Green Festivals and cohousing
From: Fred H Olson (fholsoncohousing.org)
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:47:59 -0700 (PDT)
Does anyone know if cohousing is represented at these Green Festivals
(see below)?

Minneapolis has a locally produced "Green Expo" each spring
( http://www.livinggreen.org/ ) at the state fairgrounds and some some
cohousing presentation has often been made tho we have not had a booth
(the main feature is many many organizational booths).  Huge numbers of
people attend, many would likely be interested in the cohousing idea.  I
have proposed setting up a mockup, scaled down cohousing community
(using tents) on a nearby area of the fairgrounds but we have not pulled
this off yet.  Tho the huge crowds are there and some would surely wonder
over to the cohousing setup, there is already too much to take in in one
day so it is not clear how successful it would be as a cohousing outreach.
One possible theme / distinction would be that the Green Expo (and the
regular 10 day State Fair) are human scale walking events where much
interaction takes place but they only happen once a year.  Cohousing
communities are human scale communities where much interaction takes place
in walking distance from home year round and many are "green" in various
ways.

Green Festivals ( extracted from their web site - url below)

 Green Festivals are two day celebrations of what people can do to promote
 healthy communities, social justice and ecological balance. Green
 Festivals, a joint project of Global Exchange and Co-op America,
 celebrate what's working in our communities for people, business and the
 environment. Here, green means safe, healthy communities and a strong
 local economy. They claim to be the nation's premier sustainability
 events, where you will see the best in green.  More than 125 authors,
 leaders and educators; great how-to workshops; cutting-edge films; fun
 activities for kids; organic beer and wine; delicious vegetarian cuisine
 and diverse live music.

2008 Green Festival Dates
Seattle: April 12-13
Chicago: May 17-18
Washington, DC: Nov 8-9
San Francisco: Nov 14-15-16
http://www.greenfestivals.org

Fred

Note, Cohousing-L subscriber byronpatterson [at] gmail.com sent a Green
Festival (DC) announcement but Fred reworked it into this message.

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