And here is a special “treat” for Green Halloween friends and partners: Take $25 off of registration for your organization and all of your members with coupon code BOO.
What the conference about?
GoGreen ’11 Seattle is a one day sustainability conference for business in Seattle on Wednesday, April 20, 2011 built to motivate, inspire, and educate business owners to “go green” and become more sustainable.
As an action-oriented, non-typical conference, GoGreen ’11 Seattle teaches tactical steps on how to “green” your business and provides actionable next steps to sustainability for business owners and decision makers. Attendees will learn from live success stories and participate in panel discussions geared to provide solid takeaways to make any size of business the most sustainable that it can be. The GoGreen Conference will feature over 50 business leader speakers and 15 different sessions on how to build sustainability into your business.
DATE: Wednesday, April 20 2011 | 8:30-5:00pm
PLACE: The Conference Center (LEED Certified) | 8th and Pike Street, 3rd Floor
WHO SHOULD ATTEND? Business owners and leaders. Anyone who can make decisions about sustainable practices in a business.
REGISTER: http://seattle.gogreenconference.net/ or call 206.459.0595
About 5,000 attendees enjoyed hay rides, mazes, mad scientists, DIY face painting, bounce houses, and green goodies galore. By all accounts the event was a smash hit.
Despite the weather forecast, participants stayed (mostly) dry!
Early birds received free ParentMap reusable shopping bags with goodies inside.
Kids trick-or-treated for healthy, eek-o-friendly goodies from Larabar, Cascadian Farm, Stretch Island Fruit Co, Glee Gum, Recycling is Cool and more.
The do-it-yourself face painting (featuring Lyra pencils) at the Green Halloween booth was a HUGE hit for kids (and some parents with a good sense of humor)
HAPPY HALLOGREEN!!!
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But now Wallingford is Seattle’s must-attend Green Halloween trick-or-treating location.
With 14+ participating trick-or-treat stops along the trail (on 45th and inside Wallingford Center) there’s plenty of healthy and EEK-o-friendly fun to go around. Molly Moons is also participating but joined in after the map was created; don’t forget to add them to your own map! Green Halloween and Whole Foods Market will also have booths.
Featured goodies from Larabar, Cascadian Farm, Stretch Island Fruit, Glee Gum, Revolution Foods, Plum Organics, Recycling is Cool and more.
Last year, the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics released a report stating that 10 of 10 face paints tested contained lead (a powerful neurotoxin) and other heavy metals. These findings fuel mounting concerns over the safety of numerous chemical fragrances, artificial colors, preservatives and other ingredients in body products (for children and adults).
But kids wear face paint, they don’t eat it, right?
Wrong. What’s applied to the skin is absorbed into the body. Think of body products (face paint, included) as “skin food”.
(Not sure if you do trust the products you own – like diaper rash cream, or lotion, the “base” ingredient in our face paint recipe? Be sure to check out www.CosmeticDataBase.com).
Get the {eco} Look: Corey’s dress from Issaquah-based sustainable-designer, Lizzie Parker. Lynn’s artisan-designed, reclaimed felt necklace from Digs.com.
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Here’s to a healthy, EEK-O-friendly Halloween and beyond!