Green gala gets going
Imagine running a car on vegetable oil. Sound farfetched? Not anymore. By the end of the summer Jason Hoar will open the first bio-diesel pump station in San Luis Obispo.
Hoar is just one of the entrepreneurs sharing his ideas at San Luis Obispo’s first Green Earth Festival. This event is the brainchild of Lucinda Nichols, founder of GreenEarth Promotions. She hopes the festival will “promote people and ideas that are striving towards a sustainable future and give recognition to all the incredible people in our community who are doing great work.”
Nichols cited Hoar as just one of the people in the community who are making a difference: “There are a lot of entrepreneurs in the community who are operating thriving green businesses in our county — some are Cal Poly students. It is creating a whole new economy.”
Scheduled from 11 a.m.-8 p.m. June 5 at the San Luis Obispo Vets Hall, the event features speakers, booths, dancing, food, music, and workshops. Workshop topics include lobbying the government, using sustainable energy in the county, turning a backyard into a “food forest,” and solar and strawbale building demonstrations. Additionally, health practitioners will provide massage and stress management.
Green Goods will exhibit home improvement supplies, Guayaki will serve Yerba Mate lattes, and Agrifuels will explain bio-diesel, a clean fuel for cars. UrbanBikePacker.com and Pacific Electric Cycles will have cycles to test-drive. Renewable Energy Concepts will provide the solar electricity for the event.
In the evening, Kevin Danaher, co-founder of Co-Op America, Global Exchange, and the Green Festivals, will speak. His ideas present “great simple solutions that we can all do that make a big difference,” said Nichols. After Danaher’s speech, the event ends with a dance.
For more information on renting a booth, performing, giving a speech, facilitating a workshop, or volunteering for this event, contact Lucinda Nichols at [email protected] or 528-7985.
FAST FACTS
Bahama Bay Tanning Co. is now open in Paso Robles — just in time for summer. The new salon boasts the only tanning beds on the Central Coast from German-made UWE (Under Water Electric). Tanners can choose from four different models: the Tropical, the Lotus, the Silver Bullet, and the S Class — a very powerful bed with continual aromatherapy and an on-demand fine water mist controlled by the tanner. Also, Bahama Bay offers a UV Free spray booth, called the Mystic Tan, for those who don’t like to tan under the lights or who are fair-skinned. Find the salon at 1485 Creston Road, in the new Food 4 Less shopping center. For more information, call the salon at 239-9800. ...
... Advertise Here, the award-winning creative marketing communication agency owned by Frank Scotti and Ellen Curtis, will host the first WhizBang Creative Seminar, on Tuesday, June 8, from 6-9 p.m. at the SLO Children’s Museum. Between them, Scotti and Curtis have more than 30 years of creative advertising design, copywriting, direct mail, and broadcast experience. Their seminar aims to teach participants techniques on changing perspective and tapping into their creativity to effectively market and grow their business. The seminar costs $45, and $30 for students. The SLO Children’s Museum is located at 1010 Nipomo St. Make reservations by calling 594-1880. ...
... On June 9-10, the annual California AIDS Lifecycle event will pedal through San Luis Obispo County on its way to Los Angeles from San Francisco. This year, local chiropractor Dr. Sandy Sachs, an alumnus of the event, will donate his time by providing chiropractic services to the riders. The Lifecycle is a six-day, 585-mile bicycling event. For more information, Dr. Sachs can be reached via e-mail at [email protected], or at 541-1770. Dr. Sachs is owner of the Health in Motion Chiropractic Center in SLO. ³
Staff Writer Abraham Hyatt and intern Julia Mowry compiled this week’s
Strokes and Plugs. E-mail suggestions to [email protected].
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