You're invited - Celebrate at Chicago Green Festival this weekend!

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From: "Green Festival" <newsletter@greenfestivals.org>
Date: May 3, 2012 9:37 AM
Subject: You're invited - Celebrate at Chicago Green Festival this weekend!
To: <aquarianm@gmail.com>

Come celebrate what is working in your community at Navy Pier, May 5-6. Green Festival is a project of Green America and Global Exchange. Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Green Festival has it all - under one roof! Head down to Navy Pier Hall A and celebrate what's working in our communities at Chicago Green Festival! Connect with your local community and find ideas and innovations to take the next green steps in your life. Hundreds of speakers, exhibitors, DIY workshops, films, eco-fashion designs, cooking demos, kid's activities and more will inspire your actions every day!   Online Ticket Discount Ends Friday This is your last opportunity to enjoy special online discounts on Green Festival tickets! Online sales end at 5pm on Friday May 4th. Get your tickets now!   Plan Your Weekend Make a list of what you have to see and hear! Over 125 speakers and 300 exhibitors will profile the latest in renewable energy, Fair Trade, food justice, healthy living and more. View the Chicago event Guide Online!  Food and Fun Await You! Gather round the table with friends and family. Plan a lunch date, and enjoy Happy Hour at Green Festival! Feast on fresh organic vegetarian cuisine in the Food Court from Soul Vegetarian, The Chicago Diner, Peeled Chicago and more! Taste the region's finest organic beer and wine and the Sustainable Beer, Wine & Mead Garden, sponsored by the Naked Grape. At the Good Food Stage see your favorite chefs prepare healthy meals that work for your family and your wallet!  Vote for your favorite nonprofit to earn $5,000 Green Grant Ford and Green Festival are presenting a $5,000 Community Green Grant in Chicago. Finalists will convene to present their innovative, actionable ideas to better the local community, and need your help to get started! The winner will be awarded at 5pm on Sunday in the Ford Pavilion. Last year, your vote for the Community Green Grant went to the ScienceFIST Foundation. Come out to Navy Pier this weekend and help another lucky organization win their grant! Check out last year's winner.   Be Inspired Hear and meet your favorites – Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr., Van Jones, Dr. Benjamin Chavis, Amy Goodman, ICarly actor Reed Alexander, Laura Flanders,  Greg Palast, Jeffrey Smith, Karyn Calabrese, Naomi Davis, William Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn. Enjoy a special satellite presentation by 350.org founder Bill McKibben on May 5th at 5pm on the Main Stage as part of the global day of action, Climate Impacts Day.  Get the Full Experience - Become a FAN Become a Green Festival Fan and get your Green Festival goodies - t-shirts, eco-tote bags, Green Festival Bucks and more!  Sierra Club The Sierra Club's members and supporters are more than 1.3 million of your friends and neighbors. Inspired by nature, we work together to protect our communities and the planet. The Club is America's oldest, largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization. There are over 19,000 Sierra Club members active in the metropolitan Washington area - join their efforts to promote smart energy solutions, save America's wild legacy, and assure safer and healthy communitues for our children. Bright Green BRIGHT GREEN(tm) brand is a complete line of highly effective home care products that gives you the same great clean as conventional brands but without harsh chemicals. BRIGHT GREEN(tm) just good clean. EVENT GUIDE Over 100 speakers and 300 exhibitors Download the Chicago Event Guide   Schedule   Speakers   Nonprofit Allies   Travel   Book Hotel   Newsletter Signup   Volunteer   We'd love to connect with you! Use the hashtag #greenfest or @GreenFestival  to connect with us on Twitter!   Ford's Commitment to Sustainability The use of recycled and renewable content in Ford vehicles is increased year by year and model by model. Want to be one of the first to get behind the wheel of the all-new Focus Electric? Join us at Chicago Green Festival for your chance to take the front seat of this all-electric vehicle.   Project Onward Located in the historic Chicago Cultural Center, Project Onward provides workspace, art materials, professional guidance, and opportunities for exhibition and sales to artists who have exceptional talents but face challenges ranging from autism to mental illness.  follow on Twitter | friend on Facebook | forward to a friend  Copyright © 2012 Green America, All rights reserved. As a subscriber to Green America's e-newsletter, you're receiving e-mail notification from Green Festival – a program of Green America – about our newest event in your area.   Our mailing address is: Seven Star Events 191 Lyman Street, Suite 101 Asheville, NC 28801  unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences