World Environment Day, celebrated on June 5th, was started by the United Nations to stimulate worldwide awareness of the environment and enhance political attention and action.
Check out the World Environment Day Alphabet - 80 Ways to Celebrate and this Treehugger interview with Achim Steiner, the Executive Director of the United Nation's Environmental Program (UNEP).
Nice weather brings the outdoor festival season into full swing (what could be better?!) and from the look of things you could keep mighty busy from all of the activity. We picked a handful of eco-related festivals taking place throughout the country during the month of June. This is just a smattering of what's going on. All of them look pretty fun and some rather quarky. Drop us a line if we missed any great eco events taking place in your area.
If you go to any of these festivals let us know what you thought about them!
We had a blast at the Go Green Expo in New York City last weekend. We got to meet and introduce lots of new people to dropps, which is always a thrill. It was awesome to see many light bulb moments when people realized that one dropps is equal to one cap full of traditional laundry detergent. Seeing that aha moment never gets old! We even got to chat up some eco-influencers. We grabbed Josh Dorfman of The Lazy Environmentalist out of the crowd and Ken Rother of Treehugger also swung by. Pretty cool. We also finally got to meet our west coast friends from gDiapers - they had a super cute booth and it was great to finally meet some of their crew!
The event was a total success and now we can't wait to get out, do more of them and meet more of you! If anyone knows of any awesome upcoming events in your community, definitely drop us a line.
If you are in the area, check out the Go Green Expo in NYC April 26-27. We will be in the marketplace area (booth 113) and hope to meet many of you. Come by and say hello. Should be a good time! We'll report back after the event to let you know how it went. www.gogreenexpo.com
Join Clean Air Council for the 27th Annual 5K Run for Clean Air & Earth Day Celebration, Saturday, April 19 on Martin Luther King Drive next to the Philadelphia Art Museum. Registration opens at 7:30am and the race starts at 9am. Learn more about the Council and enjoy discounted Run registration online at www.cleanair.org.
Stop by and say hi. We'll be there handing out samples, chatting about the environment and cheering on runners with our mascot, Roux! Immediately following the Run, enjoy music, food, giveaways and more from the Earth-friendly community. Organic t-shirts, compact fluorescent light bulbs, hybrid cars, sneaker recycling and free ice cream are just a few event highlights. The Run benefits Clean Air Council, a Philadelphia-based non-profit organization dedicated to protecting everyone's right to breathe clean air.
Earth Hour 2008 takes place at 8 pm on Saturday, March 29th. dropps signed up - you should too! www.earthhourus.org
"World Wildlife Fund's Earth Hour is catching on across America following the tremendous success of last year's event in Sydney, Australia. This global phenomenon will spread across six continents in 2008, including hundreds of communities like yours in the United States.
Chicago will serve as the U.S. flagship city for Earth Hour in 2008, with Atlanta, Phoenix and San Francisco joining as leading partner cities. But everyone throughout the US and around the world is invited and encouraged to turn off their lights for an hour on March 29 at 8 p.m. local time--whether at home or at work, with friends and family or solo, in a big city or a small town."
