We did come and enjoy the music, food, people and the festival this weekend. It was awesome! The music was great, food was incredible and we left with a fistful of information and a gratifying feeling about being part of something good.
Jeremy Oaten engages the change by deciding to take shorter showers!
Today is a day to make some changes! One of the first tables you’ll see set up at the festival is The Change Tent, and it is definitely one you want to visit. Annalea and Brad are there from The Change to tell you all about local companies that are “Greener, Fairer and Truer.
At The Change Tent pick up an Organic Islands GREEN PASSPORT. This baby is basically a scavenger hunt through the festival exhibitors. Stop by the 12 tables listed, find out about that company, get your passport stamped and have a fun day in the sun learning about everything Victoria has to offer the green movement!
When you’ve traveled through all the exhibitors and your passport is fully stamped head back to The Change Tent to complete your final mission. Annalea or Brad will ask you what you already do, or what you are going to do to engage with the change and go green! They will take a video or photo (or if you are media-shy you can just tell them the old-fashioned way) and in exchange you will get a ticket to enter to win some fabulous prizes.
Jeremy Oaten was one of the first visitors to complete his GREEN PASSPORT. He was inspired to take shorter greener showers after visiting the Terasen Gas booth where he got a free shower-timer. His goal? The 5 minute shower!
So, while enjoying the festival make sure you pick up your passport from The Change Tent so you can be part of the movement too! The prizes you can win include:
- $1500 door prize from La Vida Eco
- Test drive the $1 million fuel cell car
And the following prizes donated by members of thechange.com
- Gift bag from thechange.com
- $20 gift card for ethicaldeal.com
- 2 gift cards for Spinnakers
- 2 bags of Fair Trade Coffee from Salt Spring Coffee
- Stainless Steel water thermos from Fairware
- 24 healthy cereal bars from Nature’s Path Organic
- 2 bags of Fair Trade Coffee from E
- $25 gift card for hip baby
- $20 gift card for ecoeverything
- Hand crafted wooden art piece from Clegg Woodcrafts
- An Eco-product from the good planet
- Foot butter and a 6 piece soap set from Rocky Mountain Soap Company
- 3 GB of online data backup from Swift Kick Computers.
Now go get those passports stamped!
(Also make sure you enter to win a green shopping spree for ethicaldeal.com while you are at the Change Tent and with some luck you might just score yourself some prizes!)
Tags: ecofriendly, education, Local, Organic, Sustainable
