Get Green at the Annual Green Festival in DowntownDC

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Take part this weekend in America’s largest and longest-running sustainability and green living event, the Green Festival, which will be held for the 10th year at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center (801 Mount Vernon Place NW) in DowntownDC.

On May 31 and June 1 from 10am-6pm, cooking demonstrations, activities for children, live music, guest speakers and more will be on display for attendees. Learn about living “green” in everything from food to fashion. Additionally, shop their giant marketplace of 300-plus eco-friendly businesses.

Information from green experts will be provided throughout the two-day event. On May 31 from 2-3pm in the festival’s business and technology area, hear DowntownDC BID Sustainability Manager Scott Pomeroy explain the new model of public-private partnership that is an ecoDistrict and how the BID is working to improve Downtown’s community.

Advance tickets are available for purchase now online until Friday, May 30 at 6:00pm. Advance tickets cost $10 for the day and $20 for a weekend pass. Tickets at the door will be $15 for the day and $25 for the weekend.

Discounts are available for students, seniors, active duty military and veterans, youth 16 and under, for members of certain green organizations and admission will be free for cyclists using Clif Bar Bike Valet.

Check the Green Festival ticket page for further details: http://www.greenfestivals.org/wdc/admission

The BID is a proud sponsor of the Green Festival, one of several events supported by the DowntownDC BID ecoDistrict, which was established in 2011 and encompasses the BID’s entire 138-block area. The ecoDistrict was created by the BID in an effort to enhance living, working and visiting Downtown while simultaneously offering a boost to business and property owners.

The Green Festival also supports the BID’s Healthy Communities initiative.