August 2 - 3, 2008
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Who knew learning how to live a sustainable lifestyle could be this much fun?
Program Partners
Environment
Cascade Land Conservancy
Find out how to protect our quality of life- by protecting working forests and treasured recreation land. Take your children here to learn hands on about nature and the importance of land conservation.
Port of Bremerton/Kitsap SEED
The Port of Bremerton's Kitsap SEED campaign seeks to provide a sustainable environment, land and buildings, where private enterprise can develop the products and services we all need to address our nation’s energy challenge.
The Sierra Club
Discover basic but creative ways to live green. Find out how to campaign for better fuel options, climate sensitive choices, and land use.
WSU Extension Program
Solve your gardening mysteries! Consult on planting strategies! Discuss the value of native plants in our gardens and public places.
Bainbridge Graduate Institute
Interested in starting your own sustainable company? Check out the MBA program in Sustainable Business and Social Justice at the Bainbridge Graduate Institute.
Port of Bremerton
The Port of Bremerton and its “Kitsap SEED” initiative are pleased to be co-sponsors of this festival. The Port understands the opportunities presented to our nation to conserve and acquire new-energy and clean technologies for our future. The Port’s chosen role, through the “Sustainable Energy and Economic Development” project, “Kitsap SEED”, is to provide a sustainable environment, land and buildings, where private enterprise can develop the products and services we all need to address our nation’s energy challenge.
http://http://www.portofbremerton.org/
Climate Solutions
They will provide information on how to engage in a statewide effort to climate change solutions. Be part of the sustainability dialogue.
Dinkleman's Worm Farm
Ready for this? These people will demonstrate vermicompost (worm castings), sell compost worms (worms to go) and have a worm bin for a hands on experience for the kid in all of us.
Great Peninsula Conservancy
See displays showing the Clear Creek trail, Hansville Greenway and Cowlery Creek Forest Preserve. How do we insure these legacies for future generations? Find out here.
Hood Canal Environmental Council
See maps of the Hood Canal watershed, find out what a watershed is, locate your own watershed, and learn about monitoring procedures.Then take a look through a microscope and see all the different organisms that live in the mud. Next see what a backyard wildlife habitat looks like and get information on xeroscaping. Finally see a Beaver Deceiver and find out how important Beavers are to a healthy system.
Hood Canal Coalition
What is the "pit to pier" project and why do we need to be concerned
Kitsap Audubon Society
Learn about the joys of bird watching. What is a bird friendly yard? All you need to know to get started.
Kitsap County Noxious Weed Department
Interactive displays about the Noxious Weed program in Washington State and Kitsap County.
Kitsap Public Works - Solid Waste and Surface and Storm Water Management
See low impact design information and an enviro-scape water shed model.
Kitsap County Stream Team
Kitsap County Stream Team will provide technical assistance, monitoring and support for watersheds and their communities. They will present work done in riparian restoration, stream monitoring for water quality and in using biological chemical and physical indicators. Are you interested in training as a stream steward? Sign up here.
Natural Landscapes Project
Want to learn about pesticide free lawn and garden care? Still trying to master the art of compost? Washington State Department of Ecology is here to help.
North Kitsap Trails Association
The North Kitsap Trails Association believes that you promote wellness by walking and they want to tell you about the wonderful trails in North Kitsap
Olympic Printer
Olympic Printer was selected for Kitsap County 2008 Earth Day Award for Outstanding Achievement in Environmental Leadership. Last year they kept 83 tons of plastic and electronic waste out of landfills. They recycle and remanufacture expended cartridges.
Poulsbo Community Wildlife and Habitat Project
Learn how to create habitat in your yard and garden for wildlife.
Pollen Collection and Sales
Fennel pollen enhances the flavors of seafood to beef, poultry to pork to vegetables - a bit like curry. Hand collected from wild fennel growing on the coastal and inland fields of sun-drenched California, fennel pollen will add another flavor dimension to your food.
SCALLOPS
(Sustainable Communities all over Puget Sound) The Great Peninsula Future Festival welcomes the SCALLOPS Commons Café. The Commons café utilizes small group dialogue to support and inspire community building, information sharing, education and skill building. Join us for a series of focused, moderated, one hour dialogues with the many participating non-profit and sustainable business groups at the Future Festival and in the community.
Stillwaters Environmental Center
Their mission is to teach inspire and support individuals and organizations to achieve sustainability in the use of Earth's resources. The Great Peninsula Future festival is a project in conjunction with Stillwaters. These important community leaders will showcase some of the many projects they are working on.
Treez Inc.
An exciting teacher. Talk about restoration, mitigation, hazard tree evaluation, habitat enhancement. Come with your questions. Do you need natural resource consulting? Purchase a wonderful DVD called "Forest Trails and Critter Tales". Jim Trainer will take you on a trail tour of Port Gamble. Then buy trees, shrubs and leaf pictures.
Washington Environmental Council
Washington Environmental Council is working to make sure that climate change is a key issue in state and local elections. How do we get involved and how can we make our voices heard.
WSU Extension Master Gardeners, Native Plant Advisors and Shoreline Management
Solve your gardening mysteries! Consult on planting strategies! Discuss the value of native plants in our gardens and public places. How do we manage healthy shorelines.
Jose Technologies
Effective green products for home, water, air, etc. Everything from FreshAir, the number one most sought after air purifier in the world, to Powerworx, a surge protector, energy minimizer for home electronics.
Energy
Olympic Energy Systems
Here are experts who can design your energy efficient systems, from solar, wind and hydropower.
Power Trip Energy
Take a good look at a working model of a ground mounted tilted photovoltaic array solar collector. Come talk about the financial incentives and benefits of solar energy generation. Should you go solar?
Puget Sound Entergy
Let's talk about time of day electric pricing and energy efficient appliances. What are they doing about green power energy generation?
West Sound Utility
West Sound Utility will discuss energy saving programs.
Green Building
Barefoot Backyards
Build your own sustainable greenhouse, complete with rain water collection, solar collection and windpower technology.
Kingston Lumber
Local owner Tom Waggoner celebrates 55 years in Kingston with the addition of a new store and website.
S'Klallam Tribe
See a revolutionary new modular building system with structural insulated panels. They will build a scale model on site.
Home Builders of Kitsap
Home Builders of Kitsap are regional leaders in Built Green programs. Want to know about low impact development and other green programs. Find participating builders to help with your built green project.
nth degree
nth degree offers green energy solutions for theater, residences and commercial architecture. They apply state of the art technology to reducing your carbon footprint featuring products such as LED lighting for landscape, architectural and interior lighting as well as sustainable energy for these fixtures including solar energy to power the lighting systems.
Natural Floors
See and talk about sustainable wood flooring options and low voc finishes. Also interactive activities for kids and adults.
The Green Builder
"Greening your home 101"
Buy Local
The Green Cup
Taste classic hot or iced espresso buy the Green Cup. Pick up a homemade cookie
Miss Mae Sweet Treats
Cool yourself down with Miss Mae's ice cream.
Perfect Water
Perfect Water is purified, ionized, micro-structured, oxygen rich water made to taste good and keep you healthy.
Bella Luna Pizzeria
Enjoy handmade pizzas from Bella Luna Pizzeria made with locally grown and organic ingredients.
Planet Janet Face Painting
Creative and original full face and cheek designs for children and adults.
Acupuncture and Wellness Center
Get a free pulse diagnoses and find out about traditional Chinese medicine
Farmer's Market
Wonderful fresh seasonal fruits and vegetables from local growers as part of our buy local campaign. Stock up and take it home. Kingston and Port Gamble Farmer's Markets will be selling at the Future Festival. See speakers on community food planning, growing winter vegetables, extending the growing season, greenhouse gardening and propagation, rain gardens, tree pruning and many other topics.
Marketplace
A showcase for local artists, craftspeople, and business. Find the "hidden treasures in our community". See a guide to buying local. Buy local and hire local. It makes our communities stronger and more prosperous.
Taste of Kitsap
Local restaurants and caterers will sell samplings of menu items for you to enjoy. Try it out and buy local.
Terrapin Farms
Breakfast, lunch and dinner of fresh organic ingredients
Start Now
Find out about Urban Gardening. To help you on your way, purchase garden related items such as a composter kit, canvas shopping bags, fresh produce, plants for winter gardens, buttons, tools, and supplies.
Transportation
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