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highlights from green festival 2015

Peace, blessings and green love to all...

I was totally on location for two days of this year's Green Festival in San Francisco, California providing media coverage for Brown Sugar Promotions LLC similar to our previous years. The festival generally spans for three days and hosts over 250 exhibitors showcasing the very best in sustainability and green living. As a proud member of the Sierra Club, I also enjoyed a discount on tickets...yup, I really wanted to put that out there ;)

Day 1: Friday 11/13/15
This year, the festival was held at the Cow Palace (a venue I haven't been to since the Family Values Tour a la KoRn, Limp Bizkit, Filter...anyway) which is huge with tons of parking compared to Fort Mason and the Concourse Convention Center in 2014 and 2013 respectfully. I spent most of the day browsing the Arena, enjoying lunch, networking and a bit of shopping as well as stacking up on samples of new products including the Pomegranate & Dark Chocolate Kashi bars. A special thanks to the following exhibitors: Kivita, Bee D'Vine, Naturade, DotGreen, Vegan Smart, LaVigne, AnnaMarie Skin Care, Living Green Design, Kashi, AloeCream, EZwyp, American Health, Blue Orange Games, All 4 Humanity, Earth Paste, Now Real Tea, Purely Inspired, SDI Insulation Inc, Savers and Paintball Tickets

Day 2: Saturday 11/14/15
A bit more active in the North and South concourses, I spent the day test driving the VW eGolf (actually S/O to my driver Jennifer for getting me around safely and informing me on the benefits of this really cool vehicle), enjoying a meditation session in the yoga doom, attending Ryan Folands' seminar Build Your Green Business & Change the World the Expert Dojo Way and even participating in a cooking show with Chef Kab. A special thanks to exhibitors: DotGreen, Bee D'Vine, Sweet Pot Naturals, Way Better Snacks, Organic Roots, Paavani Skincare, Solar City, It Works, Soma Naturals, Nirvana Jewel, Black to Life, Harvest Hemp Foods, GoodLife Roots, GoRaw, Pascha Chocolate Company, Organic Essence, Wildflowers, 5 Senses Gems and Jewelry and Integral Yoga Institute San Francisco

What I liked most about the festival this year was the venue and the diversity among the exhibitors, the professionalism of the booth operators and the friendliness of the volunteers. What I did not like about the festival this year was the food or lack of variety within the food court...the worst garden burger i have EVER tasted. All that being stated, I am excited for what next years festival has to offer. Click here to view more pics.

All pics credit to Ahsek Novel per Green Afro Honey © 2015

Green Afro Honey is a Brown Sugar Promotions LLC company

i stand in solidarity with baltimore...

Today, right here, right now and at this very moment
I Stand in Solidarity with Baltimore
Like the other speakers, I just wanted to share a few words
about the police actions and the community uprising in Baltimore

Being that we are miles away, there are citizens that look like
you and me that are still the minority and who are tired of being silenced
tired of being overlooked
tired of being racially profiled
tired of being falsely accused and wrongfully imprisoned
tired of being beaten and raped by an undercompensating system

Yes.
Today, right here, right now and at this very moment
I stand in solidarity with Baltimore to acknowledge the
System Errors happening throughout this country

Let us not forget the countless mothers, fathers, grandmothers and grandfathers and
their mothers and fathers who marched, sung hymns and even lost their lives
in the fight for freedom and equality throughout this country by which their
tears, sweat and blood fertilized a nation and gave birth to our generation of social activist

Let us not forget that many of our sisters and brothers in spirit are still not free
let us not forget that there is injustice happening right now
there is racism happening right now
there is sexism happening right now
there is classism happening right now
and that by taking a stand together right now, we send a message for change, for justice, for peace

Rise up [San Francisco], Rise Up!!!



“I Stand in Solidarity with Baltimore” written by Kesha Johnson-Clark  aka Ahsek Novel
Brown Sugar Promotions LLC © 2015
Kesha is a W.O.R.D organizer with the San Francisco, California chapter