Talking About Green

While the climate crisis and energy issues loom in an increasingly unstable economy, Americans are eager for a sustainable marketplace that will provide jobs, clean energy and a secure future. These issues will be highlighted and covered as the demands and needs for environmental solutions have never been greater. Every four years, the nation’s focus shifts to Washington, D.C. and this year Green Festival returns with information and insight into the most pressing concerns of the moment.

A joint project of Global Exchange and Co-op America, two leading nonprofit organizations dedicated to environmental and social justice for more than twenty-five years, Green Festival is a forum to explore and build sustainable solutions for communities and the environment. The Washington DC Green Festival will host 150 visionary speakers, 350 local and national green businesses, and dozens of community and nonprofit groups. All exhibitors must meet strict standards set by Co-op America, guaranteeing the highest level of social and environmental responsibility in everything that enters the convention center.

You’ll enjoy more than 125 renowned speakers and 350 green businesses (start your holiday shopping now!), great how-to workshops, green films, a Fair Trade pavilion, yoga classes, organic beer, delicious organic cuisine and live music.

Washington, D.C. Green Festival Highlights

* Nationally renowned speakers such as William McDonough, prominent architect; Barbara Ehrenreich, journalist, historian, and social critic; Katrina Van-Den Heuvel, editor of the Nation; Amy Goodman, award-winning journalist, author, and host; Lester Brown, MacArthur Fellow, Founder and President of Earth Policy Institute; Hervè Kempf, environmental and ecology journalist; Madeleine M. Kunin, author, Deputy Secretary of Education and Ambassador to Switzerland for the Clinton administration; and many more!
* Fair Trade Pavilion
* Green Careers and Education Area
* Green Teen Center & Organic Valley Green Kids Zone
* Socially Responsible Investing
* The Fair Trade Café
* Organic Beer & Wine Garden
* Eco-tourism and Eco-fashion
* Green Film Festival
* Community Action Center
* Green Home Pavilion featuring hands -on workshops
* Bike Valet
* Live Music
* Yoga and Movement Room

Event Details:
Washington, D.C. Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place, NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
November 8th & 9th
Saturday 9AM – 7PM
Sunday 11AM – 6PM
$15 per person- all-access for one or both days.
$10 per person ($5 off admission) for students with ID, seniors over 62, bus riders with transfer ticket/bus pass, BetterWorld book drive participants
FREE: Children 18 and under, Co-op America or Global Exchange members

Green Festival Partners:
Better World Books, Clif Bar, Energy Star, Honest Tea, MOM’s, bgreen, Organic Valley Kids Zone, Pangea Organics, TS Designs, The Globe, WPFW

Check this out:
Arriving bicyclists will be treated to free, secure valet parking steps from the event, as well as a $5 discount on registration fees.
Location:
Corner of 9th and M streets, NW
Provided by . . .
College Park Bicycles and Mt. Airy Bicycles, in cooperation with Hosteling International’s Potomac Council.
Leave both your heavy locks and worries behind.
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We are planning to attend this DC Green Festival this year. I have been wanting to attend one of these for quite some now. So I’m busy preparing the logistics for this trip. Its not a bad drive from Atlanta. So we’ll probably drive. As far lodging is concerned, I have been looking for Washington DC Vacation Rentals since we’ll be 6 people.
This is going to be a fun trip.