The Mayor endorses Boston GreenFest. more

Take a Walk through the amazing Time Tunnel. more

Isaac's Moving Company will be at Boston GreenFest 2010 to help the exhibitors move into place and get things set up for an amazing time! Look for their trucks around Boston and outlying areas - they are carrying our message!

Native American Drum & Dance Ceremony will launch Boston GreenFest 2010 on the Main Stage, Thursday, August 19th at 5 pm. Annawon Weeden will lead the ceremony with friends and family of Wampanoag and Narragansett heritage. Experience a piece of Eastern Woodland culture and feel the spirit of the native songs.

Alexanderia the Great, the female reincarnation of Houdini, will perform an amazing feat. She will escape from a recycle bin in which she will be submerged underwater with her hands above her head shackled in handcuffs above the bin, and once freed, she must then try and pick the padlocked lid to escape. How long will it take to escape all? How long can she hold her breath? Will she escape in time? See if you can hold your breath with her. Start practicing! Alex will be on the Main Stage at 5 pm on Friday, August 20.

The One Gallon Challenge is a "race" from Northampton to GreenFest. On display at City Hall Plaza will be a group of cars you've never seen before. On Thursday, August 19th, they will have "raced" 110 miles from Northampton, MA to Boston City Hall Plaza's GreenFest on the energy of one gallon of gas. Pictured above, the ICARE is a Swiss-engineered wind/solar powered vehicle that is on its way to us via Switzerland and Morocco. Don't miss it's inaugural USA appearance! more

Special thanks go to Northampton Brewery, the Parking Director of Northampton, Green Northampton and all the people of Northampton for the wonderful welcome given to Boston GreenFest 2010's One Gallon Challenge!

GreenFilmFest A series of films about going green, including HOME. more

This Year's EcoThemes:
• Green Roofs, Green Cities
• EcoDesign and Green Buildings
• Sustainable Business & Investing
• College Impact
• Our Food & Farms
• Land, Water & Air
• Energy
• Our Community
• EcoHomes
• Transportation
• Walk & Bike
• Health & Wellness
• Healthy Minds & Spirit
• Fitness & Recreation
• EcoFashion & Shows
• EcoTourism
• International Perspectives
• EcoKids
   
As green as our lawns seem, they are far from being "green". They account for significant amounts of water, energy and chemicals. The chemical runoff from our lawns (from the pesticides and fertilizer) is a major contributor to the toxins in our watersheds. Using green lawn products that reduce these inputs makes our world a kinder, healthier place. Since September is the best time of year to plant or fix your lawn, we are able to offer a special 10% discount for anyone who wants to purchase Pearl's Premium Ultra Low Maintenance Lawn Seed at Boston GreenFest 2010. This grass only needs to be cut once a month, needs no chemicals and seldom needs water. The 10% discount is only the start of your savings - just imagine how much you'll save in time, energy and money. And Pearl's Premium will donate $3 on every bag sold to the Foundation for a Green Future, Inc.


Run to the nearest JP Licks and order a Boston GreenFest cone of delicious MINT LACE ice cream! Every time you take a bite you'll get nearer to the fun of Boston GreenFest! Plus, some of the proceeds will go towards helping our festival be sustainable.

Thursday   10 AM to 4:30 PM   Green Jobs Forum
Thursday      5 PM to 10 PM       Kick-Off Concert
Friday          10 AM to 10 PM (Exhibits 10 AM to 6 PM)
Saturday     10 AM to 10 PM (Exhibits 10 AM to 4 PM)

Gubernatorial Green Debate! Sat. Aug 21st 4 pm.
Talk to the Candidates! 20,000 Seats!

FREE ADMISSION - GRATIS - GRATUIT COME JOIN US ON CITY HALL PLAZA!
¡VENGAN A LA PLAZA DE LA ALCALDIA!
VENEZ TOUS A L'HOTEL DE VILLE!

Win Green! Play Green!
Try your luck at our 50/50 Raffle!

You win half - we win half...of $50,000?
of $100,000?

Tickets go on sale: 5 pm Thursday, Aug 19th at Boston City Hall, the Main Stage

- Native American Drum & Dance Ceremony
- Green Jobs Forum
- Gubernatorial Green Debate
- Over 200 Exhibitors
- 75+ Live Performances
- The Great Escape with Alexanderia!
- EcoCafé, EcoGallery, EcoBazaar
- GreenFilmFest
- EcoFashion and Salsa EcoFashion Show
- One Gallon Challenge
- GreenFest Time Tunnel
- EcoPhoto Contest for Boston Public Schools
- Fun for Kids!

The Foundation for a
Green Future, Inc. is dedicated to ensuring a green future for our planet and is proud to be hosting this event. We must teach, support and model sustainable ways to live for ourselves and our children. For instance, green roofs are an important part of the solution. This festival will go beyond our roofs. It will get to the core of GREEN SOLUTIONS for our entire Boston Community.

   
Check out the special flavor for July and August specially named, Boston GreenFest. Have it again at the festival where J.P. LICKS will be helping us save the planet "one scoop at a time!"


             

LIVE!

At Boston GreenFest 2010

Bring your own reuseable water bottle to GreenFest. To help raise awareness about the wastefulness of plastic water bottles, GreenFest will provide free drinking water to everyone. MWRA will help us provide fresh cold water for all festival goers using a special portable water fountain. The water fountain is being used in NYC and now will be in Boston for Boston GreenFest 2010.

Visit the EcoFashion Tent!
EcoRunway featuring Rhonda Fazio, Imani, Nahdra, Franchesca Salamanca, Latoya Bush & Stylistas. more

The Children's Museum will send over their festival bubble kit!

The New England Aquarium will be educating our children and families about marine life and helping us understand that what we do on land affects our oceans. For example, if we throw trash on the street or don't pick up what our dogs leave behind, it will get washed into the ocean and make problems for our fish. This is called nonpoint source pollution. With a little consideration, we can help keep our oceans and watersheds clean. Come say hello to a starfish or a sea urchin!

Boston Public Schools EcoPhoto Contest 2010
We are fortunate to be able to host the 2nd Annual EcoPhoto Contest in our Boston Public Schools. Borders and the Boston Photography Center have been generous to provide special awards for the winning schools. The photographic submissions will be on display at Boston GreenFest's EcoGallery. Come meet the winners on Saturday August 21st at 11:30 am on the EcoStage and think about what your school might submit next year!

Borders is providing three wonderful prizes for this year's Boston Public Schools EcoPhoto Contest. Three $250 Borders Gift Certificates will be awarded to the winners to acquire special texts on the environment for their school library.

Boston Photography Center is providing the grand prize for this year's BPS EcoPhoto Contest:   a digital photography class for 15 of its students and staff.

Brighter Planet for the second year in a row, will offset whatever energy we use to run Boston GreenFest 2010 that we cannot offset ourselves. We will use solar power, pedal power, walking, biking and public transit. Brighter Planet will perform a full audit of our energy use at Boston GreenFest and educate festival goers about the savings. Brighter Planet develops innovative tools to help transition to a low-carbon future and move into an era of clean energy. We applaud Brighter Planet for being named Small Business of the Year by Treehugger and considered the most strategic philanthropy by Justmeans and Financial Times.

Mass Energy will match the electricity used to run our EcoStage with clean, local wind power. Mass Energy is a non-profit organization that works to make energy more affordable and sustainable. They host a discount heating oil program and offer two programs that allow residents and businesses to buy green power: New England GreenStart and the New England Wind Fund. To green your own electricity use, visit www.massenergy.org.

 

Saori is an art of weaving by hand that is dedicated to free expression and self-development for everyone, regardless of physical or mental ability, age, or artistic aptitude. Saori weaving is pure improvisation from the heart, with no premeditated pattern in mind. Colors unfold, designs emerge, and beauty blooms directly from the genius of each unique individual working in harmony with loom, thread, and the spark of the moment. Come experience Saori weaving with Saori Worcester in the EcoKids section.