21 Jan Achieving Your Green Resolutions/Goals

Achieving Your Green Resolutions/Goals

I’m not much on RESOLUTIONS — I believe more in setting GOALS.  Like many, perhaps you have set a goal this year to tread more lightly on the planet.  Perhaps you want to lead a healthier lifestyle – eat better, exercise more, minimize your exposure to toxins and "fake food".  Perhaps you want to reduce your carbon footprint buy driving less and shopping locally.  Perhaps you want to be more energy efficient — regardless as to whether the motivation is to save money or be more eco-conscious.

Or perhaps you’re not even sure what issues you should be concerned about and what actions you can take.

So where to start?  Well – don’t throw in the proverbial GREEN towel. 
Mark Your Calendar for the Austin Green Living Expo on April 23-25 at the Austin Convention Center.

What better way to Celebrate Earth Day than to learn the broad range of ways YOU can take steps to lead a greener life!   (And Green Businesses — what better place to promote your products and services!)

The Austin Green Living Expo is designed to help consumers take steps (large and small) to become more eco-conscious consumers.  Doing so with simple steps in every day actions in how we BUILD our homes, GROW our gardens, EAT our food, FUEL our homes & cars — CLEAN, SHOP, PLAY, WORK ….

Since last Spring we’ve been working on plans for this year’s show and we’ve garnered some fantastic community support — including from Austin EcoNetwork who is one of our media partners.  There’s too much for one blog — so be sure to check out future blogs for more info.  But here are a few KEY features for this year’s event:

• Austin Energy & the City of Austin are the presenting sponsors of this year’s event.  The Expo will host a pavilion of CIty Departments showcasing the various programs, rebates, incentives, and initatives — and ways YOU can benefit and take action.
• We’ve booked 4 short films for an Environmental Film Festival (more on that in a future blog)
• Multiple stages with dozens of educational seminars on Green Building, Organic Gardening, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Interiors, Green Lifestyles and more!
• A Cooking Stage presented by media sponsor Edible Austin where we’ll host live cooking demos of Organic, Vegan, Vegetarian and other Healthy Cooking approaches.  (personal chefs, green restaurants, and food producers call me to book your timeslot!)
• There’s a big focus on Green Lifestyle products and services (because being green is not just for homeowners!) … and we’re encouraging a MARKETPLACE ATMOSPHERE — so bring your wallet, there will be tons to buy!: Food, Clothing, Cleaners, Gift Items, EcoTourism, Fair Trade, Eco-Pet, Eco-Baby items, as well as health and fitness options.

A broad variety of products will allow consumers of all shades of green to make the choices that make best sense for their individual lifestyles.  Show Technology is also taking steps to make the operations of the event as green as possible including complete waste diversion efforts with the help of Uplift Austin.

So make plans to attend the Austin Green Living Expo on April 23-25 to help you achieve your green resolutions and goals.

If you have a green product or service you want to market to consumers, contact Curah Beard at 512-496-3962 or Curah@ShowTechnology.com