This weekend: Green Festival in DC

Are you:

• Looking for ways to eat more sustainably?
• Hoping to make your house more eco-friendly?
• Want to invest in companies that do good for the world?
• Interested in hearing from leaders of the green movement?
• New to this whole “green” thing and trying to figure it out?

You should check out the Green Festival.

This weekend, the Green Festival hits DC.  This big event is put together by Co-op America and Global Exchange, and the name says it all: it’s a festival celebrating all things green.  It’s held at the Convention Center, and it features eco-friendly (often vegetarian) food, local non-profits, speakers, videos, vendors, demonstrations, free samples, and an organic beer and wine garden.  If you’re looking to make any part of your life more green, you’ll probably find resources here.

It’s good fun.  I went the past two years.  My first year, I was new to the area and spent a lot of time browsing the vendors, gathering samples and coupons, and checking out local initiatives.  Last year I was deep into job hunting, so I spent the whole day looking for non-profits that might be fun to work for, attending career workshops, and making awkward attempts at networking.

This year, my plan is to hear as many speakers as possible, and do lots of the special events.  They’ve got an impressive line-up including Lester Brown, Madeline Kunin, and Bill McDonough.  And I may take the opportunity to buy a bunch of fair-trade chocolate and other goodies that are hard to find in stores.

If you don’t live near DC, there will be Green Festivals in San Francisco, Seattle, Denver, and Chicago over the next couple months.