Welcome to the San Francisco Green Festival, a project of Global Exchange and Green America. Each year, this San Francisco event never ceases to amaze us.
As a fledgling in 2002, San Francisco started with only 50 speakers and a handful of special events. By 2009, the San Francisco Green Festival boasted 3 days filled with the best in green, and currently maintains a deep commitment to quality. With more than 150 renowned speakers and 400 green businesses, this event continues to be an amazing success!
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How we are trying to make this event "green":
Greening the Festivals...
Green Festival, a joint project of Global Exchange and Green America, is striving to become a zero-waste event.
Seven-Star, Inc., America’s green event experts, organizes and manages the landfill diversion, product conversion and carbon offsetting for each Green Festival. With the help of dedicated Green Festival volunteers and staff, Seven-Star, Inc. is able to divert record-breaking amounts of waste from ending up in landfills. Plus, Green Festival works with vendors and event suppliers that offer green alternatives.
Green Festival Efforts:
* E-waste receptacles are available to participants’ for recycling and reuse of their electronic devices.
* Everything that can be recycled at the event is recycled. Enthusiastic volunteers and staff are available to assist attendees in this process.
* Event signs have been designed with reuse in mind. Each piece is made from environmentally friendly materials.
* All Green Festival collateral is made with recycled materials.
* Green Festival offsets 100% of its electricity emissions with clean, renewable energy.
* Green Festival provides incentives for participants using greener modes of transportation.
* Green Festival is a plastic water bottle-free event! Large water jugs are provided at the event for all participants.
* Every plate, fork spoon, knife, cup, bowl, napkin, coffee stirrer and sample cup is 100% biodegradable and will be collected with all food scraps to be composted.
* Green Festival exhibitors are screened for their commitment to sustainable business practices using Green America's green business standards.
What You Can Do:
* Ride your bike, carpool or take public transportation to our events. Check out our Travel page for more details!
* Use recycling and composting bins at the event.
* Bring your own reusable water bottle to the event.
* Bring your own utensils. While serviceware at Green Festival is biodegradable, using your own utensils is far more sustainable.
* Spread the message!
For more information, contact our Greening Manager. More info at: www.greenfestivals.org/about/greening-the-festivals/ |
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