The Southland’s biggest sustainability event returns
Whether you’re a reseller or a green consumer, you’ve got to know we’re coming up with new eco friendly products all the time. Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to find lots of them in one location?
The 3rd Annual Green Festival is coming back to the Southland October 19-20. It’s the largest marketplace of eco-friendly, organic and Fair Trade businesses with products and services, organized by two nationally recognized nonprofits: Green America and Global Exchange.
“Los Angeles is home to some of the most innovative leaders and movements in the world of sustainability,” says Green America Director Denise Hamler. “Our programming and exhibits will bring in the best of what the area has to offer, along with some of our national partners.”
Two days of activities, workshops and special presentations combine to educate the public on healthy lifestyle choices, including The Green Kids Zone, culinary workshops featuring vegetarian cuisine, a schedule of yoga classes, an organic food court, and beer and wine garden.
“Simply put, Green Festival is the best place you can go to learn how to source almost anything sustainable,” says Green Festival President Georgia Malki.
Keynote speakers and presenters include Actor Jesse Williams (“The Butler”, Actor Raphael Sbarge (“Once Upon A Time”), Actor Ed Begley, Jr., Activist Amy Goodman from Democracy Now, author John Perkins (“Confessions Of An Economic Hit Man”), Sea Shepard’s David Hance and other leading environmental, healthy lifestyle and social justice advocates. LA-based actress Leslie Durso, and “Raw Chef” Bryan Au are among the headliners in the increasingly popular food and cooking portion of the program, which centers around a full slate of programming on the Good Food Stage.
Eco-friendly fashion will be well-represented by two top fashion show producers: Eric Coly of Le Dessein, and Victoria Tik of the Green Lifestyles Network.
FORD Motor Company and Green Festivals have partnered again to fund a $5,000 Community Green Grant. Finalists will be published online and attendees can vote for their favorite nonprofit project in the week leading up to the festival and at the FORD booth during show hours.
More features include electric and hybrid cars, Green Business Seminars, Fair Trade Resources, Sierra Club Green Film
Showcase, Live music presented by the Nature Conservancy.
Tickets are $10 for a one day pass and $20 for a full weekend when purchased online, or $15 and $25 at the door. (All tickets provide access to exhibit floor, all workshops/yoga classes, speakers and films.) Come by bike and get free admission via the Clif Bar Bike Valet. Also free for under 18, union members, and Green America and Global Exchange members.
LA Mart, Saturday, October 19, 10–6 and Sunday, October 20, 11–5. www.GreenFestivals.org
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Photos
Top: Actor Ed Begley, Jr. and Rachelle Carson-Begley; Bottom: Talk show host Amy Goodman
