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  • Friday – Sunday, August 19 – 21 – 9th Annual Boston GreenFest

    On Friday – Sunday, August 19 – 21, come to the region’s largest free multicultural environmental music festival located at Boston City Hall Plaza, Faneuil Hall and the adjacent Sam Adams Park. This year will feature a Showcase of Innovation. Find out how salt, water and vinegar can be more powerful than bleach. Try out apps that can make your life easier and our world greener. Discover ways to grow a mini-farm in your kitchen. See how easy it is to give new purpose to household objects. Appreciate art and jewelry made from recycled materials.

    At this free event you can experience live music and dance performances from more than 20 countries, watch an eco-fashion show featuring local designers with models walking the runway in upcycled fashion, create a community-wide art piece, view a green film festival, test drive an electric car, listen to inspiring speakers, take a ride on a bike that generates electricity, taste healthy international cuisines, have a drink at the beer and wine garden, and much more.

    Learning comes in many forms. Boston GreenFest is a community classroom. It allows everyone to learn and explore together. It will bring the innovator out that is in each one of us.

    Boston GreenFest is a celebration of life and possibility, providing you with ideas and experiences that can shape your life and the life of your community. When summer comes to a close, see that it closes by opening a door to a greener future. Turn off your AC, call your friends and neighbors, and come explore Boston GreenFest! For more information, and hours, visit http://bostongreenfest.org/

  • Friday, August 15 – Sunday, August 17 – Boston GreenFest 2014

    Boston GreenFest celebrates many ways we can create a better world by greening our lives and our communities.  This year’s free event at City Hall Plaza on August 15 – 17 will include music, dance, ecoArt, hands-on learning, a wine and beer garden, green tech, eco-fashion, and more. Friday and Saturday noon – ten pm, Sunday noon – five.  Visit www.bostongreenfest.org for complete details.

  • Thursday, August 15 – Saturday, August 17 – Boston GreenFest

    Boston GreenFest is organized by the Foundation for a Green Future, Inc. As the region’s largest multicultural environmental festival, Boston GreenFest celebrates the many ways we can create a better world by greening our lives and our communities. Turn your world around and have fun at the same time! Free admission at Boston City Hall Plaza at Government Center. Bring your own reuseable water bottle to Boston GreenFest. To help raise awareness about the wastefulness of plastic water bottles, Boston 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 Foundation for a Green Future, Inc. is dedicated to ensuring a green future for our planet and is proud to host this event. We teach, support and model sustainable ways to live for ourselves and our children. 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. Native American Drum & Dance Ceremony will launch Boston GreenFest 2013 on the Main Stage, Thursday, August 15th at 5 pm. Annawon Weeden will lead the ceremony with friends and family of Wampanoag and Narragansett heritage. The One Gallon ChallengeTM is a “race” to Boston GreenFest to see how long one gallon of gas will last. On display at City Hall Plaza will be a group of cars you’ve never seen before. For more information visit www.bostongreenfest.org.

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