CAPITAL PRIDE

You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet | June 4-13, 2010   

Pride is Going Green!


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Pride’s going GREEN

The Pride Green Subcommittee, under the Festival Committee, is working to make Pride greener than ever through a number of initiatives.

  • The Green Village is a new section at the Pride Festival with vendors that have a strong commitment to environmental consciousness as part of their organization’s core mission. This consolidation of green vendors aims to amplify their exposure to Festival attendees and raise public awareness of how to lead greener lives.
  • The Pride Green Certified Vendor Program recognizes Festival vendors that work to make their booths just a little greener for the day of the Festival by providing biodegradable utensils, recycled paper products, or other small steps that add up to great leaps in sustainable practices.
  • Recycling efforts at the Festival brought in 1,500 and 2,000 gallons of recyclables in 2008 and 2009, respectively. Pride Green expects to collect even more water bottles, lemonade cups, soda cans, cardboard, paper, and more at this year’s Festival. In addition, 125 gallons of used cooking oil was collected from food vendors in 2009 for biofuels production, and more will be collected this year.
  • Green T-shirts will be sported by all of Capital Pride’s hundreds of volunteers throughout the full week of events. The T-shirts volunteers will be wearing are 69% recycled cotton fiber.

If you are a vendor and would like more information about how to get Pride Green Certified, see the applications forms below.

Food & Beverage Vendor Form (pdf, or doc)

Nonfood Vendor Form (pdf, or doc)

If you are an eco-conscious business or organization that would like to register as a vendor, mention that you’d like to be in the Green Village when filling out the vendor registration form. If you’re already registered and want to be in the Green Village, e-mail Pride Green co-chairs Rebecca Roose (rroose@capitalpride.org) or Ken Moore (kmoore@capitalpride.org). Space is limited, however, so grab your spot now!

If you’re looking to help make Pride greener, check out our volunteer information sheet.

Keep a lookout for recycle bins, the Green Village, and Pride Green Certified Vendors at the Festival. Recycle and show Earth your Pride!