Thrive Austin 11/11/11

The Amala Foundation, Sustainable Living Roadshow, Go Local Austin present

Thrive Austin Festival: Celebrate Sustainability, Community, and Global Connections 

Via 6 Bands, 30+ Vendors, Carnival

Sponsored by The Farm Credit Bank of Texas

 

AUSTIN, Texas – The Amala Foundation—a globally focused Austin international humanitarian service nonprofit—today announces Thrive Austin Festival: an east-side festival event on November 11, 2011 celebrating the principles of sustainability in a festival atmosphere. Thrive Austin Festival will feature an outstanding line-up of six bands and over thirty local artisan plus food vendors at the Pine Street Station site two blocks east of I-35. 

 

The event is expected to attract as many as 1,500 people who will enjoy music and food along with a tour of a giant, sustainable tour bus—the largest biofuel-powered caravan in the country—and nine other attractions including a Solar Stage, a Conscious Carnival, an Eco-Info Zone, a Green Marketplace, an Awakened Art Garden and a tent devoted to Natural Health & Healing. There will also be casual talks and even workshops from leaders in the sustainability field. 

 

Performers

 

Thrive Austin is a partnership between The Amala Foundation, The Sustainable Living Roadshow and Go Local Austin. Proceeds from the event will help support the youth programs of the Amala Foundation which benefit local, refugee and immigrant youth in Austin. 

 

Smoking will not be allowed, nor will pets. The site is wheelchair accessible.

 

About Sustainable Living Road Show

The Sustainable Living Road Show is the largest biofuel powered caravan in the country! SLR has been a 100% volunteer organization for five years and are fueled by passion, renewable energy, and determination to change the world. Since 2005, SLR has completed over 700,000 sustainable tour miles through the U.S., West Africa and Central America and has worked with over 200 events and produced over 20 events of their own. The Sustainable Living Road Show features 9 attractions including a Solar Stage, a Conscious Carnival, an Eco-Info Zone, a Green Marketplace, an Awakened Art Garden and a tent devoted to Natural Health & Healing. www.sustainablelivingroadshow.org

 

About Go Local Austin

Go Local's mission is very simple: to simultaneously champion the businesses that make our community unique and reward the people that support them. The benefits of shopping locally are irrefutable: it keeps our money in the local economy helping independent businesses compete against big national chains. It lessens our impact on the Earth’s environment, and it nurtures that curious and beautiful thing that makes our community so…OURS. www.golocalaustin.com

 

About the Amala Foundation

Founded by Vanessa Stone in 2002, The Amala Foundation has grown from a grassroots community to an international humanitarian service organization. Over the last ten years, they have helped thousands of people find peace and meaning in their lives through service to others. The Amala Foundation is involved in a number of local, national, and international projects. The Amala Foundation also runs a conscious community center in the heart of Austin offering a full spectrum of programs ranging from transformative approaches to healing and consciousness to music, potlucks, art classes and special event. The Amala Foundation also runs a small fair trade thrift boutique called Nectar. 

 

Camp Indigo was started in 2001 and is now in its 11th year of offering a week-long camp experience to Austin area children. Camp Mana, now in its sixth year, offers a similar experience over two days in Hawaii. Their Village Project, including the Global Youth Peace Summit, is in its 5th year and serves more than 100 local, immigrant, international and refugee youth each year. Their Young Artists in Service program provides art instruction to at-risk children and youth ages 6-18. The Gui Village Living Water Program was a project we successfully completed in 2005, installing two water wells in a Nigerian village, saving 3,500 people (including 2,000 children) from disease. Their partnerships with the Bhatti Mines School in Delhi, India helps ensure 200 Indian children a day are receiving meals and an education instead of being forced into child labor.www.amalafoundation.org