Program & Directions

Come experience the future NOW
Eco-Exhibits, Performances, and FUN

On July 10, 2010 Venice Beach will be transformed!
FREE to the Public!!! (10 am-6 pm)
At the Venice Beach Recreation Area
Windward Ave. and Ocean Front Walk (north of Venice Blvd.)

·  Over 150 exciting Eco-Exhibitors with important planet preservation tips.
·  Solar-powered Sound Stage - All day music, dance, entertainment (1 pm Welcoming Ceremony).
· Kid's and Family Court -with exotic animals, and interactive art and music shenanigans.
· The One Planet Parade - Join the parade down Ocean Front Walk from Rose Ave to Windward (Meet in the Beach Lot at the end of Rose at noon!). A wild wacky and wonderful extravaganza!
· Delicious Vegetarian Food Court
· Venice Cooperative Art Exhibit
· Recycling for SMALL e-waste: Cell Phones & Accessories, Cell Phone Batteries, Laptop Batteries
· Filtered Water Stations - BYO reusable water bottle or cup!
· Green Outposts for recycling/waste/and compost.


Public Parking and Bus Service:
· Park on Venice Bl. or the beach lot at end of Venice Bl. (fills up early!) $6 before 9 am, $12 after.
· Westminster Elementary School parking lot, on Main St. between Brooks and Westminster Ave, for $10. Walk two blocks west to Ocean Front Walk, then head approximately 4 blocks south to the festival site.
· Leave the car at home and take bus! Metro Bus route #733 ($1.25) leaves every 15 minutes all day Sat. from Union Station (or #33 from Downtown) to Windward and Pacific (only 1 block from the festival)!
· Big Blue Bus #2 (only 75¢) leaves every 20 minutes all day Saturday from downtown Santa Monica to Windward and Pacific and back.

Go Green!

This festival is carbon neutral. You can be too: Bonneville Environmental Foundation, www.b-e-f.org

Festival Powered by the Sun and Biodiesel!!

Volunteers call 866-220-2370

This festival will feature:
· Solar Powered Sound Stage with a full program of performers, dignitaries, celebrities, and environmental speakers that will both attract and educate people. (The program will be posted here in June.)
· Booths representing green businesses, environmental organizations, and various environmentally and globally oriented non-profit and educational groups.
· Food Court featuring organic and healthy foods.
· Artists from the Venice and LA area.
· Interactive Art Zone/Creative Play Area where people of all ages, focused especially for children, will spontaneously create, play, and interact in artistic and environmentally aware ways.

Location:
The festival will be held at the Venice Beach Recreation Area, at the intersection of Windward Avenue and Ocean Front Walk. You can enter from Windward Avenue and Pacific Avenue, Venice. Parking is available at the Venice Beach lot at the end of Venice Blvd, and various lots in the area.

Driving directions:

Google or MapQuest: 1 Windward Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90291

Please be ecological and bike or take the bus:

Go to www.metro.net and type in your starting address and your ending point as: Venice Beach

Buses leave downtown LA and Santa Monica every 15 minutes all day Saturday!





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The Venice Eco-Fest is made possible in part by a grant from the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs. 501(c)5 TID 95-6419214

Special Thanks: In kind printing donation by Venice Printing: 310-821-1490  Photos by Venice Paparazzi: www.venicepaparazzi.com
Publicity materials by Kolansky Design: www.kolansky.com  Website by Trilight

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