Don’t Miss GreenFest 2009, New Jersey’s Largest Earth Day Celebration

 

GreenFest 2009, New Jersey’s premiere event for green initiatives is a three-day environmental expo being held Friday-Sunday, April 3, 4, and 5 at the Garden State Exhibit Center in Somerset.

GreenFest will showcase practical steps all of us can take towards a greener future. The event will feature state and national environmental leaders sharing ideas about how families and businesses can reduce New Jersey’s carbon footprint and work toward a more sustainable earth.

GreenFest 2009 has something for everyone – from eco-friendly products and energy-saving tips and technologies for homes and businesses to a science circus, a children’s environmental oasis, virtual wildlife tours, and fun activities for kids and the whole family. The event boasts some 100 green exhibits, interactive entertainment, demonstrations, and programs for adults and children.

There will be plenty of workshops – on how businesses can launch green initiatives to save energy and money, for high school students on food and the environment, and for educators to take back to their classrooms. Other workshops will explore investing in clean and green technologies, no cost and low cost methods for going green and organic gardening.

Among the celebrities schedule to appear at GreenFest:

• Actor and activist Ed Begley, Jr., an environmental leader in the Hollywood community who lives in a self-sufficient home powered by solar energy.
• Bill Nye – ‘The Science Guy,’ stand-up comic, inventor, writer and producer whose shows on Comedy Central and PBS have won 28 Emmy Awards. 
• Zoologists Martin and Chris Kratt of PBS’s Zoboomafoo, the Emmy award-winning children’s program. 
• Actress and environmental activist Daryl Hannah, who has featured her green home and organic garden ideas on CNN and Good Morning America.

Directions, hours and ticket information for GreenFest 2009 are available online at pseggreenfest.com.