the green festival is coming to seattle

We're excited to see what the green festival is all about.

Here's what they say about themselves "Join us at the nation’s premier sustainability events, where you will see the very best in green. You’ll enjoy more than 125 renowned authors, leaders and educators; great how-to workshops; cutting-edge films; fun activities for kids; organic beer and wine; delicious vegetarian cuisine and diverse live music. Shop in our unique marketplace of more than 300 eco-friendly businesses—everything from all-natural body care products and organic cotton clothing to Fair Trade gifts and beautiful kitchen tiles made from renewable resources."

It's apparently a group that's been doing festivals in SF, Chicago and Washington for a number of years. They claimed over 41,000 at the last SF event, that's a giant number for a city like Seattle for the first year.

We couldn't find a list of exhibitors, but the list in SF looked like this:
Green Festival San Francisco 2007 PartnersAdina, Amazing Grass, Annie’s Inc, Better World Books, Calvert, Care 2, Clif Bar, Cody’s Books, Dagoba, Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps, Earthsite, Enlightenment Card, Gaiam, GAP Adventures, Guayaki Yerba Mate, Honest Tea, Kimpton Hotels, Manitoba Harvest Hemp Foods & Oil, New Society Publishers, Numi Organic Tea, Organic Valley, Planeterra, Rainbow Grocery, Gaiam Real Goods, Ranch 7 Creative, Sambazon, SevenStar Events, TS Designs, Working Assets .

They claim that a "stringent screening process ensures all exhibitors and sponsors meet the best practices and highest integrity standards for businesses on a green mission. " and "“At the Green Festivals we have created a definition for DEEP green business enterprise: a definition that includes a serious commitment to social justice and environmental restoration, in addition to financial sustainability,” according to Green Festival Executive Co-Producer and Global Exchange co-founder Kevin Danaher. “This is a triple-bottom-line model that will soon surpass the old single bottom line model.” Although we confess, we don't know what exactly what that means.

A joint project of two influential non-profit organizations, Global Exchange and Co-op America, Green Festival brings individuals, businesses and investors together to create sustainable economic solutions for communities and the environment.

It will be interesting to see who and what is at the event, we'll report back with what we find out.