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Plug into our local green networking group
Plug into our local green networking group. Green Drinks is now meeting in 745 cities worldwide.
Do you support or want to make a difference for endangered species, affordable housing, human rights, global warming, protecting forests, children's welfare, or saving the planet?
Do you support or want to make a difference for endangered species, affordable housing, human rights, global warming, protecting forests, children's welfare, saving the environment,
corporate responsibility, women's rights, and green living?
Do you have interest in learning, teaching, networking or debating ecology, alternative energy, zero carbon emissions, recycling, composting, green business or organic foods? If you answered yes to any of the above, then this is the place for you. Join us. We are stronger together as a network.
Austrian physicist Fritjof Capra, author of The Hidden Connections said; “Life from its beginning more than three billion years ago did not take over the planet by combat, but by networking.”
Let's take action, communicate, learn, teach, debate, work together and give examples of how to turn sustainable ideas into actual practice.
What is sustainable? It is anything that is good for seven future generations and does not do harm to the present generation.
Network and share your skills, ideas, and even inventions in order to help people, animals, and the environment. Whatever we focus our energy, time and money on grows. If you want a better
future world, focus on that with your time, energy and money, in a positive way.
There is a way through the challenges that humankind has created up to this point. Any problem is just a huge opportunity in disguise.
Share, debate or forward your viewpoints, opinions, and experiences here directly or via your email. We want to hear what you have to say. We are much stronger together than apart and alone. Volunteer to be a co-organizer or promoter of this local group.
By working together and implementing and/or offering green or sustainable solutions, everyone wins. You as an individual wins, your family wins, your children win, your great grandchildren win, your local community wins and in the end all of humanity wins.
Share what you know... let everyone hear the wonderful news; that green solutions exist and work! Finally, remember that "We have not inherited the Earth from our fathers. We are
borrowing it from our children."
Green Drinks Sept. 1
Hello Green Drinkers of Gainesville!
We had a good meeting at Warehouse on August 4 – great food and drinks and wonderful space – THANK YOU Richard and Ryan! The only drawback was that it was a bit difficult to hear those who needed to share information with us, and I apologize for that to Robert Pearce, who brought us up to speed on the Koppers/Cabot Superfund Site; Rick Nesbit, who told us about his run for Alachua County School Board (vote August 24!); Kevin Veach, who told us about his new business, Green Energy Options, which provides a comprehensive energy and efficiency audit and advice on cutting your carbon footprint; and Annie Pais, who told us about The Blue Path, now on exhibit at Florida Museum of Natural History. Thank you all and all others who shared your sustainability initiatives with those of us who are forging a green road to the future.
Next up, Green Drinks Gainesville will meet at The Original Pizza Palace, 604 NW 13 St., 6-8+ p.m. on Sept. 1. Mike Amish of Indigo Green Store and the U.S. Green Building Council will share his experiences building shelters in Haiti with Barrels of Hope and Jacob Cravey of EarthGivers. Come see how they did it and who they were able to help with this innovative design!
Join us to share news about your own green projects and help us build a more sustainable community! Bring your friends, cards, brochures, fliers; wear a name tag!
See you there,
Trish*
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Trish Riley
954-384-9466
Director: Cinema Verde: Gainesville's Second Annual Environmental Film and Arts Festival
Publisher, www.GoGreenNation.org: Environmental news and resources to create a sustainable world
American Society of Journalists and Authors - Society of Environmental Journalists
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Green Living (Penguin/Alpha Books 2007)
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Greening Your Business (with Heather Gadonniex, Penguin/Alpha Books 2009)
Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Miami and the Florida Keys (W.W. Norton/Countryman Press 2005, 2009)
The Explorer's Guide to South Florida (with Sandra Friend, W.W. Norton/Countryman Press 2010)
www.trishriley.com
www.gogreengift.com
www.teddistails.com
Local press covered our first Green drinks Asunció
http://www.ultimahora.com/sociales/346652-Lanzamiento-de-Green-Drinks?fecha=08-08-2010
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http://www.ultimahora.com/notas/345407-Encuentro-Green-Drinks-reune-a-ejecutivos-verdes
Press Release
http://www.i-newswire.com/greenwheaton-hosts-the-1st-green/50268
Green Drinks Winston-Salem Monthly Meeting
Don't forget! We will be meeting next Tuesday the 22nd from 5:30PM to 7:30PM. Come out to Finnigan's Wake located at 620 North Trade Street in Downtown Winston. Hope to see you there!
Looking for new organizer
The Claremont chapter of Green Drinks is looking for a new organizer, as the current organizer will be leaving the area.
If interested, please contact:
ladule.lako.losarah@gmail.com
Green Drinks at the Chicago Green Festival
Green Drinks at the Chicago Green Festival!
The Chicago Green Festival Committee has graciously given us a “Green Drinks International” Table at the Festival this year on May 22nd and 23rd at Navy Pier. We'll be set up inside the Organic Beer and Wine Garden of course! Come join us! Welcoming all the international GD organizers that may stay in town for the Green Fest after the GD organizer meeting in Chicago. Here’s a link to a free ticket and more festival information:
More info contact Kathleen Haerr
kathleen@localgreenconnect.com
847.909.5142
http://www.greenfestivals.org/chicago-free-ticket-offer/
Our First Meeting June 1, 2010
http://mim.io/a54c3
Toronto Takes Green Drinks to New Heights - Turing
Thursday April 22nd - CN Tower - 7:30pm
Environmental Networking event presented by Earth Day Canada and Green Drinks Toronto
Earth Day Canada and Green Drinks Toronto are celebrating 20 years of Earth Day in Canada. Environmental professionals and green Torontonians will come together at the CN Tower for an Earth Day celebration like no other—1,100’ up in the air.
For $25, ticket holders will enjoy sensational views of Toronto from the CN Tower Horizons Lounge (normally $33 to access) and some Earth Day birthday cake.
To highlight the event, we’re also turning the CN Tower green. The CN Tower will be lit with green LED lighting from 7:30 to 10:30, and Bullfrog Power will offset the event with clean, renewable electricity.
Attendees include Toronto City Councillor Mark Grimes (Ward 6 Etobicoke-Lakeshore), Jed Goldberg, President of Earth Day Canada, and Principal of Ecovert: sustainability consultants, Jim Lord (Green Drinks).
Green Drinks for the Chesapeake Bay
On the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, Thursday, April 22, Green Drinks chapters throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed will come together for the second annual Green Drinks for the Chesapeake Bay to concentrate on action our grass roots movement can take to influence to legislation and government regulation to improve the health of the Chesapeake Bay -- while having fun with our eco-awareness, of course.
All watershed Green Drinks groups will come together to stage a same-day gathering in their respective cities, attempting to top the world attendance record of 1,800 set in Melbourne, Australia, and to rally support for action to improve the health of the Chesapeake Bay. Locations include:
District of Columbia
* Washington
Maryland
* Annapolis
* Baltimore
* Chestertown
* Easton
* Frederick
* Gaithersburg
* Hagerstown
* Ocean City
* Timonium
Virginia
* Arlington
* Harrisonburg
* Peninsula Green Drinks
* Virginia Beach Green Drinks
* Williamsburg
Native Plants on the Eastern Shore
Get ready for another Green Drinks, April 21, 5:30 at the awesome Play It Again Sam's in Chestertown. This months speaker will be Laura Sanford who owns an organic tree shrub and plant nursery, Native Daughter Nursery, specializing in native plants.She has a BS Botany Track from Salisbury University with a concentration on invasive species. She studied under Sylvan Kaufman at Adkins Arboretum, again focusing on native and invasive species of the Eastern Coastal Plain. A brief employment at An Eastridge Garden preceded the opening of Native Daughter Nursery which started as a wholesale native plant nursery selling to Adkins Arboretum and restoration groups. The nursery promotes the use of natives in ornamental horticulture as well as restoration. You can now find Native Daughter Nursery at the Chestertown Farmer’s Market every Saturday. You can also make appointments to visit the nursery and get one-on-one plant advice.
2nd Quasi-Annual Green Drinks Organizers Meeting,
Building on the success of the first such gathering (Seattle, Sept. 2009), Green Drinks organizers from across the country and world are invited to Chicago to share resources, discuss challenges and opportunities, and form mutually beneficial connections to take their events to the next level. Attendance at the 1.5 day event is open to organizers of Green Drinks of any size and location.
There is cost to register, only a nominal fee to cover two meals that will be provided.
Complete information:
http://foresightdesign.org/greendrinks/may2010
CONvERsATION for CONsERvATION
It's a fascinating experience to start the greendrinks event at our village-base. It was aknd of giving new blood to our old networks of environmental activists, open new perspective for new comers and we had a chance to move forward for actions with more peoples involved.
some friends already said that the would like to come for the next events, and bring more peoples.
conversation for conservation will be our next month's tag-line.
and we will talk about the result of bio-pore holes being made as the commitment from our 1st event.
Let's Do St. Patty's Day with Green Drinks at Blue
Green Drinks Thomaston kicks off on 03-20-10 at our local organic farmers market...Bluebird Market. We are inviting all Middle Georgia friends interested in green sustainable development. Come and join us! GreenDrinksThomaston welcomes you for questions. Please email us at bluebirdmarket@gmail.com.
What better way to celebrate St. Patty's Day week than with Green Drinks!....the ones made from collards, and spinach...If you are an eco-friendly fan, celebrate Earth Day every day or just want a fun place for Green Ideas, friends and learning more about sustainable living...Join us as we kick off a spring of sunlit living in Thomaston, Georgia at Green Drinks Thomaston!
Springfield Celebrates One Year
We celebrated our one year anniversary! It was marvelous. Great attendance and looks of media.
https://www.aimnet.org/source/Meetings/cMeetingSearchForm.cfm?Section=Training_Seminars_and_Events