For Immediate Release:
For further information, contact: Art Handy, Sustainable RI Coordinator (401-228-7930)
Seventh Sustainable Living Festival
expands to two days, June 7 and 8
The Apeiron Institute for Sustainable Living is expanding its annual Sustainable Living Festival and Clean Energy Expo to two days, June 7 and 8, in recognition of the growing awareness of issues involving the environment and energy conservation.
The festival is held at the Nickerson Community Center’s Camp Hamilton, home to Apeiron’s Center for Environmental (Sustainable? – check with Brad) Living in Western Coventry, near the intersection of Routes 102 and 117.
The two-day festival features more than 40 workshops, 80 vendors, special children’s activities, and a full line-up of local and regional musicians featuring the likes of Cheryl Wheeler and Gandalf Murphy and The Slambovian Circus of Dreams.
“We are particularly excited about this year’s festival, coming at a time when we’ve launched our new initiative, Sustainable RI,” said Bradley Hyson, Apeiron’s executive director.
“Each day we are reminded again and again of the dangers of global warming, of the consequences of ignoring environmental impacts on our health, and the importance of a clean environment to the wellbeing of our economy,” Hyson said. “ Even as we watch gas and home heating oil prices skyrocket we still are struggling to develop logical and environmentally safe energy alternatives. The Apeiron Institute works to help people find solutions to these challenges and Rhode Islanders can come and learn about many of those solutions at the Festival.
“The Festival is really a practical guide for individuals and businesses, providing them with the knowledge and products that can help them sustain a lifestyle that sustains the earth,” Hyson said.
The festival features a wide variety of vendors and workshops offering practical solutions that are sound environmentally. Attendees will walk away with increased knowledge that will help them use our natural resources without compromising the environment and that help them make a difference for the environment every day. Workshops cover a wide range of topics related to businesses, the home, and energy alternatives.
For more information about workshops, vendors and musicians, visit Apeiron’s Web Site at www.apeiron.org, where you can also purchase tickets in advance at a substantial discount. A two-day pass, for instance, costs $20 in advance and twice that day of show.
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Public Service Announcements for the 2008 RI Sustainable Living Festival & Clean Energy Expo on Saturday June 7th and Sunday, June 8th at the Apeiron Institute’s Center for Sustainable Living in Coventry
Apeiron is pronounced (A-pur-on) (a like apple, Pur like a kitten, on like turn me on!)
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The Rhode Island Sustainable Living Festival & CLEAN Energy Expo, Saturday, June 7th AND SUNDAY JUNE 8TH, RAIN OR SHINE in Coventry. Workshops, vendors, artists, live music, family fun. Tickets at livingfest dot org.
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The Rhode Island Sustainable Living Festival & CLEAN Energy Expo, Saturday, June 7TH AND sUNDAY jUNE 8TH, RAIN OR SHINE AT THE APEIRON INSTITUTE in Coventry. LIVE MUSIC FROM THE SLAMBOVIAN CIRCUS OF DREAMS, cheryL WHEELER, THE NIELDS, THE DIAMOND EYED JACKS AND MORE. SIXTY PLUS workshops, vendors, artisANS, and TONS OF fun for KIDS. Buy Tickets online OR at The Garden Grille IN PROVIDENCE. 401-228-7930 or livingfest dot org.
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HEAR A SWEET BUBBLING BREW OF FOLK, ROCK AND FUNK AMERICANA at the Rhode Island Sustainable Living Festival and clean Energy Expo! Saturday, June 7th AND SUNDAY JUNE 8TH, RAIN OR SHINE, in THE GORGEOUS BACK WOODS OF Coventry. gALDALF MURPHY AND THE SLAMBOVIAN CIRCUS OF DREAMS, CHERYL WHEELER, DIAMON EYED JACKS, THE NIELDS AND MORE! SIXTY PLUS hands-on workshops, eco-house tours, vendors, RENEWABLE ENERGY, HOT NEW ECO WHEELS, children’s programming and SURPRISES FOR YOU at the 2008 Sustainable Living FestivaL. Presented by the Apeiron Institute, WORKING TO MAKE RHODE ISLAND THE NATION’S FIRST SUSTAINABLE STATE. BUY Tickets online or at the Garden Grille IN providence. 401-228-7930 or livingfest dot org.
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TWO DAYS OF EAR FRIENDLY MUSIC AND EARTH FRIENDLY FUN AT The Rhode Island Sustainable Living Festival & clean Energy Expo! jOIN THE aPEIRON INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE LIVING ON Saturday, June 7th AND SUNDAY JUNE 8TH, RAIN OR SHINE, in THE GORGEOUS BACK WOODS OF Coventry. hEAR A SWEET BUBBLING BREW OF FOLK, ROCK AND FUNK AMERICANA FROM GANDALF MURPHY AND THE SLAMBOVIAN CIRCUS OF DREAMS, CHERYL WHEELER, DIAMOND EYED JACKS, THE NIELDS, SIGNS OF LIFE AND MORE! SIXTY PLUS hands-on workshops, eco-house tours, vendors, RENEWABLE ENERGY, HOT NEW ECO WHEELS, children’s programming, CRAFTMAKING and SURPRISES FOR YOU at the 2008 rHODE iSLAND Sustainable Living FestivaL. Tickets on sale now ONLINE AND at the Garden Grille IN Providence. call 401-228-7930, or visit livingfest DOT org. LET US ENTERTAIN YOU WHILE YOU SAVE THE PLANET!
