Events

Eco-Fashion Show with Eco-Chick Starre Vartan

Location: Crush (Hartford Marriott)

Date: October 23, 2008

Time: 6 to 9 pm

Tickets: $15 in advance; $20 at the door. Buy advanced tickets here.  Admission supports Hartford GreenDrinks and includes food, drink specials, and raffle ticket. Co-hosted by CT GreenScene and YH Magazine. Sponsors include Crush, Vivo, and Matthew Phillips Salon.

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Green Energy Summit

Location:      Wethersfield High School
Date:             Saturday, November 8th
Time:            11:00 am to 2:00 PM

Mark your calendar for the second annual Green Summit Energy Fair in Wethersfield, Connecticut! The summit will take place at the Wethersfield High School, from 11 am to 2 pm.

Town Councilor, Matthew Forrest, set up the Green Summit last year in order to respond to the ever growing energy and gas prices in Wethersfield and to have his residents come up with ideas on living a greener life. The second annual event will include vendor and community booths giving more information concerning renewable energy and showcase experiments created by Wethersfield students. Key note speakers will talk about sustainability issues, fossil-fuel dependence, and energy conservation funding.

Attendees can also take part in workshops that will go over recycling, rain barrels, composting and describing various renewable energy sources. Attendees will also have the opportunity to give feedback back to the town on whether the town is headed in the right direction towards a greener future.

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Living in Balance: Green Luxury at Windermere

Location: Windermere on the Lake

Date: November 20, 2008

Time: 6 to 9 pm

Come experience green luxury living, at Windermere on the Lake, New England's first LEED certified luxury home and planned community. Enjoy organic food, wine, CT GreenScene signature cocktails and view a TESLA MOTORCAR! Email for details.

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It's Getting Hot in Here!

Location:      Akus Gallery, Shafer Hall, Eastern Connecticut State University

Date:             October 23 - December 11

Time:            Reception, Thursday October 23, 4 pm to 7 pm

The Akus Gallery will host an Eco Art Exhibition on October 23 through December 11. This exhibition presents the work of eight artists using recycled materials as media in a subtle commentary on environmental awareness in the context of global warming. They have turned newspapers, bread tags, old paint, tin foil, cardboard tubes, #2 plastic bottles, glassine envelope windows, and fruit stickers as well as other recycled materials into works of art which are both lovely and which remind the viewer of the importance for our planet to reduce, reuse and recycle. Curators Bradbury and Dumont say "The common thread in this exhibit is the art's ability to function as gentle forms of 'protest' art, what we interpret as beautifully packaged political statements."

Reception will take place on Thursday, October 23 from 4 pm to 7 pm and will feature performances by Vaughn Bell and Katie Osediacz. Gallery hours are as follows: Tuesday & Wednesday 11 am to 5 pm; Thursday 1 pm to 7pm; Saturday & Sunday 2 pm to 5 pm; Closed Monday & Friday

Featured artists include: Vaughn Bell;  Ellen Driscoll; Niizeki Hiromi; Katie Osediacz; People Powered, Pat Shannon; Yuken Teruya; Rachel Perry Welty

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Mark your calendar for the second annual Green Summit Energy Fair in Wethersfield, Connecticut! The summit will take place at the Wethersfield High School, from 11 am to 2 pm.

Town Councilor, Matthew Forrest, set up the Green Summit last year in order to respond to the ever growing energy and gas prices in Wethersfield and to have his residents come up with ideas on living a greener life. The second annual event will include vendor and community booths giving more information concerning renewable energy and showcase experiments created by Wethersfield students. Key note speakers will talk about sustainability issues, fossil-fuel dependence, and energy conservation funding.

Attendees can also take part in workshops that will go over recycling, rain barrels, composting and describing various renewable energy sources. Attendees will also have the opportunity to give feedback back to the town on whether the town is headed in the right direction towards a greener future.

The Akus Gallery will host an Eco Art Exhibition on October 23 through December 11. This exhibition presents the work of eight artists using recycled materials as media in a subtle commentary on environmental awareness in the context of global warming. They have turned newspapers, bread tags, old paint, tin foil, cardboard tubes, #2 plastic bottles, glassine envelope windows, and fruit stickers as well as other recycled materials into works of art which are both lovely and which remind the viewer of the importance for our planet to reduce, reuse and recycle. Curators Bradbury and Dumont say "The common thread in this exhibit is the art's ability to function as gentle forms of 'protest' art, what we interpret as beautifully packaged political statements."

Reception will take place on Thursday, October 23 from 4 pm to 7 pm and will feature performances by Vaughn Bell and Katie Osediacz. Gallery hours are as follows: Tuesday & Wednesday 11 am to 5 pm; Thursday 1 pm to 7pm; Saturday & Sunday 2 pm to 5 pm; Closed Monday & Friday

Featured artists include: Vaughn Bell;  Ellen Driscoll; Niizeki Hiromi; Katie Osediacz; People Powered, Pat Shannon; Yuken Teruya; Rachel Perry Welty

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