The Green Festival

WHAT: Green Festival, the world’ largest and most authentic green and sustainable living event, will celebrate a SECOND year in Chicago on May 17th and 18th, 2008 at Navy Pier. The event will bring together more than 150 speakers, 350 local and national green businesses, dozens of community groups and an anticipated audience of more than 30,000.
For two days, festival goers are invited to enjoy visionary authors, leaders and educators; how-to workshops; delicious organic cuisine and planet-friendly-fun for the entire family.  Attendees will explore what’s next on the horizon for renewable energy, socially responsible investing, eco-fashions, eco-tourism, green building, green parenting and more.  Area residents will have the opportunity to check out what local groups are doing to build cultural bridges to a healthier planet, with access to speak with over 30 local organizations and community action groups. Ride your bike to Green Festival, park it in the Bike Valet, and get $5 off your registration fee.  Highlights listed below.

WHO:                    People of all shades of green.
WHERE:                Navy Pier  *Note Location Change*
                              600 East Grand Avenue
                               Chicago, IL 60611
 
WHEN:                  May 17 & 18
                               Saturday 10AM - 8PM
                               Sunday 11AM - 6PM
 
HOW MUCH:       $15 per person- all-access for one or both days.
                              $10 per person ($5 off admission) for students with ID, seniors over 62, bike riders with a ticket from the Green Festival Bike Valet, bus riders with transfer ticket/bus pass, BetterWorld book drive participants (see below).
                              FREE: Kids under 12 and Co-op America or Global Exchange member
WHY:

Show Highlights Include:
City of Chicago Environmental Pavilion
Fair-Trade and Eco-Shopping
Music Stage Featuring Local Acts
Socially Responsible Investing
Community Action Center
Environmental Film Festival
The Fair Trade Café and the Organic Beer & Wine Garden
Natural Pets Section
Green Kids Zone
Green Home Pavilion Featuring 40 Minute Workshops
Green Careers Area    
Organic Beer and Wine Pavilion & The Power Foods Pavilion
Eco Tourism & Eco Fashion
Yoga and Movement Room  

Influential Speakers Include: Winona Laduke, Amy Goodman, Chicago’s own Mayor Richard M. Daley, Daniel Pinchbeck, Thom Hartmann, Sharif Abdullah, Majora Carter, Stacy Malkan, Paul Stamets, Diane Wilson, John Perkins, Greg Palast, David Bach, Sara Snow
 
 FOR MORE INFO:  call 1-800-58-GREEN

Better World Books and Green Festival are partnering to offer $5 off Green Festival admission to attendees who bring in 3 or more books. Your donated books will be sold on BetterWorld.com to help fund girls’ scholarships in developing countries in Asia through Room to Read. www.roomtoread.org