Green Festival 2011
Green Festival, the nation’s largest green living event celebrates its 10 year milestone in San Francisco November 12-13.
Annual two-day festival at the Concourse Exhibition Center in SF with 7 stages and pavilions with over 125 speakers & lectures, DIY workshops, Eco-fashion, Green job fair, Live Music Shopping, Organic beer and wine garden and a Green KidZone. Normally $10, but get in for FREE if you ride BART or Muni to event, or ride your bike.
>> Check out the full-color 2011 Green Festival Guide for schedules and details.
Green Festival San Francisco
Concourse Exhibition Center, 635 8th St. @ Brannan, SF
– November 12 – 13, 2011
– Saturday, 10am – 7pm
– Sunday, 11am – 6pm
Cost: Normally $10 for Adults, but free for bicyclists, people who ride public transportation to the event, and students with ID
Speakers & Lectures:
http://www.greenfestivals.org/sf/main-stage
Saturday
Time Presenter Title 11:00 am Opening Presentation sponsored by Earth Balance The Power of Plants: Discovering the Benefits of a Plant-Based Diet 12:00 pm Laura Flanders Reality Show 1:00 pm John Perkins Geo-Politics, the Future, and You: A Call to Action 2:00 pm Frances Moore Lappe EcoMind: Changing the Way We Think, to Create the World We Want 3:00 pm Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr. Green Mojo: How the Green Movement Can Get It Back, and Keep It In the Future 3:45 pm The Destiny Arts Youth Performance Company (DAYPC) Special Performance 4:00 pm Anuradha Mittal The New Scramble for Africa: Land Grabs and Modern Day Colonization 5:00 pm Jeffrey Smith Don’t Put That In Your Mouth 6:00 pm Alisa Gravitz Green America’s People’s Choice Award for Green Business of the Year Sunday
Time Presenter Title 12:00 pm Amy Goodman Democracy Now! 1:00 pm Various Speakers A Tribute To Wangari Maathai (1940-2011) 2:00 pm John Robbins The Agony and the Ecstasy of Our Times 3:00 pm Mark Hertsgaard Hot: Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth 3:45 pm Banana Slug String Band Special Performance 4:00 pm Starhawk The Magic of Co-Creation: Building Power in Groups 5:00 pm Evelie Delfino Såles Posch with the Spiral Dance Chorus and Band Closing Ceremony
DIY Demos & Workshops
http://www.greenfestivals.org/sf/diy-demo-area
Saturday
Time Presenter Title 11:30am Janine Björnson (clay, bones and stones) Making Natural Paint 1:00pm Booka Alon (Kitchen Garden SF) Set It & Forget It: The Vermi-Love Startup 2:00pm Kait Singley (Herb’n Gardens) The Pharmacy in your Garden 3:30pm Tara Hui (Greywater Action) Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Water 4:30pm Karen Peteros (San Francisco Bee-Cause) The Practicalities of Honey Beekeeping Sunday
Time Presenter Title 11:30am Elan Segarra (Three Bees Nursery) DIY Living: Succulent Walls and Other Creative Garden Ideas 12:30pm Gavin Raders (Planting Justice), Andrew Chahrour (Planting Justice) Laundry to Landscape Workshop 2:00pm Green Festival Here’s a Diversion: Behind the Scenes Tour of Green Festival Zero Waste Efforts — Working Our Way to Zero! 3:30pm Tara Hui (Guerilla Grafters) Guerrilla Grafters: Reclaiming the Commons for All Who Eat Fruit 4:30pm Jennifer Fernandez (homesteadish.tumblr.com) Affordable Green Cleaning Basics
