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San Francisco Green Festival 2009
The long weekend of events has come to a close for Green Festival 2009. This past Friday, Saturday, and Sunday delivered a plethora of green products, services, speakers, and parties.
Many of the products were similar to prior years, but a few new additions popped up and stood out from the crowd. One was a individual garden bed greenhouse from SunPod. Eco-friendly vegetable ink dry erase markers from AusPen made their mark. And Taylor’s Tonics Chai Cola stood out as the most unique and attractive booth (see picture). There were many more additions, but these stood out to me.
Taylor's Tonic Chai Cola
This year’s speakers were very similar to previous years, but all of the talks I attended were very informative and inspiring. Amy Goodman spoke about the need for public television as an alternative to the mainstream media. As well as alternative approaches to standing up for your own rights, such as how The Yes Men , as well as a Utah student who posed as a bidder to save thousands of acres of public land from development and shine light on a faulty auction. Paul Stamets made a powerful presentation about the power of mushrooms to solve global problems. And many many others gave inspiring messages about how to make the world a better place. Even the Mayor of San Francisco showed up and gave a brief speech.
Instead of describing each talk due to the incredible number of talks, you can purchase any of the speeches on the Green Festival website.
At the end of each day, the festivities continued at after parties throughout San Francisco. There were at least 5 different after parties over the three days.
Lastly, if you did not make it to the event, or wanted to review anything you saw, definitely check out the Green Festival Website for a very detailed account.
If you would like to see photos of the event, please see them here.
As always, if you need event publicity, calendar submittals, photography, a website, or graphic design, please see the Services section on Envirovents.
Weeds Taking Over At Harvest Festival 2009
This past Saturday in Sebastopol, California, the 11th annual Harvest Festival brought information, politics, and music together in harmony. Well, not quite, but close. There are many Harvest Festivals across the United States around this time of year. They are held at a different time of the season, depending on the approximate time of harvesting crops in the area. The festivals are used to celebrate the time of harvest, as well as provide information about the harvest.
The festival in Sebastopol was a bit different than a typical Harvest Festival. This time of year was harvesting time for medical Marijuana in northern California. The event centered around the use of medical Marijuana and legalizing Marijuana. It has always been a hot topic of debate, and this event proves that enough people are interested in seeing it legalized.
Whether you are for or against legalization or medical use, I suggest you attend an event like this to gather information from both sides of the argument. It may just make you think different about what you may hear from the news media or friends.
To get information similar to information presented at the event, try visiting www.westcoastleaf.com, a newspaper publication which attended the event.
