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4.19.2005 ET
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Spring Awakening - Simple Solutions For Sustainable Living
(CSRwire) LOS ANGELES -- Now that spring is here, be kind to the environment
and protect your health as you go about spring cleaning, home renovations
and shopping. Here are tips from the organizers of LOHAS 9 Forum:
Getting to the Heart of Conscious Commerce, which will take place
April 25-27 in Marina del Rey, California.
GET GREEN THIS SPRING:
Use earth-friendly paints for walls, bamboo instead of wood to re-do
floors, and environmentally-friendly products to clean your home.
Add solar-powered garden lights or panels for household power. Switch
to lower-energy compact fluorescent lighting in the home.
Consider a hybrid or at least conserve gas to save money and help us
decrease our dependence on fossil fuels.
Use organic cotton sheets and towels, which are healthier to use and
better for the environment.
Recycle old clothes. Donate them to charity or swap with friends. Buy
fashionable clothing made from recyclable, recycled or reclaimed fabrics.
Designers are now using innovative, earth-friendly fabrics like bamboo
jersey and Eco-Spun, made from plastic soda bottles.
Let your dollars speak for you. Invest in eco-friendly companies. Buy
local, buy organic and buy efficiently; you don't need that two-for-one
deal if you'll throw it away.
If you're sending flowers for Mother's Day, graduation or another
occasion, send organic buds that are better for the environment and your
loved ones who won't have to breathe in pesticides.
To hear experts in health, the environment, business and media speak on
the environment and sustainability, marketing and branding, building LOHAS
community and more, come to the LOHAS 9 Forum: Getting to the Heart
of Conscious Commerce. Daryl Hannah, Amy Smart, Mariel Hemingway,
and Raquel Welch and others who live the LOHAS lifestyle will speak. LOHAS
9 will include a musical performance by Rickie Lee Jones and other surprise
entertainment. The first Inspiration Film Festival will be launched in
conjunction with LOHAS, showcasing spiritually uplifting work of emerging
filmmakers worldwide.
LOHAS sponsors and partners include Ford Escape Hybrid, Gaiam, Ben &
Jerry's, Intel, Dell, Natural Health Magazine, Organic Bouquet, Clif Bar,
Antique Drapery Rod Co., Anna Sova Luxury Organics, Wellness Water
Filters, Golden Temple, Hemptown, Izze Beverage Company, Green Mountain
Coffee Roasters, JASON Natural Cosmetics, Living Tree Paper Company, Utne
Magazine, Co-Op America and the Environmental Media Association. Other
sponsors include Under the Canopy, Experience Life Magazine, Breathe
Magazine, Expansion Capital Partners, Portfolio 21, Zhena's Gypsy Tea,
Organic Vintners, EV Rentals, Naked Juice, Concept Farm, GreenHome.com,
and Native Energy, who is powering the LOHAS conference with wind
power.
Full-priced tickets for all three days of LOHAS 9 cost $795. A pass to the
Inspiration Film Festival, including Monday's joint program and reception
at LOHAS 9, costs $50 or $25 when purchased with LOHAS 9 tickets. For
tickets or to learn more, visit www.lohas.com or
www.inspirationfilmfestival.com or call 303-222-8263.
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