
Giant Peace Dove Puppet Parade
Members of the Jane Goodall Institute’s Roots & Shoots program will “fly” Giant Peace Dove Puppets to celebrate Roots & Shoots Day of Peace. Each year, in support of the United Nations International Day of Peace, young people all over the world come together to craft giant peace dove puppets and fly them in their communities to promote peace. The parade begins in the Teen Area and finishes at the Music Stage.

1PM Electric Vehicles Association of DC
Junior Solar Sprints
Check out the hands-on demonstration with electric racecars that are about the size of a shoebox.

2-3:30PM Washington Area Bicyclist Association
Taming the Green Machine: Biking Essentials
This fun, interactive workshop covers how to choose the right bike and equipment, stay safe on the street, change a flat tire and take care of your bike.