Author Book Signings and Bookstore with Chicago's Women and Children First
12 May 2011
Green Festival is proud to partner with local business, Women and Children First, to create a wonderfully diverse Green Festival Bookstore!
Located in a new location in a spirited and diverse northside Chicago community, Women & Children First began in a modest storefront in 1979. Staffers include teachers, graduate students, professional writers and storytellers, political activists, board members and poets. The purpose in beginning the store 31 years ago was to promote the work of women writers and to create a place in which all women would find books reflecting their lives and interests. Women & Children First strives to do this in an atmosphere in which all are respected, valued and well-served.
City of Chicago: Sustainable Homes and Backyards for All Residents
09 May 2011
The City of Chicago is embracing sustainable home and garden practices in 2011. Through its Sustainable Backyard Program, the City of Chicago is hosting a number of workshops, including: how to compost, how to conserve rainwater and how to plant trees, native plants and more. The Sustainable Backyard Program is also offering rebates to residents who use local resources to purchase trees, native plants, compost bins and rain barrels. In an effort to reduce smog, improve air quality, conserve water resources and improve overall health of the Chicago community, the City of Chicago is committed to making these resources available and affordable, with the goal of increasing both incentives and demand to fight climate change and preserve the regional natural habitat.
Green Festival is thrilled to partner with the City of Chicago to discuss local resources available for residents to make their homes and business locations more sustainable. Chicago Conservation Corps (C3) leader Anthony Lindsey will educate and engage attendees on some of the simple things that can be done at home to be more sustainable as it relates to installing rain barrels, composting, weatherizing homes and more.
Fun for the Whole Family in the Green Kids' Zone
05 May 2011
Green Festival presents a new and exciting Green Kids Zone in Chicago this year! Bring your family to Green Festival in Chicago May 14-15 and enjoy two days of fun for all ages. Entertaining and enriching activities include animal and insect encounters, yoga, Green Kids parade and even a veggie farm in a truck! Visit the Green Kid's Zone and meet Flow the Water Woman and Aquaman - these time travelers from a land far away will lead kids on a journey through the natural world as they learn to reduce, reuse and recycle as well as love and protect Mother Earth. Explore the wonder of the world and learn why it is important to protect and conserve water, eco-systems, animal species and habitats.
Speaker Spotlight: L. Hunter Lovins - America's 21st Century Green Business Icon
03 May 2011
A worldwide recognized leader in helping companies and communities profit from more sustainable practices, L. Hunter Lovins has authored and co-authored numerous books, including: Brittle Power (1982); Energy Unbound (1986); Factor Four—Doubling Wealth, Halving Resource Use (1997); Green Development (1998); Natural Capitalism (1999); and, hundreds of papers and articles. She was named as a Time magazine “Hero for the Planet” in 2000, and a Newsweek “Green Business Icon” in 2008.
Lovins is currently the President and Founder of Natural Capitalism Solutions, a professor of sustainable business at the Bainbridge Graduate Institute and the chief insurgent of the Madrone Project.
Sierra Club Green Cinema
27 April 2011
Green Festival is excited to partner with the Sierra Club to introduce a wonderful new feature to Green Festival – The Sierra Club Green Cinema! Sierra Club is America's oldest, largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization. With 1.4 million members strong, Sierra Club chapters around the nation work together, inspired by nature, to protect our local communities and the planet.
In celebration of partnership with this venerable organization, all Sierra Club members who show their membership card at the box office receive FREE admission to Green Festival!
At the Sierra Club Green Cinema, sit back, relax and enjoy short and feature-length documentaries covering a variety of social and environmental topics. Stick around post-screening for film discussions and Q & A.
Celebrate World Fair Trade Day with an Exhibitor Discount for Fair Trade Businesses!
25 April 2011
Chicago celebrates World Fair Trade Day on May 6, and continues the celebration at Green Festival May 14-15. To honor Chicago’s achievement of “Fair Trade City” status, which links Chicago to more than 900 other fair trade cities across the globe, Green Festival is offering a 15% discount off to all nationally and locally certified Fair Trade businesses.
Feature your socially-responsible products and services in the Chicago Green Festival marketplace May 14-15, with a special 15% discount, free move-in, amazing marketing benefits and so much more.
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