Green Festival 2012 Coming to New York City This Weekend
April 19, 2012 Kyriaki (Sandy) Venetis If you’re looking for a good time this weekend, listening to great music, films, eating, going to sustainability lectures, and checking out over 100 businesses showing off their eco-friendly products, then you should definitely stop by the Green Festival 2012 at the Jacob Javits Center this weekend – April 21-22.
Photo courtesy of greenfestivals.org.
Among those bringing music and education to the festival will be Aaron Ableman, whose been on stage with such performers as Somali Canadian rapper K’NAAN, and folk singer Joan Baez.
Ableman is also executive producer of the Clean Energy Tour, which provides a stage to organize and empower young people and diverse communities to “be the change” needed for social, environmental and economic reforms.
The Clean Energy Tour brings the arts, activism, education, and voters together to show them that they have the power to decide the future of their communities. From Haiti to India, Ableman has implemented co-arts programs and also worked with at-risk teens.
Also at the festival will be Penelope Jagessar Chaffer, who is director/producer/writer/editor of the upcoming film Toxic Baby, which focuses on the health effects on children when daily exposed to common chemicals found in the environment, clothing, toys, and the care products.