Special Report sidebar: List of green festivals

The spirit of green festivals is blossoming nationwide. Here are some of the best for Summer and Fall 2007.

First Annual Island Festival
July 20-22, Whidbey Island, Washington
Island Festival is a new, 3 day "Entertainment, Recreation and Inspiration camping event." A diverse blend of music, visual and performance art, sustainability forums, interactive workshops, and playful activities, 35 miles from Seattle.
http://islandfestival.com

9th Annual Taos Solar Music Festival
June 29, 30 and July 1, Kit Carson Park in Downtown Taos
Renewable energy powered, Michael Franti and Spearhead and other artists, many booths and demonstrations designed to inform and expose alternative and renewable energy sources and solutions.
www.solarfestmusic.com

13th annual Solarfest - New England's Energy & Music Festival
July 14-15, Forget-Me-Not Farm, Tinmouth, VT.
Two days of great music on solar-powered stages; 25 workshops on renewable energy and sustainable living.Nearly 100 renewable energy and sustainable living exhibitors and vendors, people whose business it is to provide practical solutions to the complex problems facing us in a post-carbon society.
http://solarfest.org/index.php

SolWest Renewable Energy Fair
July 27-29, John Day, Oregon.
"Your energy, your food, and your money" is the theme of the ninth annual SolWest Renewable Energy Fair. SolWest is for people who want to take charge of their personal energy future. The most comprehensive energy and self-reliant living fair in the Northwest.
http://www.solwest.org

The Big Green Gathering
Aug 1-5, Mendip Hills in Somerset, England,
Europe's biggest Green Gathering, a 5 day camping event which is currently located in the Mendip Hills in Somerset. It has grown out of the original Green Gatherings of the 1980's and the Green Fields of Glastonbury Music Festival. It has developed organically in response to a desire from people within the green movement for a festival that was focused on Green issues.
www.big-green-gathering.com


33rd Annual Northeast Organic Farming Association Summer Conference
Aug. 10-12, 2007 on the organic farmer-friendly campus of Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts. This year's keynotes: Bill McKibben - & Hazel Henderson
www.nofa.org/conference/index.php

12th Annual SolFest
Aug. 18-19, Solar Living Center, Hopland, CA,
SolFest is the world's premier two-day celebration of renewable energy and sustainable living. Each summer SolFest transforms the rural hamlet of Hopland, California, into the global epicenter of green living. The main stage, family stage, and six workshop tents are filled with world- renowned speakers, musicians and artists, offering keynotes, panels, performances, and over fifty one-hour workshops.
www.solfest.org

3rd Annual Organic Planet Festival
August 26, Eureka, CA
Celebrating a natural and non-toxic world
www.organicplanetfestival.org

Southern Energy & Environment Expo
August 24-26 at The Western N.C. Agricultural Center, Fletcher, NC.
Provides the general public an opportunity to see and learn about - first hand- the practical and presently available options for utilizing clean, renewable sources of energy, protecting our natural environment and working towards a sustainable economy for the region. The largest event of its kind in the Southeast.
www.seeexpo.com

Seattle Tilth's Harvest Fair and Tomato Tasting
Sept. 8, Meridian Park, Seattle, WA.
www.seattletilth.org/events

6th Derby Eco-Fest
September 8-9, Derby, England
A bi-annual festival in Britain which promotes mainstream environmental issues.
www.veggies.org.uk/event.php?ref=573

Earthdance 2007
Sept. 14-16, Laytonville, CA.
3 day Camp Out Celebration for World Peace and Unity, set amidst a beautiful old growth oak forest, featuring 5 Stages of Entertainment uniting Jamband, World, Conscious Lyricism, Electronica, Reggae and Folk. Also featuring, Late Night Cinema, Healing Village, Kidlandia, Speakers Forum, Activist Alley, Workshops, & All Night Music Cafés.
www.earthdance.org/sf/

31thst Annual Common Ground Country Fair, Maine Organic Farming and Growers Association
Sept. 21-23, 2007. Unity, Maine. Maine's truly epic, most authentic country fair, with extensive workshops, demonstrations, education and entertainment attracts tens of thousands of people every year.
www.mofga.org

8th Annual Renewable Energy Roundup and Green Living Fair
Sept 28-30, Fredricksburg, TX.
Featuring education and demonstrations of solar, wind, water Use & reuse, energy conservation, rainwater harvesting, green & sustainable building, organic growing, alternative transportation, straw bale construction.
www.theroundup.org

7th Annual Organic Faire
Sept. 9, Organic Centre in Rossinver, County, Leitrim, Ireland.
This year the Organic Fair will open the NW Food Fest. A day for all the family featuring organic and local food, green crafts and organic clothes, guided tours and demonstrations around the gardens, children's events and music.
http://www.theorganiccentre.ie/courses.html#The_7th_Organic_Fair

7th Annual Athens Area Sustainability Festival
Sep.29-30, Athens, OH.
This annual grassroots community event is organized by volunteers working year-round. The festival celebrates the many small businesses, organizations, individuals, and initiatives in the region dedicated to building community identity rooted in the principles of sustainability.
www.susfest.org

Salt Spring Island's 9th Annual Apple Festival, 2007
Sept 30, Apple Luscious Organic Orchard, Salt Spring Island, BC.
www.saltspringmarket.com/apples/

20th Annual Hoes Down Harvest Festival
Oct. 6-7, Full Belly Farm, Guinda, CA.
www.hoesdown.org

29th Annual Prairie Festival, Sept 28-30
Salina, Kansas, celebrating the Land Institute's 30th Anniversary.
www.landinstitute.org

Ecofest
September 30th at Lincoln Center in Manhattan.
New York City's Environmental Festival, the largest environmental event on the East Coast.
www.ecofest.com

And Labor Day Weekend

BURNING MAN GOES GREEN
www.burningman.com