Green Drinks 2011
Join us for good food and good company as reDesign once again hosts Twin Cities Green Drinks! Each month we'll feature a speaker and engage in lively conversations around sustainable design topics.
October: Special Living Principles event.
November 9 / 6-7:30ish
Speaker: Tammy Truong, Living Green Expo Coordinator
The Living Green Expo in Minnesota has become a highly-anticipated annual event. Not only does the Expo strive to teach attendees about sustainable living choices, but it also works to be a living example of its values, from compostable food service items, signs and banners to providing free public transit options for all attendees. Tammy Truong, Living Green Expo Coordinator, will share insights and strategies for planning and marketing such an event. Hear how the Expo creates an authentic positive message and fun atmosphere to engage people new to the idea of sustainability and looking to take that first step.
December 14 / 6-7:30ish
Speaker: Ellen Grady, Manager, Patagonia St. Paul
ADD TO CALENDAR
Patagonia, a leading outdoor gear and clothing company, has always had the environment at the heart of their mission statement: to build the best product, cause no unnecessary harm, and use business to inspire and implement solutions to the environmental crisis. Always willing to stand for what they believe in, Patagonia recently launched a Common Threads Initiative challenging the conventional marketing and business growth models. This initiative encourages customers NOT to buy stuff they don’t need, and to repair and share until it just can’t be used anymore. Come hear their story in what should be an enlightening event!
January 11, 2012 / 6-7:30ish
Speaker: Sharell Benson, Sustainable Packaging Sales, Johnson Printing and Packaging in Minneapolis
Thom Pham's Wondrous Azian Kitchen
533 Hennepin Ave S, Downtown Minneapolis : Map
Johnson Printing and Packaging (JP&P) has been a folding carton manufacturer for over 90 years and has been proactive in their efforts to protect the environment, including being an FSC Certified printer, an EPA Green Power Partner and manufacturing packaging with 100% wind power since 2006. Join us for a fun presentation on sustainable packaging design past and present. You will see JP&P’s obsessively green packaging and also learn how they help customers improve their environmental impact from the Wal-Mart scorecard metrics to luxury cosmetics.
---------------------
