Come celebrate Earth Day and learn practical, easy ways to create a green and healthy life!
This free, community event will feature sustainability workshops and talks, green living experts and resources, electric cars and bikes, music, food, and kid’s activities.
All festival-goers who complete a Green Living Pledge Card will get a free green gift! Participants in Novato Clean and Green Day (being held on the same day from 9am-1pm) will also be eligible for a free gift just for checking out the festival.
WORKSHOPS
Workshops will be offered throughout the afternoon in two tracks: 1) Creating a Sustainable and Resilient Home and 2) Personal Resilience and Self-Care. Each workshop will last 45 minutes. Topics include: Smart Ways to Create a Climate-Friendly Home; Reduce your Home’s Energy Footprint; The All-Electric Home; Create an Abundant Suburban Food Garden; Diet for a Healthy You and Planet; Igniting Our Connection to and Passion for Nature; Changing Our Stories to Create a Sustainable Future; and Want to Do More to Make a Better World & Better Marin?
TALKS
A series of talks will be offered 'Ted-Talk' style, runnning no more than 10-minutes each in length. Topics include: Creating a Natural, Non-toxic Yard and Garden; Innovative Ways to Save Water in Your Yard; Creating a Fire-Safe Home; Bird-Friendly Yards; and Be Resilient and Ready for an Emergency.
GREEN LIVING RESOURCES
A wide range of experts and vendors will be participating in the event to offer advice, information and tools for green living including Recology, Novato Sanitary District, North Marin Water District, Novato Live Well Network, Novato Streetscape Committee, Sustainable Novato, Drawdown Marin, MCE Clean Energy, Yard Smart Marin, Electrify Marin, Energy Upgrade CA, Marin Commutes, Homeward Bound, Indian Valley Organic Farm and Garden, ExtraFood.Org, Sonoma-USA, Marin School of Environmental Leadership, Copperfield's Books, and MORE!
ELECTRIC BIKES & CARS
Golden Gate Electric Vehicle Association will be hosting their Drive Electric Earth Day event in conjunction with the Green Living Festival. Free test drives will be offered on the latest electric vehicles (EVs) coming off the production line. EV owners will also be on hand to share their experience driving electric.
A range of electric bikes in stock at Novato retailers will also be available to check out!
