Comments on: Five Green Things About the Green Festival

By: felicia

felicia — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 02:08:50 +0000

WOW green things are so cool and so am i because i am on a diyet and a big one tow

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I Am a Community Organizer: I am A Mom : Planetsave — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:36:19 +0000

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By: mudpie07

mudpie07 — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:29:30 +0000

I agree. Events that promote these issues are good if done responsibly. I have a problem with the admission price that is charged though. It would be nice if these events were accessible to all and not just the elite.

By: Strange Folk Festival 2008 : Crafting a Green World

Strange Folk Festival 2008 : Crafting a Green World — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:30:25 +0000

[...] on my community, but our environmental footprint is Sasquatch sized. Other events, such as the Green Festival in Chicago, and even the 2008 Democratic National Convention are doing everything they can to go green, but [...]

By: DL

DL — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:56:50 +0000

I think you’re right on target. Criticizing the Green Festival for not being green enough is silly. It’s one think to ask people to make changes, it’s another to expect them to live in a hovel and wear (recycled) burlap clothes.

It has to fit in with the way people live and be economically viable before being green will be really widespread.

By: Paula Fuqua

Paula Fuqua — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:16:52 +0000

Wish I could have been there to learn more about being green. I am just kind-of mint colored right now and I would like to go more to lime, sage and even loden tones, green-wise

By: Sarah Pressman Lovinger

Sarah Pressman Lovinger — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:54:06 +0000

Peter,
Thanks for your comment. I hope that in the future all the Green Festivals will use 100% recycled materials for all their paper needs.

By: Dan Johnson-Weinberger

Dan Johnson-Weinberger — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 04:29:37 +0000

I’m biased since the organization is a client, but if you’d like to see better transit in Chicago, I encourage you to join the Transit Riders Alliance. (www.TransitRidersAlliance.org)

By: Robert Lovinger

Robert Lovinger — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:25:08 +0000

Some people don’t seem happy if they can’t criticize others for not doing enough, too much, or just differently. I am tempted to recycle such people.

A major step that can & should be taken is to improve our mass transit systems, including the rail system. We have allowed this resource to wither over many decades & have paid inadequate attention to the effects of a good rail system such as is seen in Europe. There trains are clean, fast, comfortable–and popular. Of course paying $6 – $10/gallon for petrol (a.k.a. gasoline) does focus the mind.

By: Peter Chee

Peter Chee — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:32:55 +0000

I attended the Green Festival in Seattle earlier this year. It was great and well attended. I share a lot of the same thoughts as you. The one area that I had a hard time with was the amount of marketing collateral that each company had. As a business owner, I understand that you have to have some kind of marketing materials in order to let people know about your business. I feel that if you’re going to print out marketing collateral then one should at least use recycled paper or 100% post consumer recycled paper. That’s at least the lesser of two evils.

http://blog.thinkspace.com/2008/04/12/green-festival-seattle-2008/