Green Expo April 3-4, 2011

Free event for the entire family.

The Tampa Bay Living Green Expo is this Saturday, April 3rd and Sunday, April 4th. Join your friends and neighbors at the historic Coliseum in Downtown St. Petersburg and learn how to reduce your impact on the environment.

Living Green is fun and easy! Exhibitors will be available all weekend and will feature products and services that you can use use to live sustainably.

Click here for the list of exhibitors.

Tired of watering and mowing your lawn? Our vendors will show you how to save time AND have award-winning landscape using Florida native plants. You can also reduce water usage and save money on your lawn with micro- or drip- irrigation.

Redecorating? Paint your walls with high-end, no-VOC paint in hundreds of colors. Or, use recycled materials and sustainably harvested wood to remodel your home.

At the Tampa Bay Living Green Expo, you will find out why your neighbors are using rain barrels. You will learn how easy it is to start composting. Living green means making daily choices for you and your family that enhance your life while reducing your impact on the environment. Even the smallest changes make a difference.

Come to our free info sessions on both Saturday and Sunday to learn more about Green Jobs, Composting, Green Living, Green Pest Control, Energy Tips, Native Plants, and more! You could also be eligible to for one of our door prizes- composting bin, a rain barrel, a 100% bamboo table, a gift certificate for Eco Friendly pest control, and more!

Click here for the full schedule of workshops.

The Tampa Bay Living Green Expo is a free event and fun for the entire family. Enjoy kids activities, healthy AND delicious food, and our vendors and exhibitors. The info sessions and outdoor activities will be held in the parking lot to the East of the Coliseum, on the same side of the street.

See you this weekend!

Dunedin Life & Light Lantern Parade April 23–24, 2011

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
This event benefits the community as a fundraiser for Planting Seeds Workshops & the 1% Food Project

SO BRING YOUR KIDS, FAMILY, NEIGHBORS & FRIENDS!
AND SUPPORT LOCAL FOOD!

Casa Tina’s family of Downtown Restaurants in partnership with The Dunedin Harvest Food & Garden Co-op will be holding our first Life & Light Lantern Parade & Festival on Earth Day weekend, Saturday and Sunday, April 23-24, 2011. This community art event is a fundraiser for the Planting Seeds workshop series and the 1% Food Project.

Saturday, April 23, 2- 7 PM

• Life & Light Lantern Festival w/ Live Music
• Paper Lantern Making Workshops
• Gardening & Sustainability Demonstrations
• Great FOOD at 3 downtown locations!

Sunday, April 24, 12 – 8:30 PM

• Life & Light Lantern Festival w/ Live Music
• Paper Lantern Making Workshops
• Gardening & Sustainability Demonstrations
• Great FOOD at 3 downtown locations!
• 8 PM LIFE & LIGHT LANTERN PARADE!

Symbolically held Earth Day weekend, the Life & Light Lantern Parade & Festival is a community celebration of all life! The festival will include FREE Paper Lantern Making Workshops held ALL DAY Saturday and Sunday in downtown Dunedin’s Pioneer Park. The workshops will be surrounded by Live Music and Entertainment along with FREE Gardening and Sustainability demonstrations. Workshop participants get to use their lanterns in Sunday’s Parade of Light, then keep and take their lanterns home!

This is a family friendly event with two goals in mind…to encourage public art for and by the public and to educate our community about sustainable living practices.

On Sunday at 8:00 pm Join the LIFE & LIGHT LANTERN PARADE! Event attendees, organizers, Casa Tina’s Staff, and members of the Krewe of the Grateful Gluttons will take the Life & Light Lantern Parade celebration to the streets and parade their newly made, glowing paper lanterns through downtown Dunedin. Join us to light up the streets as this is an experience and spectacle not to be missed. You and the kids will love it!

Paper Lantern Workshops will be taught by professional lantern makers, Casa Tina’s is hosting members from The Krewe of the Grateful Gluttons from Atlanta, GA. The Krewe, nationally known for their creative and artistic efforts in organizing artistic community events, is being brought to town specifically to share their unique talent with our community.

Fundraiser Raffle, Donations and Profits from ALL Meals, Drinks and Merchandise sales at Casa Tina’s Mexican Restaurant, Cabana Café & Gifts and Pan y Vino Brick Oven Pizza, on both days will be donated to fund the Planting Seeds workshop series and the 1% Food Project.

Planting Seeds is a FREE Organic Gardening Workshop series offered to the general public.  The workshops provide free ongoing education to local residents with topics including Florida Vegetable Gardening and other Sustainable Living practices.

The Dunedin 1% Food Project is a community organized sustainable living initiative. The goal of the project is to encourage 1% of all households in Dunedin to pledge a small part of their land and their time to grow food. Growing food brings health, vitality and food security to individuals and our community.

Event Sponsors www.dunedinharvest.com and www.casatinas.com.

WE COULDN’T HAVE MADE IT ANY EASIER.

WHERE: Downtown Pioneer Park and three GREAT restaurants in Downtown Dunedin. Organic food options at Cabana & Pan y Vino!

Casa Tina’s Authentic Mexican www.casatinas.com
365 Main Street, Dunedin, FL 34698

Cabana Cafe and Gifts www.cabanacafeandgifts.com
833 Douglas Ave, Dunedin, FL 34698

Pan y Vino Brick Oven Pizzawww.panyvino.com
369 Main Street, Dunedin, FL 34698

SEE YOU THERE!

Tampa Bay Living Green Expo looking for volunteers

The Tampa Bay Living Green Expo will be in St. Petersburg at the Coliseum April 2-3 and we need volunteers!

Sign up for a shift, bring a friend, help out, show support, and have fun!

The Tampa Bay Living Green Expo stands out every year because of its many great volunteers. Now is the time to sign up!

Volunteers are needed for:

• Pre-Expo marketing: put up flyers/posters at coffee shops, bookstores, colleges, etc
• Expo set-up and Exhibitor check-in: assist with setting up the event on Friday, April 1st
  
• Volunteer check-in/ Info Booth: check in volunteers as they arrive for their shift, provide information to Exhibitors and Attendees
  
• Front door greeters: provide Expo attendees with event programs, answers to questions and information for making the most of their Expo experience
  
• Exhibitor assistance: available for troubleshooting related to exhibitor problems
  
• Outside greeters: help people find their way to parking and entrances
  
• Info sessions assistance: encourage visitors to visit the seminars, and provide general assistance to information session speakers
  
• Kid’s Korner: work with children in the arts and crafts area
  
• General assistance: be available to help with whatever comes up during the Expo
  
• Tear down: assist in tearing down and cleaning up after the Expo on Sunday evening

Visit http://tampabaylivinggreenexpo.org.  Click here on the Volunteer Page and select your preferred shift and task. Shifts are set in 2-3 hour increments but can be tailored to fit your schedule.   And you will get a free Tampa Bay Living Green t-shirt !

Please don’t over commit in your excitement to help. We can always find an additional shift for you if you want one later in the weekend.

We ask that you arrive 15 minutes early for your shift. If your schedule is flexible, we will need more coverage on the Sat 2:30-6 and the Sunday 2-5 shift.

Contact Volunteer Coordinator Morgan Taylor volunteers@tampabaylivinggreen.org with questions.

Thanks for helping us make this a successful Expo!