Greendrinks Skyline BBQ

Yesterday evening I attended the Greendrinks BBQ at Jericho Beach and I was blown away with just how many people showed up! It was a great turn out, so much so that they ran out of veggie dogs and many were left to eat only buns. Which no one even batted an eye at, it just meant more creating thinking on how to eat the bun.
They had a few sponsors for the event that were giving away such products as Frisbees, low-energy light fluorescent bulbs, water bottles and bamboo face cloths with some free knowledge of the products or services they represented. The key sponsors were, Shared Vision magazine, Delta Q, Mountain Equipment Co-op, Choices and Ethical Funds.
One of my favorite activities going on was a Japanese drum circle being lead by a couple of pros who used fruit names to teach the young and old participating how to get the beat on their plastic garbage cans! Even this morning I woke to hearing blue-berry, ap-ple, pear, ok I guess you had to be there.
All in all I think everyone would agree that this event was a great success and a definite sign of how many of us are out there making a difference and changing our lives to live a better greener existence!

An EPIC Show!

This past weekend was the first Sustainable Living Expo in Canada, and I have to say that it was a success! I spent over four hours wading through the overwhelming amount of info available and I also took a seat to watch The Raw Fashion Show.

The Food
Capers, an organic grocery store here in Vancouver, had a whole section dedicated to the products you can find on their shelves. You could also take a seat and watch some of Vancouver's greatest chefs prepare organic meal ideas at the Cooking Stage. During my trip through the maze of booths my taste buds were treated to a variety of organic products and I have to say some of my personal favorites were, A.C. LaRocco Tomato and Feta Pizza, Hard Bite Chips Cheddar, and NatureLand Organic Amber Ale. Now if only my pocketbook could keep up with my desire to buy organic all the time.


Home Improvement & Style Ideas
There was a great display set up that showcased different materials you could use to green your home. Pictured to the right is a wall insulated with old jeans! Other ideas to implement into your own home were materials such as bamboo for flooring and furniture choices, cork flooring, low VOC paints and clay based paints, energy saving lighting, low flush toilets, low flow faucets and more. It was very helpful to the general public, because they had signs with information on the products on display!










The Raw Fashion Show
I sat in for my first organic fabric fashion show, which was inspirational. The clothes were beautiful and interesting. They had clothing you could wear to work, out and about and for a night on the town. During the fashion show they had a projection screen displaying what the organic material the model was wearing was, for example bamboo or soy. So it was a learning experience as well as a visual. I could have spent a fortune there! Unfortunately organic fashions usually carry a heavy price tag, but companies like Cotton Ginny and now amazingly enough Gap are making organic cotton t-shirts at great prices!

Pictured below a designer created an outfit out of wheat grass, ok so maybe not practical but amazing to see! To the right an outfit I loved from Elroy.