PLAYgreen Festival

The eco-experiential lifestyle festival for people who want to play, work, and live a greener life.
Host:
Type:
Network:
Global
Date:
Friday, February 20, 2009
Time:
10:00am - 4:00pm
Location:
UC Berkeley Martin Luther King, Jr. Student Union
City/Town:
Berkeley, CA

Description

What is PLAYgreen?

The Bay Area's premier eco-experiential event for people who want to play, live and work a greener lifestyle. Join thousands of UC Berkeley students, campus and community supporters as they touch, taste, feel, experience and learn about the latest products, fashions, technology, services, sounds, cuisine and career opportunities from the very best local and national eco-friendly companies.

Hosted by Cal Recreational Sports, admission to the ultimate eco-experiential festival is FREE!

The PLAYgreen Initative

Created by Cal Recreational Sports, PLAYgreen is our initiative that provides eco-friendly resources, news, information and solutions for individuals who want to play, work and live a greener lifestyle.

For more information visit www.playgreenfestival.com

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Free Bike Giveaway?!

That's right! Take a test ride and enter to win the new A2B electric bike from Ultra Motor at the PLAYGreen Festival! As if that’s not enough, Ultra Motor will be raffling off Giro helmets and Timbuk2 bags for all test riders.

Students and faculty, save $300 off of the retail price of the new A2B electric bike from Ultra Motor. Act now! This special promotion is only good through March 20th, 2009.

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Want Free Pizza?...

We need your help starting the green viral revolution to promote the event. Our goal is to utilize your networks to get 10,000 people to attend the PLAYgreen Festival.

Let’ set a record and find out which student group is the most excited about PLAYgreen! The student group with the most posts will win a pizza party from Extreme Pizza!

Step 1: RSVP to our Facebook Event
Step 2: Post the name of the student group you represent on the event wall
Step 3: Invite members of your student group and your friends to the Facebook Event
Step 4: Have them RSVP and post your student group’s name on the event wall to help your organization win

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Event Schedule

Green Exhibitors Hall and Eco-Art Gallery 10:00am – 4:00pm


Green Steps – How to Workshops for Living Green 10:00am – 4:00pm

Featuring How To Workshops for Living Green resented by the following community and Cal student groups. A complete schedule will be available on February 19th!


Electric Bike Test Rides on Spieker Plaza 10:00am – 4:00pm

· Held on Spieker Plaza from
· Featuring the A2B model
· Brought to you by ULTRA Motor

For more information visit www.playgreenfestival.com

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Green Eats - 12:00 – 2:00pm

Featuring sustainable food samples from following Bay Area Restaurants including:

· Amanda’s
· Ben & Jerry’s
· Extreme Pizza
· Henry’s
· Saul’s Deli
· Skates on the Bay
· Spenger’s Fresh Fish Grotto
· Tapioca Express

For more information visit www.playgreenfestival.com

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Eco- Fashion Show 2:00 – 7:30pm

· Held on the stage area from 2:00 – 3:00pm
· Featuring fashion designs and models from the Cal student community
· Stop by the Fashion Experience throughout the event
· Brought to you by UC Berkeley student groups – FAST and BARE with support from Goodwill Industries


*Schedule subject to change without notice!*
A special thanks to the Cal student group BEACN for their hard work in helping Cal Rec Sports develop the PLAYgreen Festival!

For a complete list of vendors and event details visit www.playgreenfestival.com

Other Information

  • Guests are allowed to bring friends to this event.

Event Type

This is an open event. Anyone can join and invite others to join.

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