If you are in the bay area this weekend, there is a Green Transportation Fair this saturday at the Green Building Exchange which will feature 45 alternative fuel vehicles! The event is in Redwood City friday and saturday April 11th and 12th. The show is free and open to the public from 9am to 5pm. Along with the cars being displayed, there will also be sustainable vendors, music, refreshments, and more. The official website is here: http://www.greentransportation2008.com but when I tried going to the website, the formatting is a little messed up on both IE and Firefox so I am pretty much giving you all the info you need below. Btw, I dont know if the image of the car above will be at the show, i just found it online somewhere.
Green Building Exchange
305 Main Street
Redwood City, CA 94063
Saturday April 12th 9am -5pm
Green Transportation 2008: Choices for the Future is the first show of its kind in San Mateo County. Dedicated to accelerating the transition to a sustainable transportation future by building awareness of emerging clean-and-green vehicles and transportation options, it will showcase state-of-the-art electric, alternative-fuel, solar, hydrogen and hybrid vehicles and support systems.
Partial exhibitor list:
Ford, Lexus, Honda, Toyota, Good Earth Vehicles, Electro Ride, LC Biofuels, GreenE Motors, Electric Green Showroom, Silicon Valley Bike Coalition, Electric Motorsport, Sustainable Habitat, LiFeBatt, Solar City, Stanford, Berkeley, ZipCar, PG&E, CalCars.org, Electro Ride, Zip Car, Smart Car, Society for Sustainable Mobility
In addition to over 45 cars, trucks, scooters and bikes onsite, nonprofits and representatives of the region’s transportation planning agencies will be on hand to discuss highway congestion relief, air quality, greenhouse gas emissions, public transportation, ride sharing and bicycle commuting.
Transportation Futures Forum – Friday, April 11th – Green Building Exchange will host those working toward sustainable transportation in the Bay Area. For a small fee, participants can enjoy a catered lunch, presentations and a panel discussion on transportation policy options and emerging technologies. Participants will also see a preview of Saturday’s public show.
Alternative Vehicle Show – Saturday April 12th – the Green Building Exchange parking lot, tradeshow floor and retail center are open to the general public at no charge from 9 am to 5 pm. The show hosts vehicles from major manufacturers and fresh, innovative companies alongside nonprofit tables. Representatives are on hand, as well as food, refreshments and a free recycled-art table for little ones. Live DJs, Eternal Harmonics, will provide music all day (www.TraansAatma.com).
April 10th, 2008
Alex
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The organizers of SF Beta, Room Full of People Inc. and Steve Newcomb (Powerset founder and blogger) brought to Minna Gallery a SF Beta spinoff called SF Green to appeal to the recent Green movement. SF Green is also supported by the California Clean Tech Open. Being the first event, it drew a very successful crowd of 300+ in attendance. It is a great way to bring together people who are interested in learning more about being green and it never hurts to have another Green Mixer. This is definitely not the first Green mixer in the bay area as there are already quite a few. There are several Green Drinks monthly mixers all over the bay area as well as my favorite, EcoTuesdays. (blog coverage of the most recent EcoTuesday event).
Unfortunately, the demos were not too exciting as there were only two booths from Syncromatics and Enverity. Syncromatics is a company that provides real-time bus tracking systems and is currently providing service to several Universities and demoed the current UCSD service. Enverity provides web-enabled business-management software as well as health and safety solutions for corporations. Hopefully, future SF Green mixers will have more demos and presentations.
Organizers of SF Green, Christina Perry, Cassie Philipps, and Steve Newcomb
Organizers of EcoTuesday, Oren Jaffe and Nikki Martinez
Futureworks’ Rebecca Reeve and friend.
More pics from Julie’s Flickr set here.
March 5th, 2008
Alex
This month was the one year anniversary of EcoTuesday! If you don’t know what EcoTuesday is, it is a monthly mixer event that started in San Francisco and takes place at a different place every month with a special speaker with experience in the Green industry. The event has also spread to Seattle, Minneapolis, Atlanta, and Los Angeles. This month’s EcoTuesday took place at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel and featured Emily Miggins, a Sustainability Consultant who specializes in corporate zero waste strategies. Emily works at SAIC as an environmental scientist working on projects involving government and private sector partners. As usual, the events draw a great crowd of people from different industries who either work or are interested in the green industry.
After the presentation is given, the people in audience at EcoTuesday always gather around in one, two or three circles where everyone introduces themselves, what they do, and what they are passionate about. This month, the room gathered in one big circle but it is good to hear from everyone in the room because it gives people a good way to approach someone else about an interest or topic that they want to discuss more about.
See more pictures from the event here.
February 29th, 2008
Alex
Next week, the first SFGreen event will be held at 111 Minna Gallery in San Francisco on March 4th. It is a green mixer organized by Room Full of People, Inc (SFBeta and similar web 2.0 events) and Steve Newcomb(one of the founders of Powerset). It will be interesting to see whether this event will be any different than all the other green events but it sounds like it is similar to my ideal idea of a Green 2.0 event. Having different demos from Green companies at a bar where you can mingle among others in the green industry. Since I failed to progress in making the event happen, I am happy to see someone else make the event happen.
You can get tickets here: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/97417378
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=8733068201
February 28th, 2008
Alex
The 2008 Green Apple Festival is looking for non-profit organizations and Green businesses to apply for a booth space for the free Earth Day concerts across America. The concert is free, the booth spaces are not. The Green Apple Festival presented by Chase and the Earth Day Network will be happening on April 18-20th, 2008 will be a weekend of music and environmental awareness that will take place at eight different cities including New York City, Washington D.C., Chicago, Miami, Denver, Dallas, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. More info about the festival can be found at http://www.greenapplefestival.com. It should be an interesting event.
THE 2008 GREEN APPLE FESTIVAL
- Is one of the largest Earth Day gatherings in U.S. history
- Presents eight, simultaneous events at landmark parks across the country on April 20, 2008
- Is located in parks, rather than concrete venues, chosen with eco-considerations such as easy foot/bike access and public transportation
- Will “green” over 150 music venues over Earth Day Weekend in each Green Apple city
- Is produced in partnership with Earth Day Network, founders of the original “Earth Day” in 1970
- Kicks off a Green Schools pilot program in three Green Apple cities
More info about booth spaces here
February 25th, 2008
Alex