in the first half we attend the forty second annual two thousand and eleven you district street fair and in the second half we attend the fourth annual two thousand and eleven seattle green festival we and take a look at what else is going on here see what kind of entertainment you one of his son and there's the man himself so i was working hard for you doing and you've been here at this new location singing was good but you were directly across the street for how many years one day and i knew this was the very last thirty four years on the same block container that held the cake ok that that is actually recycling i couldn't find him on the truck well it's it's like this here where you've got the plastic containers as long as it's clean  so basically we want things that are clean to go in recycling you don't want to have to have half a cake left unturned in your recycling and all that so you put the food in the goes into the garbage can john you can worry about the ring you know there's a little plastic ring left around don't worry about that just take the small lid put that in the garbage and the bottle can go into recycle because i see lots of people putting the caps on the that they're giving samples away in those you can put your food waste in and then make you go directly into your yard waste bin every week and that would go to cedar grove and transfer compost which you can then put on your seattle oh we have our garbage goes on a very long three hundred plus miles journey to oregon on a train three times a week and we really don't want to be spending all of our courage the far away so ways any way that you can reduce your waste stream and keep it from going on that train to work again is great so doing that by recycling doing that michael hosting doing that by buying less stuff that has packaging anyway you can minimize your way stream that's going to help us on oh i know there are still a number of folks in businesses that either don't get it or just kind of refused to do it all these are day homeland for the jews and the israelis obviously and a friend home for the palestinian people and we are i have been formed three years ago to create opportunity for our government to help the parties come together and move fast track going forward and we are very excited about the time we're living in right now where hopefully with the dangers and the possibilities that we'll be able to mov live together well if you know what you know well and there are so many misconceptions going out there right now that really important that we should talk more so that we can understand each of the perspectives now what would you say is god won't forgive me and then you'll forgive me so if i go to and stand in front of god on the day of judgment and i had hurt you in this world then i have to give you something out of my good deed and if i don't have any there and change the meaning of the religion and make it so that everybody hates that religion or thinks it's bad or whatever the case is but it goes you know the thing is  continue around can answer some questions for us i hope i can i noticed that the festival here in seattle has a tendency to shade and this year there's a new location can you tell us why that is i certainly can well you know we're sort of at the mercy of the venue management and what they have on the calendar last year in the years previous we were at the washington convention center albeit a great facility it came to a point where we recognized there were certain needs that green festival had that they couldn't accommodate as a result we started looking around the city for a new home for green festival down this wonderful facility the that didn't fall of the warmer more sunny beautiful days of june lo and behold we came up with the no empty slot that we were able to fill and here we are now is it hopefully going to seattle lights can put a little pressure on us center to be a kind friend and make sure that they can keep the calendar open for festival so now at the green festival what vendors and services are you sure case oh my goodness i think every industry that you would find in the united states are showcased here at green festival from children's products of cute organic little baby t shirts all the way to renewable energy products for your home for your outdoor gardening eco fashion i mean take a look at this we've got bainbridge graduate institute right alongside cli howell how much of a broad scope is that so this is you know this is an opportunity to see the complete marketplace of the united states that has made a commitment to environmental and social responsibility you also have carbon your factures we do we have a very special car manufacturer for they are with us as our corporate innovator identifying them as a company who has made incredible stride amazing campaign that is being launched rate here in seattle and that is the reusable cup campaign and it's about forming a new world have it and they've put a deadline somewhere in june basically three weeks from today that sets a timeframe for people and i guess three weeks is what it takes to change your habits and they're asking people to stop using disposable cups and start using reusable cops they said that it's basically reuse recycle and recycle should be the last option you  know so that's just one of the many ways that people can come out to green festival activate their communities basically change one little how that we have over forty nonprofit allies that we worked with this year we put out thousands of free tickets into the local community and asked the nonprofit organizations to go out and say hey volunteer with us instead of paying for green festival admission come out donate your time joining your services donate your money to the nonprofits  forward and then get it back in akron festival and come out here and have an opportunity to learn about what they're doing and also to connect with these small businesses here in seattle as well as nationally renowned authors and leaders from around the united states is a local currency it's a green festival currency so when you buy your tickets online or out the door you get t f bucks back that can only be used here in the green festival marketplace you can even donate it to a nonprofit or use it to buy your lunch  you're like they're five dollars wouldn't tokens guess they're five dollars wouldn't coke and they are able to be used all throughout the weekend at green festival we're launching our first green festivals in new york in l a this year and last of being in san francisco in the fall for our big tenth anniversary about green america and stuff like that absolutely green america and global exchange founded green festival ten years ago green america global exchange are two nonprofit founders of nonprofit green festival but they're amazing nonprofit organizations that are working not only to fuel environmental sustainability but also sustainability for people and global exchange focuses on labor rights fair trade around the world and green america is an amazing network of individuals and green businesses from the smallest little green business to the largest corporation that is working to bring together these two ideas here at green festival basically helping not only the planet but also helping people and working together to find out you know from the start of the you know product to you know from the start of the service making sure that that is something that the people that are making at her earning fair wages that the environment is not being affected at the production level all the way to how it's distributed and all the way into how it gets into people's hands out into communities and then where it goes after that making sure that it's it's the stain of a model in so green america screens every single exhibit or that is featured a festival on the basis of environmental sustainability ecological balance green economy social justice and make sure that they are aligned with the values of green america and global exchange to make green festival an event that you can go to to know you are constantly receiving calls and inquiries of people that want to feature their businesses that green festival but we have to say no we encourage them to change their behaviors and green america and  civil can work with businesses and individuals to help them create a greener more socially responsible model of their business so that think then they can be featured at green festival and so we're definitely open to working with businesses so that they are working for a more sustainable future and then also we have what george was talking about ford is a corporate innovator and so we're talking about the newest and latest and greatest sustainable practices that ford is doing in their electric and hybrid vehicles that they're launching here at green festival this year and they're actually seeing so much success in their profits and everything that they're doing by being a part of this and this movement that's not a green women but it's in fact a mainstream movement for get some of these companies that are interested in going to a more sustainable model and they are offering products and services that are that are safer that are better for the environment and so we ask of everybody you know go out talk to your business if you're working somewhere and you say you know not even just to be featured at green festival but just for your own well being and for for your work and for your business you should be able to be in a safe environment you should be able to know that where you're working people are earning fair wages and that nobody and the plan is not getting hurt for these products and services to think about what you're putting on your bodies what you're eating and think about your community and how you can come together and ask for smarter choices tamasin the eco consumer here with king county one of our partners is out here talking about an consumerism actually and so we want to be able to make smarter options so either don't buy anything and try to reduce your impact you know come out volunteer and participate listen to amy goodman listen to one of our many speakers or come out and know that the items that you're shopping for are in fact anable are in fact responsible and come and shop the green marketplace hundreds of exhibit green festival is the nation's largest green living event featuring hundreds of exhibitors at each event from right here in seattle rain in new york bray in san francisco or los angeles from to around the world and so it's a wonderful opportunity all these businesses to come together with communities it's a party with a purpose it's really fun and of course for more information yes for more information yes for more information visit green festival dot org i want to thank  yeah yeah so first off what we're looking at this is the fusion of the currently on the gallon on the highway twenty nine through the city so it really depends what kind of driving you do if you do more highway driving the all gasoline fiesta is probably a better option of a few more city driving in the future probably be plug in hybrid that's going to come out next year in actually a different vehicle we're just testing the drive train in that escape but it's going to be called the steam x when it comes out the way it's going to work you'll plug it in just charge up the battery and for the first thirty to forty miles of your drive cycle it's just going to be running off that electric juice that you've stored after the battery gets depleted it's going to start acting like a regular hybrid again so you'll be able to take it on road trips if you're just cruising back and forth to work and you keep a something about it and you are my name is tammy and i understand it's actually here in seattle and it's free yes we are at the north end of like union in wallingford a login fifty people moving around the corner to thirty fourth and stone way which is still walling for and people can donate any computer equipment that they have to us and what we do with that computer equipment as we try to refurbish it and then we will provide the equipment to school the nonprofit the charities if we cannot refurbish it we recycle it sustainably and we do accept all donations for free with the exception of printers and scanners and we do charge a nominal charge for that so w the most interesting pieces of equipment turned out well you can look at one right here we have a hard drive from the one nine hundred sixty and then we also over here have a laptop from about that and and all of these products that you are that you guys showcase here you're trying to also get businesses attracted to them and be interested in using them in their own businesses and then i think there was just it's in somewhere no they are all of it can be recycled whether composable or recycle and if people are businesses would like to learn more information you have a website yes my learn more about the forty third street fair occurring may nineteenth and twentieth two thousand and twelve at u district street fair dot org unfortunately the seattle green festival for two thousand and twelve will not be occurring though they do hope to be returning to seattle in two thousand and thirteen learn more at green festivals dot org please be sure to visit my website adventure t v dot com for regular updates information links and archiving and as always thank you for watching adventure t