10 Great Ways to Experience Los Angeles Green Festival
Everyone will have their top ten favorites - What will yours be at the Los Angeles Green Festival on October 29-30?
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You can’t be in LA without involving Hollywood! Check out the celebs coming to Green Festival: Ed Begley Jr. and Rachelle Carson of “Living with Ed,” CSI stars Hill Harper and Esai Morales, and Jesse Carmichael of Maroon 5.
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The opening ceremony with Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa and special performance by Morning Star Foundation. Learn about Los Angeles’ commitment to be the world’s greenest city.
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Learn more about climate solutions and staying healthy. Hear renowned author and climate activist, Bill McKibben recap recent historical climate awareness events around the nation, like Moving Planet and the Keystone XL Pipeline protests. See the latest crazes in vegan junk food and enjoy FREE Yoga classes, hula hooping and belly dancing for health.
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DIY workshops that cover it all - composting, green renovations, urban homesteading, container gardens in the city, urban bee keeping, cooking demonstrations and how to pickle almost anything - including pumpkins!
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What’s new in Eco-Fashion and see the latest eco-fabrics and local designers.
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Interested in finding a green job or starting your own green business? Attend seminars on launching your own business and find out what every green entrepreneur needs to know.
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Seeking GREEN transportation - learn all about all-electric and hybrid vehicles at the FORD Pavilion and take a test drive. Vote for your favorite community cause to win a FORD Community Green Grant of $5,000.
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It’s a party, come and enjoy live music, the social media hub, movies, organic beer and wine. We dare you - its Halloween - come dressed like your favorite green hero.
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Enjoy scrumptious local, organic cuisine - learn to cook excellent vegetarian, raw and vegan meals at the Good Food Stage from well known pros: Chef Bryan Au of Raw STAR Recipes, Gabriela Teissier from Univision’s Primera Edición, Sarah Englehart of Café Gratitude, Maura Knowles of Mac-n-Mo’s and others!
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End the weekend with a performance to remember from The Agape International Choir with Dr. Rickie Byars-Beckwith and Rev. Michael Beckwith.
Spanish language programming will include cooking demonstrations, greening your life and activities in the Green Kids' Zone.
ASL – Sign language interpreters will be available.
Ride your bike or take the metro and get in for FREE!
Apply for a $5,000 Green Grant to Kick-start your Community Project!
Ford Motor Company and Green Festival encourage you to apply for the Los Angeles Ford Community Green Grant for a chance to receive $5,000 for your sustainable, forward-thinking idea. The grant will be awarded at Green Festival, Sunday, October 30.
The deadline to apply is October 22!
Congratulations Admission Giveaway Winners!
Congratulations to our LA Green Festival Admission Giveaway Winners, Franchesca Masson and Patricia West! Check back next week for more winners!
Volunteers Needed!
Don't miss your chance to be part of the magic at Green Festival! Shifts are filling up fast.
Sign up today to volunteer at the Los Angeles Green Festival.
Have a school or church group or workplace that wants to volunteer together? Email today to reserve space!
Join the Rooftop Revolution at Green Festival!
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Green America has teamed up with Sungevity to offer Green Festival attendees a great way to go solar! Come visit the Sungevity bio-diesel, solar powered ice pop truck to request your free solar iQuote and learn fun facts about solar energy. When you sign up for a $0 down solar lease, Sungevity will give you a $500 cash gift card, and will give another $500 to support Green America! It’s a win-win-win!
Also, don’t miss Sungevity’s founder, Danny Kennedy with his workshop “Greenpeace to Green Entrepreneur” on Sunday at 3:30 on the Green Building & Alternative Energy Pavilion. Danny will explore activism in a digital age and talk about how social media and technology are making it possible to change the world from your couch.
Santa Monica Public Library Awards Green Prizes
You are invited to the annual Green Prize for Sustainable Literature, profiling current sustainable trends: buying and eating local, the commons as a way of life, rogue efforts for sustainable policies and grassroots action on October 27, at 7:00 pm. Discussion will incorporate the 2011 Green Prize-winning books. This year’s Green Prize Pioneer Award will honor Bill McKibben, author and founder of the grassroots climate campaign
350.org. McKibben was proclaimed by the Boston Globe to be “probably the country's most important environmentalist.” McKibben will speak at Los Angeles Green Festival, Sunday, Oct.30 at noon.
