WASHINGTON, DC- Due to wild success in 2004, the Washington, DC Green Festival is coming back to town on September 24-25th, 2005. Companies with expertise in all areas of the Green economy will be showcasing their products and services at the Green Festival, hosted by two non-profits, Co-op America and Global Exchange.                            

More than 50 exciting and inspirational speakers will address the festival including Congressman Dennis Kucinich, nationally recognized progressive investigative journalist Greg Palast, Code Pink founder Medea Benjamin, Rev. Graylan Hagler of Washington, DC, founder of United for Peace and Justice, and Ariel Gore from San Francisco, CA, publisher of HipMama magazine and multiple parenting books.

The many business areas represented at the festival include but are not limited to healthy, organic, and vegetarian foods, green technology, renewable energy, eco-fashion, green finances, and Fair Trade goods. The festival this year includes an, expanded family section including readings by local and national children's book authors and Discovery Creek Children's Museum's Rolling Rainforest, where children of all ages can walk through a replica of a tropical rainforest.

Whether you're looking for new recipes or composting options, searching for a new investment firm, wanting to be energized by an inspiring speaker, or just want a cool place to spend a hot afternoon, the Green Festival is a perfect place to connect with your local community.

Who:                Global Exchange and Co-op America.

When:              September 24, 10AM-9PM, September 25, 11AM-7PM.

Where:             Washington DC Convention Center

                        801 Mount Vernon Place, NW                         Washington, DC 20001

Why:                The Green Festival is a movement-building event creating a physical space where environmental and social justice partner in creating economic stability and vitality.

There are thousands of businesses and individuals who are committed to a world where life values are prioritized over money values- including the over 15,000 community members, 250 businesses, and many speakers who attended last year. The Green Festival was the first event at the Washington DC Convention Center to do resource recovery and was able to reduce waste by 92% through recycling, re-using, and composting, and supporting environmentally friendly electricity by investing in clean, renewable wind power offsets.