I found this website Do It Green! Minnesota and I thought it was super neat. Their motto is "Educating and motivating Minnesotans to live green, sustainably and to help build healthy communities".
There most recent update is about the 5th Annual Green Gifts Fair event on Saturday, November 20th from 10:00-5:00pm. This fair is located at the Midtown Global Market in Minneapolis. Here is a peek at the information that the website provided.
Do It Green! Minnesota offers our annual Green Gifts Fair right before Thanksgiving. The event is meant to introduce green gift options and low impact ideas to celebrate the holidays from Thanksgiving to Hanukkah to Kwanzaa to Winter Solstice, New Year's and everything in between! Come begin your holiday celebrations with us on November 20th!
- SHOP 70+ local retailers and artists for green, recycled, fair trade and organic gifts.
- LEARN about green holiday decorating, wrapping, food and party ideas, and homemade gifts.
- EAT lunch or dinner at many of the restaurants at the market and sample low carbon holiday foods with local chef demos.
- CELEBRATE the new 2011 Do It Green! Magazine focusing on Living Green and Simply (great gift idea!).
- ATTEND the eco fashion show, low carbon food cook off, or listen to local musicians on our main stage.
- REDUCE bring your own cloth shopping bags, reusable coffee mug for $1 coffee at Mapps Coffee & Tea in the market, and silverware and cloth napkins to reduce waste if you eat in the market (they only serve styrofoam and plastic!). Also consider biking, busing or carpooling to the event for a free gift.
I think this would be a great event to go to to learn more about buying and giving greener gift options. Check out the website for more ways they are promoting Minnesota to Do It Green!
Awesome! I really want to go check out their green gift items. This is a neat idea. People can shop but also learn about being green. Thanks for sharing! By the way, I LOVE your header!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great way to both educate, and promote the retail of green items. This would be really interesting to check out!
ReplyDeleteThis is so neat! I'd love to check it out sometime. What a great way and time to promote going green.
ReplyDeleteThis is a really great idea! I'm glad they're promoting this right before the holiday season so people will have "eco-friendly" in mind when they buy gifts, decorate or plan for the holidays.
ReplyDeleteClass field trip?? Ha. But it would be neat to go to this. I think that by giving gifts that are eco-chic, we can spread the word subliminally. I will have to keep this on my calendar.
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