Evanston Green Living Festival

Evanston’s first ever Green Living Festival takes place this Saturday, Oct. 6, at the Evanston Ecology Center, 2024 McCormick Blvd.

From natural pet products to electric cars, explore new products and technologies that will help protect the environment and improve everyone’s quality of life

Beginning at 9 a.m. and running through 4 p.m., the free family festival will feature exhibits from more than 20 local green businesses and organizations.

Throughout the day environmental experts and advocates as well as City of Evanston staff will explain how you can be a green citizen. Through hands-on activities, presentations and demonstrations, discover practical ideas and tips that can be used immediately to conserve precious resources.

2008 Evanston Green Living Festival Speaker List
Bill Sweitzer- keynote- “Beyond an Inconvenient Truth”
Suzanne Keers and Ellen Shepard “Thinking, Living, and Buying Local First”
Jenn Savedge “The Green Planet-A Kid-friendly Guide to Earth-friendly Living”
Hans Gedderke “Green Remodeling and Design”
Brandon Leavitt “Using Solar Energy for your Home”

The Evanston Green Living Festival is co-sponsored by the Evanston Environmental Association, the City of Evanston, ComEd and Northwestern University. For more information, call 847-448-8256.

Businesses that will be at the event include…
Allegreti Rug
Argo Tea
Barnes and Noble
Blissful Home Inc.
Chicago Biofuels
Chiro-One
COE Office of Sustainability
COE Streets and Sanitation
COE Water and Sewer
EcoTec Insulation
EEA/Marti B.
Energy Detectives
Ethical Planet
Evanston Bicycle Club
Evanston Community Action
Four Seasons Garden Club
Go Green 4 Less
Green Dream Group
Green Homes, LLC
Green SEED Energy
Greenerlaundry.com
Greenmaker Supply
GreenWerks
Greenwise Organic Lawn Care
Habitat Landscape?
Healthy Green Goods
Horrigan Urban Forest Products
I-Go Car
Informed Energy Decisions
Irv and Shelly’s Fresh Picks
Kallari Foundation
KEB
Nathan Kipnis Architects, Inc.
Natural Formulations/Spa Formulations
Nature’s Goddess & Co.
Nature’s Home.
New Life Cleaning
Rain Garden Network
Recyclery
Renewal by Andersen
S & W International, Inc.
SEED-NU
Space-Man Consulting
The Enterprising Kitchen
The Green Maid, Inc.
The Land Connection
The Talking Farm
Tink-Tinks
Whole Foods