THIS WEEKEND! Have a blast at Chicago Green Festival

This Weekend! Chicago Green Festival Saturday and Sunday, May 16 & 17 Navy Pier www.greenfestivals.org One of the many ways to fill a day at Green Festival: 10am: Support Green Festival and enjoy exclusive perks by buying the Friend of the Festival pass (see below for more details). 10:30am: Pick up an onsite navigator to find out what's in store for you all weekend long. Maybe even circle events you don't want to miss! 10:45am: Saturday morning, get settled in for an inspiring presentation with award-winning journalist and author Amy Goodman. NOON: Getting hungry, but needing a bit more inspiration? Stick around for one more presentation by one of your favorite green speakers. Right after the event, get your book signed at the Green Festival Bookstore hosted by Better World Books. Don't forget to use your 20% discount included with your Friend of the Festival pass. 1:15pm: It is definitely time to eat! Enjoy scrumptious local, organic cuisine at the Natural Foods Dining Area. 1:30pm: While you enjoy your lunch, kick back and listen to live, local talent on the Music Stage. 2:30pm: Walk through the fantastic exhibit hall, featuring the best green products and services around. While you're at it, sample tasty natural treats and decadent organic Fair Trade chocolate and coffee—that'll keep you going for the rest of the afternoon. 4pm: Join Alice Waters for a fascinating Edible Education roundtable with local and national experts, including Illinois Congressman Danny Davis and filmmaker Chris Taylor. 5pm: Chat with Kevin Danaher and Alisa Gravitz and get their latest books FREE and autographed—with your Friends of Green Festival pass, of course. 6pm: Stop by the Organic Beer & Wine Garden for happy hour—use your 2 free drink coupons included with your Friend of Green Festival pass. 7pm: Time to leave, but get ready for another fun-filled day Sunday! Youths 18 and younger get in FREE! Visionary Speakers include . . . Amy Goodman, John Perkins, Alice Waters, Jim Hightower, William Ayers, Bernadine Dohrn, Mike Farrell, Stuart Pimm, Naomi Davis, Greg Palast, Paul Stamets, Zoe Weil, Jeffrey Smith, Alisa Gravitz, Kevin Danaher and many more PLUS... Looking for that special something for that special someone? You'll find exceptional deals on great gifts! Peruse our unique green marketplace for thousands of eco-friendly products and services screened for their commitment to people and the planet—everything from natural body products and organic cotton clothing to Fair Trade gifts and sustainable home remodeling materials. Stop by the Organic Valley Green Kids' Zone for fun activities for the entire family: worm composting, insect zoo, salad in a jar, story time and more! Also available for you to get the most of your Green Festival experience: Green Festival Bookstore and Author Signings – ASL Interpretation – Electronics Recycling All at a nearly zero-waste event! Your all-inclusive 2-day pass: $15 Only $10 (at the door) for seniors, public transit and bike riders, students FREE – Children 18 and younger, volunteers, Green America and Global Exchange members Friend of Green Festival: $75 Help us grow and flourish. You'll enjoy all the great benefits while supporting Green Festival's efforts to celebrate and promote what's working in our communities. Two free drink coupons for the Organic Beer & Wine Garden 20% discount at the Green Festival Store and Bookstore Exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of the Greening Operations Chat with Alisa Gravitz of Green America and Kevin Danaher of Global Exchange and receive autographed copies of The Green Festival Reader and Building the Green Economy All Green Festival passes and registration: www.greenfestivals.org Looking for lodging? Check out our website for new lower rates! Green Festival is a joint project of Global Exchange and Green America. Since 2002. Show Producers Green Festival, a joint project of Global Exchange and Green America, is the nation's largest, most successful green living event since 2002. Green America, formerly Coop America, is a national nonprofit organization founded in 1982, providing the economic strategies, organizing power and practicing tools for businesses and individuals to address today's social and environmental problems. Its Green Business Network is the largest national network of green businesses. All businesses that exhibit at the Green Festival are screened for their commitment to sustainability, ecological balance and social justice using Green America's green business standards. Global Exchange is a membership-based international human rights organization dedicated to promoting social, economic and environmental justice around the world. Since its founding in 1988, Global Exchange has successfully increased public awareness of root causes of injustice while building international partnerships and mobilizing for change. Upcoming Festivals Chicago May 16th and 17th, 2009 SPECIAL GREEN FESTIVAL OFFERS! PANGEA ORGANICS What we choose to consume today directly impacts how we will live tomorrow. With that in mind, Pangea Organics, people- and planet-friendly bodycare, commits 5% of its net profits to help build the Pangea Institute, a nonprofit dedicated to researching and teaching sustainable living and business practices. Pangea's core values are based on the belief that the thing that makes a good product and a good company are one in the same: INTEGRITY—of product, performance, practices, people, planet and purpose. To experience the result for yourself, stop by Pangea's booth at the Chicago Green Festival and pick up Pangea's luxurious liquid hand soaps for only $5 a bottle ($14 retail). That's a 65% savings! By choosing to support Pangea, you, too, are positively impacting the future! To learn more: www.pangeaorganics.com. Green Festivals, 1-800-58-GREEN