GREEN FESTIVAL: San Francisco

 

In case you have never heard of it, the Green Festival is a HUGE event sponsored by Green America, that takes place annually in Seattle, Washington DC, San Francisco, Chicago and Denver. Whatever your city, the Green Festival is a great opportunity to find environmental and humanitarian focused community organizations; sustainable, organic and fair trade personal and household products; and to hear informative and inspirational speakers on a whole range of topics.

 

Though we’ve been regulars at the Seattle event, Ecohaus just exhibited at the San Francisco Green Festival for the first time this year, and it was fantastic.  The airport sized building was packed with people from open to close all three days and the energy and enthusiasm from everyone was truly inspirational.  The warmth with which we were received was uplifting – not just because it was our first time exhibiting at the SF Green Fest, but also because this past weekend we announced our plans to open an Ecohaus location in San Francisco.

 Of course, we had our latest star-product on display – the Caroma Profile Toilet/Sink combo. It was hooked up to a pump so that folks could see how it worked. It was fun to watch people as they figured it out and reacted to it. As people passed through, we heard about a variety of incentives offered by local water utilities to help people save water. Please ask your water provider if they happen to have a rebate program for switching to Low-Flow or High Efficiency Toilets, and if they do – post a comment on this blog! We’d love to hear about it, and help spread the word.

 

Anyway, we had a great time at the Green Festival in San Francisco. The Ecohaus team had too many good Green Festival conversations to count, too many great San Francisco meals to list, and a good time dancing at post-Festival gatherings  too. We were stunned and inspired by the sheer numbers of people who came through the event over those three days – and we were overwhelmed by the warmth of the welcome we felt. One man happily shouted “I can’t wait for you guys to get here!” and we say in return ”Thank you! We can’t either!” Please check the Ecohaus blog for updates as we move toward our third location!

 

For more information about Ecohaus visit: www.ecohaus.com

Tags: community, future, health

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