The 2010 Chicago Green Festival is gearing up to deliver one of the most inspiring and motivating environmental gatherings of the year. Global Exchange and Green America are teaming up to feature more than 350 local and national green businesses, along with more than 150 notable speakers.
Green City, Green Nation
The Chicago Green Festival is a celebration of the environmental initiatives that have been working in the city and the nation. Panel discussions and presentations are scheduled to address topics from green roofs to organic beer. The 2010 Green Festival will also showcase helpful how-to workshops, a green careers fair, a Fair Trade pavilion and tasty organic treats including beer, wine and food. And let’s not forget about awesome local music. Chicago blues, brass and bluegrass!
Other cities in the Midwest will also be featured at the Chicago event, along with a diverse array of community nonprofit organizations and city departments that are joining forces to makes the Midwest a healthy, sustainable place to live and work.
Green Festival Facts
The Chicago Green Festival is designed to show visitors what a walk through a sustainable community would be like. People will find solutions for healthier social, economic and environmental lives; a gathering of sustainable-minded businesses, and discussions and presentations that address the pressing green issues of the decade.
Here are some Green Festival facts (from the Chicago Green Festival website):
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Green Festival is the largest sustainability event in the world and continues to grow year after year.
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Green Festival is the only green event that screens exhibitors for their commitment to sustainability, ecological balance and social justice using Green America’s green business standards.
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Green Festival offsets 100% of its electricity emissions with clean, renewable energy.
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Green Festival is working toward being a zero-waste event.
Details
The 2010 Chicago Green Festival will take place on May 22-23, 2010, Saturday – 10am – 7pm and Sunday – 11am – 6pm at Navy Pier, 600 E Grand Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611.
For more information about the two nonprofit organizations producing Green Festival, visitwww.globalexchange.organd www.greenamericatoday.org.
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