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Peace Week Global Telesummit
September 15-21st

 

Peace Week LogoImagine world Peace during your lifetime? Be part of the process ... Join The Shift Network's PeaceWeek September 15 - September 21 for their annual free global telesummit, a virtual peace summit.
 

This year's PeaceWeek will feature 54 inspiring keynote speakers including Alice Walker (Pulitzer Prize winner, author of The Color Purple), Deepak Chopra (author of 18 New York Times best sellers), Marianne Williamson (founder of The Peace Alliance), Arun Gandhi (grandson of Mahatma Gandhi) and many more accomplished individuals.

 

Location: Online

For more information, please visit www.peaceweek.info

   

 Localicious VIP Reception
September 16th

 

Experience the very best food from the local Santa Monica farmers in an intimate gathering at the VIP Localicious reception. Meet the Good Food Festival's elite chefs, local Annenberg Pool Housefarmers, leaders, and speakers at this special preview. At the reception local visionaries that have contributed to the growth of the local food movement will be honored.

 

Held at the Annenberg Community Beach House this event includes all the perks of being VIP - Valet parking, gift bag, and entry into a VIP-only raffle of special culinary focus. Support the Good Food movement and attend this very special event (limited tickets available).

 

Help us spread the word ... tickets still available!

Location: Annenberg Community Beach House, Santa Monica, CA 

For tickets to the VIP reception, please visit goodfoodfestivals.com

   

 Good Food Festival & Conference
September 14-18th

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Join the city of Santa Monica as it celebrates its Farmers Markets 30th Anniversary with the inaugural Good Food Festival & Conference. This event will take place over multiple days and times and will focus on issues that pertain to the sustainable food system. The festival will bring together local farmers, chefs, business, food advocates, and the community to not just experience great local food and local fun but to also discuss what needs to be done as Good Food movement expands.

 

Also, don't miss the weekend Street Fair which will showcase cooking demos from LA's elite chefs, author signings, sustainable products, WPA Agriculture Art, gardening workshops, speakers and more all centered on - Good Food!

 

Location: Santa Monica High School

For more information, please visit goodfoodfestivals.com

   

Natural Living Conference
 October 1st - Irvine, CA   

 

The 8th Annual Natural Living Conference is a Holistic Moms Network event filled with speakers, workshops, and exhibitors. HMN Natural Living Conference IrvineAuthor and activist Robyn O'Brien will be speaking about her personal experiences with her children's food allergies that moved her to write about the food industry in The Unhealthy Truth About Our Food.  

 

Mayim Bialik (Blossom and The Big Bang Theory) will also be speaking at the conference about her book Parenting by Intuition: From Hollywood to Holistic Mom. Bialik took a break from acting to earn her doctorate in neuroscience and also started her own family which led her to join the Holistic Moms Network.

Learn to live sustainably, the affects of food on moods, raising children holistically, vaccinations, and much more at this one day event. Eco Family News subscribers will receive $10 off online registration with promo code HMN10OFF.

 

Location: Irvine Marriott, Irvine, CA
For more information, please visit www.holisticmoms.org

2011 Bioneers Conference
 October 14-16th - No California  

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The 22nd Annual Bioneers Conference is an event that brings together thousands of people including scientist, NGO leaders, emerging leaders, educators, students, media, and entrepreneurs.

 

The conference is a platform to inspire innovative solutions for the world's pressing environmental and social issues. These vast challenges require the collaboration of many individuals thus the Bioneers conference is a great place for individuals to make an initial connection with those that are passionate about finding solutions to same global issues.

 

Location: Marin Center, San Rafael, CA 94901

For more informattion, please visit www.bioneers.org

I Can Do It! 2011 - Pasadena Conference
Hay House - October 14-16th  

Join Hay House as they present some of the most inspirational authors and visionaries of our time - Louise L. Hay, Dr. Wayne Dryer, Marianne Williamson, Joan Borysenko and many others.

  

I Can Do It!We could all use support tools to help us navigate today's stressful and challenging global climate - that is the goal of the, I Can Do It! 2011 Conference - to empower your mind, body, and spirit to overcome today's obstacles, and be inspired.The conference offers one day or partial day rates for those not able to attend the entire weekend.

 

Location: Pasadena Civic Auditorium and Convention Center, CA

For more information, please visit www.hayhouse.com

Green Festival - Los Angeles
October 29-30th (Halloween Weekend) 

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Green America & Global Exchange 

 

If you live in Los Angeles and have never been to a Green Festival, you are in for a treat! The only way to describe this event is to experience it first hand. Green Festivals take place in eight cities annually across the country and have attracted over one million attendees over the years.This year, Green Festival celebrates a ten year milestone by bringing it's knowledge, excitement and entertainment to Los Angeles on October 29-30th at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

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This unique event shows what a determined group of conscious people can create as a collective - inspiring conscious consumerism and creative solutions for communities. Festivities will include presentations by more than 125 renowned authors and visionaries, DIY workshops, cutting-edge films, enriching kid's activities, organic beer and wine, delicious organic vegan and vegetarian cuisine, music, art and an amazing marketplace of hundreds of green local and national businesses and organizations.

 

To receive $2.00 off online ticket purchase enter code: EcoFamilyNews

Location: Los Angeles Convention Center, CA

For more information, please visit www.greenfestivals.orgGreen Festival Word Logo
 
Editor's Note
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Eco Family News is proud to help sponsor the 2011 Natural Living Conference and the first ever Green Festival LA. Please come out and welcome them to LA by supporting both of these new upcoming Los Angeles events.  

 

Thank you,   

Kathy Arnos
Editor/Host/Producer ecofamilynews.com

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National Live Movie Event Tuesday, September 27th Join Jane Goodall, Dave Matthews and many others for a one night live event.  

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Jane's Journey a documentary based upon the life of famed chimpanzee researcher Jane Goodall, is also showing for a limited time at Laemmle 4-Plex in Santa Monica Sept 23 - 30th.

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