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GreenFest is Back!

Mar 19, 2010


Showcasing Sustainable Solutions

 

Alternative transportation and energy sources, nontoxic household and gardening products, fresh and natural foods, home building and remodeling techniques, and much more will be on display at:

 

The 2nd Annual Edison State College GreenFest Expo

Saturday, March 27

10 am – 4 pm

Collier Campus

Free and open to the public!

 

Presentations: Building J Room 126

Schedule:

10:30 am: Green Building and Energy Conservation (Dr. Jennifer Languell from Trifecta Construction, host of the

Discovery Channel’s environmental series Discovery Project Earth)

11:15 am: Nature Photography (Josh Manring)

12:00 pm: Rainwater Harvesting: Low Impact Development and Future Water Quality

(Jack Burden from Raindrop Cisterns)

12:45pm: Solid Waste and Recycling: A “How To” (David Jaye from Collier County Solid Waste Mgmt)

1:30 pm: What’s Smart about Smart Growth (Stacy Revay from the Collier County Dept. of Health)

2:15 pm: Organic Foods: The Way it Was and Will Be

(Frank Oakes from Food and Thought Organic Food and Market)

 

Children’s Activities at GreenFest

Activities for Children, located in the “Children’s Cove” will feature naturalists from Rookery Bay

Estuarine Research Reserve and The Conservancy of Southwest Florida. Most activities are available

all day, unless otherwise indicated.

 

Children’s Activities include:

• Face Painting

• Coloring Station

• Make-Your-Own Pinecone Bird Feeders

• Make-Your-Own Animal Puppets

• Nifty Nature Tattoos

• Plant-a-Seed Pots

• Find-the-Symbol Recycling

• Learning about Live Animals (11 am – 1 pm)

 

The Sustainability Team on the Collier Campus is bringing back

GreenFest for the Southwest Florida community.  The theme is “Showcasing Sustainable

Solutions.” The focus is on simple, efficient, and cost effective products, services, and activities which can save the consumer money while helping the planet.

 

GreenFest will be held on Saturday, March 27th from 9am until

4pm in and around the conference center on the Collier Campus.

 

Booths and vendors will include representatives from alternative transportation, alternative energy sources, efficient insulation, nontoxic household products, fresh and natural foods, home building and remodeling, and yard and garden techniques. Stop by and enjoy a taste of vegetarian food samples, win t-shirts, try out environmentally friendly soaps, and much more.

 

For more information contact Kirk Otto ext. 3743 or kotto@edison.edu, or click here, http://www.edison.edu/viewdoc.php?id=11200.

Last Updated: March 19, 2010

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