The Crunch » Green Festival http://crunchygranolahome.com/thecrunch Shop for organic and earth-friendly home products Mon, 18 Oct 2010 14:08:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Green Festival 2010 http://crunchygranolahome.com/thecrunch/2010/10/green-festival-2010/ http://crunchygranolahome.com/thecrunch/2010/10/green-festival-2010/#comments Mon, 18 Oct 2010 14:08:20 +0000 admin http://crunchygranolahome.com/thecrunch/2010/10/green-festival-2010/ Green Festival™, the nation’s largest sustainability event, returns to the Washington Convention Center October 23-24. This year’s Green Festival theme is ‘Engagement,’ with exciting new ways to shop green, be inspired, get engaged and give back. Community members enjoy informative, insightful speakers, incomparable green shopping, cutting edge eco-innovations, great live music, fun and educational family activities, hands-on workshops, organic wine and beer and delicious, local vegetarian cuisine. Ten stages and pavilions give attendees the opportunity to engage with 125 local experts and nationally-renowned authors, actors, leaders, educators, farmers and visionaries. Exciting keynote speakers include Ralph Nader, Amy Goodman, Gilberto Gil, Patti Moreno, Reverend Lennox Yearwood, Jr., Dean Baker, Bernardine Dorhn, Bill Ayers, Ibrahim Abdul-Matin, Daniel Pinchbeck, Ambassadors from Bolivia and Venezuela, Tracy McQuirter and many more.

Plus, our new admission options are geared to encourage everyone to get involved in their community with immediate dividends from Green Festival.

For more information about attending Washington D.C. Green Festival, please visit http://www.greenfestivals.org/wdc/.

]]> http://crunchygranolahome.com/thecrunch/2010/10/green-festival-2010/feed/ 0 Odds and Ends, Things to Do and Things Done… http://crunchygranolahome.com/thecrunch/2009/11/odds-and-ends-things-to-do-and-things-done/ http://crunchygranolahome.com/thecrunch/2009/11/odds-and-ends-things-to-do-and-things-done/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:26:07 +0000 admin http://crunchygranolahome.com/thecrunch/?p=30 It’s a busy time of year for one and all.  Back to school, shorter days and the holiday rush (big excuse for why I haven’t been blogging) have many of us wondering where the day went.  Most of my day(s) have been spent trying to find new ways to improve upon Crunchy Granola Home and hunting down the next perfect eco-friendly must-have.  However, I have found time in smidgens and snipets to have some fun, eco-style.  First was the Green Festival in DC.  What a blast- well once we finally made it there (long story involving broken down public trans.)  We sampled and chatted and came away with some great ideas for cleaning, cooking and getting a free solar power home analysis! (Visit www.standardsolar.com to see if you qualify).  The best part of the festival for me was watching kids make small cities and sculptures out of trash.  So creative and these kids were having a blast (while learning a very valuable lesson, of course). 

Building made of trash!

Building made of trash!

How cool is this?

How cool is this?

From there, we headed down to the Solar Decathalon on the Mall.  Ever been?  Colleges from all over compete for the best design for a totally solar powered home.  They were all beautiful and innovative, but this one was my fav.

My favorite Solar House

My favorite Solar House

Looks like a ski chalet, doesn’t it?  Which brings me to my next “to do,” plan a vacation!

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