2008 Connecticut Green Expo
September 14, 2008
11:00 am - 4:00 pm
On The Quad (between the library and the Lyman Center), SCSU
Purpose
The focus of our Green Expo is One Planet, Many Choices. Our mission is to show solutions available today for clean energy, green transportation, good food, clean air and water, waste reduction, and sensible residential living. Not only do we want to educate by showing solutions, but we also want to promote interest and excitement about seizing these opportunities to promote long-term community and planetary health and well being.
At the 2008 Expo we will be engaging families with a series of experiential programs for children based on five areas of sustainability. New this year will be our Walk of Discovery where we encourage our exhibitors to provide hands on experiences that will educate and inspire our attendees to return home with concrete ideas to make changes in their lives. We will, as in the past have an array of speakers and music. We are looking for businesses that both support us in this goal and also will benefit from their association with us. We are looking for businesses that both support us in this goal and also will benefit from their association with us.
Become An Exhibitor/Vendor
This year, as in the past, exhibitors and vendors have included an array of non profits groups/ state agencies and businesses promoting our mutual mission. Please consider joining us as we encourage others to make the changes we all need to simply live on our planet. For more information please contact Coleen Campbell, Green Expo Coordinator at 203-710-8279 or via email.
The Green Expo will be free and open to the public. It will take place outdoors on the main campus of Southern Connecticut State University. (To view a layout map in Adobe .pdf format, click here.) Attendees will be able to sign up for clean energy and learn about a wide range of issues that impact climate change and sustainable living.
In addition to the environmental exhibitors, there will be an afternoon of free family-oriented music and entertainment.
Based on last year’s experience, we anticipate that more than 2,000 people will attend the 2008 Green Expo, of whom approximately 90% will come from Connecticut.
To sign up, please download the Exhibitor/Vendor Contract and Info for Exhibitor/Vendors Rider (Adobe Acrobat Reader required) and mail both the executed contract and initialed rider along with your check to:
Coleen Campbell
Green Expo Coordinator
66 Putting Green Lane
Prospect, CT 06514
Sponsorship Opportunities
The third annual Green Expo will be held on Sunday September 14 at Southern CT State University in conjunction with an afternoon of free family-oriented entertainment. The Expo booths and presentations will feature environmentally-friendly products and services, as well as speakers and interactive activities for children based on five areas of sustainability.
The Green Expo is part of the four day Connecticut Folk Festival that will present numerous nationally-recognized musical acts in a series of free and ticketed outdoor and indoor concerts on September 12-14, 2008 at various locations in New Haven.
Your organization can support the Green Expo and be visible with a well-educated, socio-economically diverse audience of several thousand attendees, as well as attain visibility through an extensive media and internet marketing campaign.
Green Expo sponsors make it possible to offer free Green Expo events for families and children. Previous major supporters include The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, The Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism, IKEA, NewAlliance Bank, Stop & Shop, and Yale University.
In addition to recognition throughout the Festival, sponsors attain visibility through an extensive multi-state publicity program that covers all major Connecticut markets. Publicity includes:
- Press releases that feature leading sponsors sent to media throughout Connecticut and in neighboring areas of New York and Massachusetts
- Posters, fliers and ads in major publications featuring leading sponsor logos
- Public service announcements on Connecticut public media
- Overhead banners featuring leading sponsor logos that span three major streets around downtown New Haven
- Repeated email blasts to approximately 5,000 supporters in the region
For a complete rundown of the benefits of sponsorship, please view our .pdf brochure.
Contact Us
If you would like further information, please call Coleen at 203-710-8279 or email her at DavaCT@aol.com. Thank you for your interest!
