Green Sprouts Festival Coming to Portland Oregon Soon!
August 23, 2009 by Jennifer
The ReDirect Guide Green Sprouts Festival is coming to Portland, Oregon soon. Will you be going? If you live in Oregon or Washington, it should be a manageable event for your whole family.
What is the Green Sprouts Festival: This is a fun, festive, eco-friendly, and educational one-day event for the whole family that celebrates and promotes the nurturing of life through nature. Topics are all earth-friendly in nature and range from pregnancy to childhood allowing parents to learn about eco-friendly, community-involved, natural, and healthy options for raising their families.
Interactive activities & seminars: A wide variety of informative seminars and interactive activities are planned that will help you learn more about how you can raise your family in a healthy and sustainable environment. Topics include…
- Baby Shower Alternatives
- Natural Childbirth Options
- Lead Poisoning Prevention
- To Vaccinate or Not
- Baby Sling Alternatives
- Connecting Community & Co-Ops
- Child Care Alternatives
- Saving Green while Staying Green
- Introduction to Education forums
- Natural Pediatrics Health
- and more…
An insane amount of exhibitors are attending and there will be booths related to tons of cool gear, services, and educational experiences. Some highlights I pulled out from the HUGE list of exhibitors include:
- Acupuncture
- Aromatherapy
- Art Therapy
- Birthing Services
- Breastfeeding
- Doula Services
- Energy Work & Healing
- Herbs and herbalists
- Holistic Practitioners
- Mercury free dentistry
- Natural birthing options
- Spas – Beauty & Day
- Outdoor Recreation
- Arts and Crafts
- Kids Activities
- Ecotravel Activities & Education
- Baby Carriers & Slings
- Baby Clothes
- Babywearing
- Bamboo Clothing
- Children’s Apparel
- Diapers: Cloth & Alternatives
- Eco Baby Gear
- Organic Clothing
- Recycled Clothing and Products
- Toys: Handmade, Plastic-Free
- Grocers – Organic & Natural
- Organic and Natural Food Delivery
- Vegan & Vegetarian Goods & Services
- Alternative Energy
- Bamboo Home accessories
- Carbon Offsets
- Energy Conservation & Green Power
- Fair trade products
- Native & Organic Gardening
- Pesticide Free yard care
- Solar Products & Services
- Weatherization
- Wind Power
- Alternative Transportation
- Car pooling
- Co-ops
- Daycares
- Early Education
- Environmental Education
- Green Parenting
- Socially Responsible Investing
Awesome right! Above is just the tip of the iceberg too. There’s also going to be live music and sing alongs, lady bug nature walks, baby sling fashion show, children’s clothing, book & toy swap, arts & crafts, and more.
An eco-friendly event: Green Sprouts is a zero-waste event. Receptacles will be available for recycling objects such as aluminum, plastic bottles, glass, and paper. Composting receptacles will also be available for food items. A diaper changing area will be available on-site. Green Sprouts is asking folks to limit bringing disposable items and that you practice a pack-in/pack-out approach for any items that can’t be recycled or composted. They also encourage public transportation for getting to the event.
Dates & Time: Saturday, September 26, 2009 – 10 AM to 5 PM
Where: Peninsula Park, Portland, OR
Admission: $3.00 suggested donation that will benefit Sustainable Oregon Schools Initiative
I’m for sure going. I’ll be that girl with the long hair running around taking pictures and notes about all the new cool green gear I see (for future posts of course). I know we have some NW readers here so let me know in the comments if you’ll be attending – it’d be awesome to see some Tree Hugging Family Readers there!
This looks like much fun. I’ll try to get there and hopefully see/meet you Jennifer!
Yeah – that would be awesome! Your little one would have a lot of fun. You’ll be super preggers by then though right?
Darn, wish I’d known about this sooner, we might have come down. Also wish we could have gotten some info about Green Halloween to those attending. Oh well, there’s next year, I hope.
True on both counts – this would have been a great place for green halloween info – hopefully, they’ll have something along those lines anyhow. AND I’m really hoping there is a next year too! I think they move it around.