CATEGORIES OF THE GET GREEN EXPO

Food & Beverage

You are what you eat!  Well, let’s hope not. But it is important to make sure the foods we eat are good for us. Whether that means a juicy steak, free-range chicken or no meat at all, you’ll find ideas, recipes, samples, and live cooking demonstrations at the Get Green Expo.

What you’ll see:

Proposed Seminars

• 30-minute healthy meals your family will love
• Candy, cakes and pies - desserts or health food?
• 10 healthy meals for $10 each
• Farm co-ops - why you should join
• Growing vegetable indoors
• Vegetarian meals for meat eater appetites
• Homemade wine for novices

Health & Wellness

Being green isn’t just about the health of the environment, it’s also about the health of you and your family. With the rising cost of healthcare and prescription drugs there’s never been a better time to focus on living a healthier lifestyle. Eating natural and organic foods or just eating healthier, coupled with exercise is the best way to start. Preventive care also plays a very important role in reducing long-term healthcare costs. In the Health & Wellness area of the Get Green Expo you’ll learn how to take better care of yourself and hopefully have fun doing it.

What you’ll see:

Proposed Seminars

• Yoga - the mind and body exercise
• Herbal remedies - fact or fiction
• Live drug free
• Home remedies for the everyday family
• 15 minutes a day to a healthy heart   
• Exercising your brain for fitness
• Top 10 ways to lose weight naturally
• Tips for better sleep

Fashion & Beauty

Shop the latest eco-friendly clothing and accessories made from organic, natural, and recycled materials. Touch, feel, try on clothing made from materials you’ve only read about in magazines, on seen on TV or the internet including bamboo, hemp, recycled poly, corn fiber or organic cotton. Shop for jewelry, hats and accessories made from recycled, repurposed, reused materials. At the Get Green Expo you can get beauty tips and makeovers using the latest organic and natural cosmetics and buy organic soaps, lotions, and bath products.

What you’ll see:

Proposed Seminars

• Eco chic - making new clothes from old
• Why natural is better
• Beautiful skin with peanut butter
• Why cotton is a natural

Green Home

Let the Get Green Expo teach you to make a difference where it’s most important - your home. From the air inside your home and the cleaning products you use, to making sure your water is safe to drink, you’ll find it all in the Green Home section. For the outside learn about natural lawn care, how to grow your own vegetables at home - even indoors - and see the newest eco-friendly lawn equipment.

What you’ll see:

Proposed Seminars

• How to compost
• Keeping your grass green the eco friendly way
• Container gardening
• Reducing air pollution inside your home
• Naturally managing garden pests
• Native plants for earth friendly landscaping

Green Building

Whether you want to build a new home using the latest “green” technology or remodel your current home to be healthy or energy efficient you’ll see it all in this section of the Get Green Expo. Learn ways to incorporate energy or water saving products in new home construction and ideas for remodeling and refitting older homes with products that will reduce the cost of heating and cooling. Recycled content products, salvaged, or rapidly renewable products will be on display and “home systems” with exceptional durability or low maintenance. Eco-friendly products will mean less replacement and upkeep. Talk to experts, compare products, ask questions or attend one of the many seminars.

What you’ll see:

Proposed Seminars

• What makes a house “green”?
• New technologies for building green
• How building green pays for itself
• Top 25 ways to “green” your home for under $100
• Building green on a budget

Transportation

Ever since personal transportation graduated from the horse and buggy, consumers have been confronted with myriad choices, and never more so than today. The technology is changing so fast it’s hard to keep up. The Get Green Expo will showcase and investigate the many ways you and your family can move from point A to point B and still be earth-friendly.  See the newest vehicles up close; find out how they work and why they’re good for the environment and good for your pocketbook. Learn how to get the most miles-per-gallon with your current vehicle.

What you’ll see:

• Hybrid, electric, hydrogen, bio-diesel, E85 vehicles
• Fuel efficient vehicles
  
• Car pools/ride sharing
• Public transportation
• Bicycles
• Motor scooters
• Bike routes

Proposed Seminars

• Transportation 2010 and beyond
• Hybrids, hydrogen, electric, bio-diesel - what’s best for my family
• Public transportation - good for the environment; good for our wallets.
• Increase your gas mileage; save money with your existing car

Energy

Every time Joe and Jane Consumer get a utility bill they are rudely reminded of how much energy they consume. The Get Green Expo will help distinguish between hype and fact about energy consumption and the options for savings. Get practical advice on how to cut your family’s dependence on fossil-fueled power and ways to pursue a more eco-conscious way of life.

What you’ll see: 

• Wind power
• Solar power
• Geothermal

Eco Travel

There are many way to participate in sustainable tourism. Typically, a green vacation is one which minimizes air and auto travel; but even vacations with those transportation options can have a low environmental impact and respect for the culture and well-being of the local populations.

What you’ll see:

• Travel agents specializing in green tours
    Camping, hiking, canoeing
• Conservation centered nature trips
  
• Kayaking
  
• Bicycle trips
•   Eco friendly resorts and hotels

Environmental Education

This category includes local, state, and federal agencies and non-profit organizations that promote conservation, green building, recycling and eco friendly programs. Colleges, universities and technical centers which train and prepare students for future green collar jobs will be a part of the Get Green Expo.

What you’ll see:

• Institutions offering ecology and conservation degrees
• Government programs to further environmental causes
• Charities and philanthropic organizations who support
    environmental and conservation programs

Recycling/Conservation

Recycling has been the vanguard movement of conservation and is usually the first step families take toward involvement. The Get Green Expo will educate the public on the many, many ways to reduce, reuse, recycle with the ultimate goal to make household recycling so easy that it becomes second nature in every home. There are many shades of green and each family doesn’t have to think in terms of saving the planet – only think about using less and wasting less in their home.

What you’ll see:

• Recycling Centers
• Dealers of reduced-energy-use appliances
•  Low-usage plumbing products