Posted by Our Green Atlanta on April 17, 2009
Who doesn’t love a beer fundraiser? Or, better said, an Earth Day fundraiser where money is raised by drinking local Atlanta beer? Every year, Sweetwater Brewing Company comes out in force to support Atlanta’s Candler Park neighborhood for the Sweetwater 420 Earth Day Festival. The festival takes place at the corner of the Candler Park Golf Course at the intersection of McLendon and Candler Park Drive and is free to get in. To partake in the beer-drinking (and wine, too), you’ll need to make a charitable donation of $5 for a wrist band to show you’re over 21.
A few festival highlights to look forward to:
- Live music and recycled art from local artists
- A special brew created for the festival from Sweetwater’s Dank Tank series
- A bike valet courtesy of Atlanta Bicycle Coalition
- Green Jeopardy
- Educational events and environmental booths
The Sweetwater 420 Festival hours are 12 – 10 p.m. on Saturday, April 18th and 12:30 – 8 p.m. on Sunday, April 19th.
420 is Sweetwater’s signature brew and represents a date that conveniently falls close to Earth Week every year (among other things). If you haven’t had it before, you should.
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Posted by Our Green Atlanta on April 17, 2009
Every month, Southface Energy Institute here in Atlanta puts on a great educational and networking event and May’s focus will be “Metro Atlanta’s Transportation Destiny.”
We have reached a pivotal time for transportation in metro Atlanta and Georgia, with exciting visions for future infrastructure investments, but severely constrained transportation funding. With competing proposals for new funding sources, a proposed restructuring of state transportation agencies, federal reauthorization and now stimulus funding… where will this leave is five years from now? Come hear the experts.
- What: Southface’s Sustainable Atlanta Roundtable discussion for May, “Metro Atlanta’s Transportation Destiny.” Moderated by Kevin Green, Executive Director of the Clean Air Campaign, and Tad Leithead, Chairman of the Transportation and Air Quality Commitee, Atlanta Regional Commission
- When: May 1st , 2009; 7 a.m. doors open for networking and the program runs from 7:30 – 9 a.m.
- Where: All Saints’ Episcopal Church (Ellis Hall); 634 West Peachtree Street, Atlanta, 30308 (map it!)
- Admission: $10 for Southface members with registration and $15 for non-members with registration (must register online here by noon on the Thursday before the event); $20 for walk-ins the day of the roundtable
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