Slow Down and Green Up--May 2008

Happy May Day!

We hope you've all recovered from Earth Month, International Downshifting Week, and TV Turnoff Week, all of which should’ve helped us leave April feeling refreshed and rejuvenated...

May is here, and we wanted to let you know about some upcoming Conscious Consuming events in Boston:

• Saturday, May 3rd - Join us at Spontaneous Celebrations’ “Wake Up the Earth” in JP— This family friendly event is free and a great way to get to know some people in your community. Visit http://spontaneouscelebrations.org/WUTEfacts.htm for more information, and stop by our table to say hello to Marty and Cindy if you can make it.
  

• Saturday, May 10th – Conscious Consuming is tabling at Boston’s 14th annual Youth Pride celebration on the Boston Common. Youth Pride is the oldest and largest GLBT pride event for youth in the nation, and we were excited to be invited this year to spread the message of sustainability. Visit http://www.massyouthpride.org/ for more information, and please email greg@consciousconsuming.org if you are able to help table this event. All you have to do is smile a lot, hand out brochures, and help sign people up for our email newsletter.
  

• Saturday, May 10th (3-5pm) - Celebrate World Fair Trade Day with the Autonomie Project’s Fair Trade Trunk Show and Wine Tasting at Greenward, 1776 Mass Ave, Porter Square. For more information, email info@autonomieproject.com or visit www.wftday.org.
  

AND BEYOND:

• Conscious Consuming Discussion Series in Boulder, CO – Join us every Tuesday in May from 6:30-7:30pm at the prAna Store community room in Boulder, CO. We’ll be piloting our Discussion Series, and viewing clips from The Story of Stuff, Everything’s Cool, and Garbage: The Revolution Starts at Home. If you can’t make it to Boulder, remember that we have all of the tools for a successful Discussion Series on our website at http://www.consciousconsuming.org/events/Discussion-Series.html...why not bring Conscious Consuming to your own community?
  

• We receive lots of great emails from groups such as Green Drinks, Slow Food convivia, Earthworks, BALLE, Community Green, etc. about events all over the US. We generally post these updates to this monthly newsletter on our blog, which now has a subscription service so that you can get emails each time someone posts a new entry. Visit us at http://consciousconsuming.blogspot.com/ to subscribe via email or RSS feeds.
  

Thanks and have a terrific month!

The Team at Conscious Consuming