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Green Festival Celebrates 6th Year in San Francisco with Unprecedented Program and Anticipated 35,000 Attendees
Event Welcomes World-Renowned Speakers, Including Deepak Chopra, Paul Hawken, and Gary Zukav November 9th- 11th, 2007
(CSRwire) SAN FRANCISCO, CA - November 7, 2007 - Green Festivals, a joint
project of Global Exchange and Co-op America will celebrate its sixth year
in San Francisco. The event will take place November 9th - 11th,
2007, at the San Francisco Concourse Exhibition Center.
The event's unprecedented program will feature a speaker line-up that
redefines and expands the platform to reach the growing and diversifying
audience of the green movement.
Kicking off the event with a true gift to the Green Festival audience will
be an evening with Deepak Chopra, the thought leader in holistic
awareness, wellness and spirituality. Chopra will be speaking on the
"Environment as the Extended Body," exploring the connection of each human
being's physical self to the environment. Chopra will go on to explain this
exploration as an important leverage for change and a shared platform for
understanding environmental issues beyond any political context.
San Francisco Green Festival will also feature first-time notable guests
Paul Hawken, arguably the most respected and well-known name in
environmental sustainability around the globe and Gary Zukav,
bestselling author and co-founder of the Seat of the Soul institute. Also,
Fritjof Capra physicist, philosopher, and internationally famed author; and
Lawrence Lessig, "the most important thinker on intellectual
property in the Internet era" ("The New Yorker"); and Lynne Twist,
award-winning global activist, fundraiser and author of the bestselling
Soul of Money will be among the 15o great minds to be included in
the speaker line-up.
"Since 2002, the Green Festival has hosted a veritable who's who in the
emerging social enterprise, sustainability and environmental thought
leadership," explains Karri Winn, Green Festivals Programming Director.
"As its reputation for excellence and attentive audiences has grown, so
too has the capacity of the event to draw world class speakers while
simultaneously expanding the sustainability framework."
At Green Festival San Francisco, over 400 green businesses, 150 speakers,
dozens of community groups and an expected 35,000 Bay Area residents will
come together to explore and celebrate what's working in our communities -
for people, for businesses and for the environment. Over the course of
three days, attendees will check out what's on the horizon for renewable
energy, socially responsible investing, eco-fashions, green building,
eco-friendly travel, organic foods, sustainable business and much more.
From 2002's launch event audience of 6,000 to an anticipated 2007
combined attendance of 100,000, the Green Festivals have been consistently
and authentically providing content and information for consumers on every
aspect of green living.
"The Green Festival has something for everyone," says Global Exchange's
Co-Founder Kevin Danaher. "When we say green, we mean environmental and
community health, social and economic justice, fair trade and living
wages. You'll see people from every community leading the way to a
greener, healthier future.
Green Festival is the perfect place to build cultural bridges, save the
planet, grow the green economy and begin healthier, greener ways of
living.
SAN FRANCISCO GREEN FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:
Influential Speakers including Deepak Chopra, Paul Hawken,
Lynne Twist, Amy Goodman, Paul Stamets, Fritjof Capra, Caroline Casey,
Lawrence Lessig, and Gary Zukav
Speaker and Panelist Topics including Urban Permaculture:
Real World Design Solutions, Clean Technologies Driving the Green Economy,
Ecoartists as Changemakers: Art that Makes a Difference, Green Careers: The
New Frontier, The Economics of Happiness, and Does Green Mean
Nontoxic?
The Connection Hub- the place to go to connect with old and
new friends, share or learn about local green solutions, and collaborate
on a variety of daily topical sessions
Green Home Series- 40 minute workshops that show you how to
make energy-efficient home upgrades, compost, and concoct herbal
remedies
Friday Night Double Feature Films- Screening Seeds, Hope
and Concrete, and Discover Hetch Hetchy
Green Living Expert and TV Host Sara Snow
Fair-Trade and Eco-Shopping
Music Stage Featuring Local Bay Area Acts
Socially Responsible Investing
The Fair Trade Café and the Organic Beer & Wine Garden
Natural Pets Section
The Organic Valley Green Kids Zone
Green Building and Renewable Energy
Green Careers Area
Organic Beer and Wine Pavilion & The Power Foods Pavilion
Eco Tourism & Eco Fashion
FREE bike valet!
Green Festival's stringent screening process ensures all exhibitors and
sponsors meet the best practices and highest integrity standards for
businesses on a green mission. A joint project of two influential
non-profit organizations, Global Exchange and Co-op America, Green
Festival brings individuals, businesses and investors together in creating
sustainable economic solutions for communities and the environment. This
year's Green Festival will continue to celebrate the positive impact of
sustainable living, eco/organic products for personal health and wellness
and the importance of critical initiatives such as: carbon reduction,
global citizenship and renewable energy.
WHERE:
Concourse Exhibition Center
8th and Brannan Streets
San Francisco, CA
WHEN:
Friday November 9th- 2PM-8PM
Saturday November 10th- 10AM-8PM
Sunday November 11th- 11AM-6PM
$25 Festival Pass (3 Days)
$15 Festival Pass (1 Day)
DISCOUNT for Seniors/Students/Bicyclists and Union Members
FREE Children Under 12
For more information about Green Festivals, please visit www.greenfestivals.org
About Co-op America
Co-op America is a non-profit membership organization founded in 1982 with
the mission to harness economic power-the strength of consumers, investors,
businesses, and the marketplace-and to create a socially just and
environmentally sustainable society. www.coopamerica.org
About Global Exchange
Global Exchange is a membership-based international human rights
organization dedicated to promoting social, economic and environmental
justice around the world. Since its founding in 1988, Global Exchange has
successfully increased public awareness of root causes of injustice while
building international partnerships and mobilizing for change. www.globalexchange.org
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