Washington DC Green Festival
This great green event is over now!
| Date: |
Sat October 23 2010
to
Sun October 24 2010
Saturday & Sunday |
| Where: |
Washington Convention Center
801 Mount Vernon Place, NW
Washington, DC
District of Columbia, 20001 [ Map it!] |
Event Type: |
Festivals/ Fairs / Expos |
| Web Site: |
www.greenfestivals.org/washington-dc/ |
At the Washington DC Green Festival, a project of Global Exchange and Green America, we’re celebrating what’s working in our communities—across the District, Maryland and Virginia—for people, for business, and for the environment.
You’ll enjoy more than 125 renowned speakers and 350 green businesses, great how-to workshops, green films, a Fair Trade pavilion, yoga classes, organic beer, delicious organic cuisine and live music.
Find out about DC environmental initiatives, and learn how neighbors, community nonprofits, and city departments are working together to make their cities healthier places to live.
See website, linked above, for more information.
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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| Rain or shine? |
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