The Sustainable Living Fair will take place on Saturday, May 1<, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the Eastsound Village Green, alongside the first Farmers Market of the season. Those who would like to display products, plans or information are invited to participate.
“The first Sustainable Living Fair last May was a great success,” says organizer Sharon Abreu, “with displayers receiving publicity online via video postings of interviews conducted with them throughout the day. (Go to www.youtube.com/ourlittleisland)
This year’s event will be in conjunction with the 3rd annual Sustainable San Juans event, which took place on San Juan Island in 2009 and on Lopez in 2008.
The event will include businesses and organizations with a focus on promoting environmental and economic sustainability in the island environment, and in our homes and workplaces.
There will be music in the bandshell and an awards ceremony for those chosen to receive this year’s San Juan Islands Good Steward Awards (affectionately know as the “Finnies”) for leadership in sustainability in our San Juan Islands communities. “It will be great fun and a great opportunity for people to learn about our work and products.”
Abreu encourages nominations for the Good Steward Awards. Please consider nominating people for one of these prestigious awards. There will be information about the awards at www.stewardshipsjc.org.
Participants’ spaces will be 8′ x 8′. Fees for having a space at the Fair.:
- $25/space for businesses with budgets under $25,000/year
- $50/space for businesses with budgets greater than $25,000/year.
(Farmers will not have to pay since they are already renting space to be at the Farmers Market.)
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