The City and County of Denver, in affiliation with ReDirect Guide, has appear the Green Frontier Fest, appointed for Sunday, Aug. 24 on the eve of the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Green Frontier Fest, a anniversary of accustomed absolute choices that individuals, families and organizations can accomplish now to abode all-around challenges, will affection a abounding spectrum of acceptable options from cutting-edge renewable technologies to solutions that can be implemented in the home.
Denver, CO -- The City and County of Denver, in affiliation with ReDirect Guide, has appear the Green Frontier Fest, appointed for Sunday, Aug. 24 on the eve of the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Green Frontier Fest, a anniversary of accustomed absolute choices that individuals, families and organizations can accomplish now to abode all-around challenges, will affection a abounding spectrum of acceptable options from cutting-edge renewable technologies to solutions that can be implemented in the home.
Held alfresco at Sculpture Park of the Denver Performing Arts Complex Park, the Green Frontier Fest invites association and visitors to enjoy, a allotment of added activities, alternate and educational exhibits, a farmers bazaar of bounded and amoebic produce, a children's area, eco-carnival games, music, ball and appropriate presentations by Van Jones and added bedfellow speakers.
"Denver, the Front Range and Colorado are naturally, culturally and intellectually able-bodied positioned to be the U.S. epicenter for a all-around new activity and acceptable future," said Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper. "The City is committed through the administration provided by our Greenprint Denver affairs to enhance and advanced the blooming belief of abounding of our citizens. With the Green Frontier Fest we are aflame to advertise our absolute accommodation and accomplishments."
The Mayor added, "The Fest is aswell an announcement of our community's collaborative accomplishment to set a new bounded blooming accepted for the Democratic National Convention and for approaching conventions actuality and elsewhere."
In accession to Sunday's Green Frontier Fest, Sculpture Park will be the home of the "New Energy Station" from Aug. 24 through Aug. 28. The New Energy Station will advertise Denver and Colorado's new activity innovations through a amount of loaned displays and applications that highlight environmentally-responsible activity technologies and practices.
Xcel Energy, Colorado's better electric and accustomed gas utility, aswell will be accommodating in educational efforts for the Green Frontier Fest and New Energy Station. The aggregation will affection the "SmartGridCity Experience," a adaptable display featuring interactive, hands-on displays advised to brainwash and acquaint barter about the abeyant for the electric filigree of the future. Xcel Energy aswell affairs to accept on affectation the 2007 University of Colorado Solar Decathlon House. Xcel Energy sponsored the avant-garde zero-energy home advised and complete by acceptance and eventually will use it as a technology centermost to brainwash the accessible about the advantages of solar power.
Other highlights cover a 140-foot long, 17 ton wind agent blade, and a bike base that will be powered by a adaptable solar assemblage loaned by Worldwater & Solar Technologies Corporation.
"The Green Frontier Fest and New Energy Station will accommodate association and visitors with environmentally affable options to abide blooming and healthy, ultimately extenuative money and resources," said Sarah Wells, Associate Publisher of ReDirect Guide. "The Fest is an once-in-a-lifetime befalling for blooming businesses to be complex with the drive and absorption about the Democratic National Convention."
Both the Green Frontier Fest and New Energy Station are chargeless to appear with agreeable programs and activities for all ages. Both are accessible 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on their corresponding days.
Organizations and businesses absorbed in announcement at the Green Frontier Fest, amuse acquaintance Sarah Wells at 303.819.5935 or sarah @ redirectguide.com. For added information, amuse appointment www.redirectguide.com.
About Denver 2008 Convention Host Committee:
The Denver 2008 Convention Host Committee has four acknowledged ally in its work. Those ally are the Democratic National Convention Committee, the City and County of Denver, Kroenke Sports and its own Executive Committee.
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