Photo courtesy of @GreenFestival on Instagram
Green Festival® is the largest sustainability event in the world and continues to grow year after year. A project of Green America and Global Exchange, Green Festival was in San Francisco this past weekend, and lots of people came out to celebrate, listen to speakers, shop, eat, laugh, learn, and a whole lot more!
Global Exchange was there with a booth filled with Fair Trade products from our stores and staff eager to engage with visitors and chat about our various campaigns and programs.
Also in attendance was Kevin Danaher, Global Exchange’s Co-founder AND Green Festival Co-founder,who had this to say about the Green Festival this past weekend:
“It was packed both days with thousands of people, showing that we have already beat the corporations at their own game; commerce.“
According to Kevin, the human rights movement is making a transition from focusing on negative things we want to eliminate to putting more emphasis on the next system we want to create.
In this 7-minute talk (brought to you thanks to compostory) Dr. Kevin Danaher explains why and how we can transform the current system of profit-focused enterprise into a triple-bottom-line model that integrates social justice, environmental restoration and financial sustainability.
TAKE ACTION!
Did you miss Green Festival in 2013? Not to worry! 2014 Green Festival dates have been announced, and here they are…
2014 Green Festival dates:
- New York — April 26-27 2014
- Washington, D.C. — May 31-June 1 2014
- Chicago — Oct 24-26 2014
- Los Angeles — Nov 7-9 2014
- San Francisco — Nov 14-16 2014
Want more info?
- See floorplans of each 2014 Green Festival event on GreenFestival.com;
- Visit this About Green Festival webpage to learn more about this spectacular sustainable event.
