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Newsletter – June 2010
Posted by SFGD on May 25, 2010
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San Francisco Green Drinks
June 1st
“Water – A Precious Resource”
Hello Green Drinkers!
Please join us next Tuesday, June 1st for San Francisco Green Drinks!
This month at Green Drinks we invite members to think about their own actions around water conservation and protection. Water plays a critical role in our environmental, social and economic well-being.
New Networking Opportunity!
We will also be offering “Green Networking by Category.” Explore the opportunities to network in specific areas of interest. Areas will be designated by color and will include for example, “Business Networking,” “Community Outreach,” or “Professional Development”.
Did you know:
- A typical home with no water saving devices uses about 72 gallons per person per day
- Two-thirds of US estuaries and bays are polluted from eutrophication (nitrogen and phosphorus)
Our global community shares a responsibility to conserve water and protect this precious resource. We are all accountable for the quality of our ground water, fresh water and ocean water.
This month we are asking attendees to tell us: “How do you protect water?”
June Sponsors: EcoloBlue & Earth Island Presents…
EcoloBlue manufactures water coolers that extracts humidity from the air and produces, filters, then purifies up to eight gallons
of pure drinking water every day. We are dedicated to providing people with pure, sustainable, and affordable drinking water solutions. Water is the most important organic compound on Earth. Yet, the World over, pure, uncontaminated drinking water is becoming harder, and harder to come by. It doesn’t have to be this way. There is more water in the air than in our Oceans. And at EcoloBlue we have developed a unique, powerful, and responsible way to tap into this vast resource. Imagine offering your employees a continuous supply of ultra pure drinking water without the hassle of bottled water. With an EcoloBlue Atmospheric Water Generator you can and at an average cost of only 20 cents per gallon! Please visit our website for more information about Atmospheric Water Generators and our environmental friendly products. ecoloblue.com
Earth Island Presents … The Value of Stuff: Raj Patel in Conversation with Annie Leonard on Thursday, June 17th, 2010 at 7:00PM in The David Brower Center, Downtown Berkeley. Annie
Leonard refreshed the national discussion about the dangers of our consumer-driven society when her smart and funny film, The Story of Stuff, became an Internet phenomenon. With his bestselling book, The Value of Nothing, Raj Patel showed how we’ve let economics take over our lives. Each author has offered a powerful warning of what we lose when consumption eclipses community. When they meet in conversation, the result promises to be a lively and provocative dialogue; book-signing to follow. Come stop by our table at Green Drinks and hear more about Earth Island Institute, our environmental projects and our monthly series: Earth Island Presents… www.earthisland.org/events
June Partner: Sustainable Brands 2010
Sustainable Brands ‘10 is just around the corner and in our own backyard! Now is the time to make the commitment to join brand leaders from the Bay Area – including HP, Gap, Clorox, Yahoo, Williams Sonoma, PG&E, Intuit and more – along with others from across the
country and overseas! Why wait to join them? Building brands takes new ideas, new tools, and new collaborators and the leaders of tomorrow will all be at SB’10. Take a minute to secure your seat as you get inspired and equipped to be a sustainable brand leader of tomorrow. Remember, the Green Drinks Community still qualifies for a 20% Discount so don’t forget to register with discount code: sfgrnsb10 www.sustainablelifemedia.com/events/sb10
Event Details
Date: Tuesday, June 1st
Time: 5:30 – 9:30 p.m.
Location: 111 Minna Gallery
Bring: Please bring your green flyers, announcements, job postings, etc for the Community Board. And of course, bring your business cards!
Safety: Please be safe when coming to/from SFGD. If you would like someone to walk you to your bus/train stop or car, please let a greeter know. As always, please designate a driver if driving.
Cost: FREE!
Music:
5:30 – 7:30pm
DJ Solprovider (aka Miquel Solari) will spin a very special choice of head bobbing cuts and all things funky.
7:30 – 9:30pm
DJ Freya spins warm danceflooor drum & bass and funky breaks.
Special Drinks of the Month:
MÁS Merlot 2006 – $5 + free tastings
Rich aromas and flavors of rose, black currant, plum and clove with a toasty oak finish.
MÁS Chardonnay 2007 – $5 + free tastings
Lightly oaked and medium bodied with aromas and flavors of ripe pear, green apple, lemon meringue, pineapple and banana.
Pink Lemonade – $5
Guayaki Revel Berry, Reyka Icelandic Vodka, Squeezed Lemon
Mateirinha – $5
Guayaki Lemon Elation, Sagatiba Cachaca, House-made Sweet & Sour
Community
*Green Generations, the 2nd annual benefit event to fund environmental education for under-served children, will be hosted by SFGD on Tuesday, August 3rd. Don’t miss it!
- Congratulations to the following five lucky winners of our May Green Drinks raffle – each won a Sustainable Life Media Virtual Event Pass for SB’10: Ryan L – Nuheat, Dan G – Bison Organic Beer, David N – Runka.com, Vikas G – Innovalight, Sarah K – Clean Tech Law Partners.
- Post your green event on the Bay Area Green Calendar for free!
- SF Green Drinks is on Facebook. Please join the group ‘San Francisco Green Drinks’ for additional resources and information.
- SF Green Drinks is booking out Sponsors and Community Partners for 2010. If you or someone you know is interested in connecting with our community, please get in touch!
See you on the 1st!
- The Green Drinks Team
Newsletter – May 2010
Posted by SFGD on April 27, 2010
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San Francisco Green Drinks
May 4th
“Spring into Action”
Hello Green Drinkers!
Please join us next Tuesday, May 4th for San Francisco Green Drinks!
This month at Green Drinks we are celebrating the coming of the Spring season, a time of new beginnings and new opportunities to “Spring” into action. We are asking our members to look at what they are doing to improve the environment. Awaken from your winter slumber to network, inspire, and share action-oriented opportunities with one another. Or just come for a FREE organic beer tasting and tell us about your Earth Day!
Our question of the month is: How are you taking environmental action?
Green Drinks is your hub for connecting with our environmental community!
May Sponsors: Ecohaus & Earth Island Presents…
Ecohaus has been offering eco-friendly building and finish materials since 1992, and now we are open in San Francisco! Our model of sustainability
incorporates consideration for the environmental, health, and local impacts of the products we choose to carry. Come see our complete selection of sustainable cabinets, flooring, paint, insulation, dual flush toilets and more at 9th and Bryant or online. A beautiful home. A better world. We make the connection. www.ecohaus.com
Earth Island Presents… encourages environmentalists, academicians, business and community leaders to collaborate together to engage the public in an open forum by sharing the
most thought-provoking environmental issues of the day. Earth Island Presents… is honored to invite the San Francisco Green Drinks community to our inaugural launch on May 20, 2010 for Lyman vs. Niman: Can You Be a ‘Good Environmentalist’ and Still Eat Meat? To thank SFGD for their support, any member of the community that registers for the May 20th debate at the May 4th Green Drinks will receive a coupon good for one free organic drink at Gather Restaurant. Don’t miss Lyman vs Niman! Beginning in May, continue to join us every Third Thursday at The David Brower Center as we grow environmental activism one story at a time. www.earthisland.org/events
May Partner: Sustainable Brands 2010
Sustainable Brands ‘10 is right around the corner (just 6 weeks away) and we have published the complete SB10 Program for your review. Over 300 attendees are already committed to make the journey to Monterey to attend dozens of sessions and hear 100+ speakers at SB’10. Among them are some of the most recognizable names in big brand sustainability today. For a select list of your peers and competitors
already signed up, take a look at our “Who Coming” page. Remember the Green Drinks community receives s 20% off conference passes. www.sustainablebrands10.com
Use discount code sfgrnsb to save 20% off Sustainable Brand ’10 conference passes!
Event Details
Date: Tuesday, May 4th
Time: 5:30 – 9:30 p.m.
Location: 111 Minna Gallery
Bring: Please bring your green flyers, announcements, job postings, etc for the Community Board. And of course, bring your business cards!
Safety: Please be safe when coming to/from SFGD. If you would like someone to walk you to your bus/train stop or car, please let a greeter know. As always, please designate a driver if driving.
Cost: FREE!
Music:
5:30 – 7:30
DJ Signe Bray (Caltech DJ Club) Crafting up smooth and delicious downtempo beats.
7 :30- 9:30
DJ Bodhi (Caltech DJ Club) Spinning glitchy downtempo, dub, house, and indie-dance.
Special Drinks of the Month – free tastings for everyone!
- Bison Organic Chocolate Stout – $3 + tastings
This richly textured, roasty dry stout has a boost of bitter and charismatic flavor from the addition of cocoa powder in the mash.
- Bison Organic India Pale Ale – $3 + tastings
Our recipe blends 4 hop varieties together into 4 kettle additions plus a blended dry hopping in the fermenter, and another dry hopping in the fermenter and another dry hopping in the cellar.
Community
* Green Drinks is celebrating its one year anniversary at 111 Minna. Be sure to thank your bartenders for hosting.
* Post your green event on the Bay Area Green Calendar for free!
* SF Green Drinks is on Facebook. Please join the group ‘San Francisco Green Drinks’ for additional resources and information.
* SF Green Drinks is booking out Sponsors and Community Partners for 2010. If you or someone you know is interested in connecting with our community, please get in touch!
See you on the 4th!
– The Green Drinks Team
Newsletter – April 2010
Posted by SFGD on March 30, 2010
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San Francisco Green Drinks
April 6th
“40th Anniversary Celebration of Earth Day!”
Hello Green Drinkers!
Please join us next Tuesday, April 6th for San Francisco Green Drinks!
This month San Francisco Green Drinks honors the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day!
The Earth Day movement, which started on a grass roots level, is now celebrated all over the world. What an inspiration! Earth Day moves people towards a healthy, prosperous, and sustainable future – and we support this movement wholeheartedly! To celebrate Earth Day we will be offering FREE ice-cream for everyone!
“. . . on April 22, 1970, Earth Day was held, one of the most remarkable happenings in the history of democracy . . .”
– American Heritage Magazine, Oct 1993
Be sure to check out our Community Board and on-line event calendar for all your upcoming Earth Day and Green events.
Our question of the month is: What are you doing in support of Earth Day?
Come and celebrate Earth Day with us!
April Sponsors: The California Wolf Center & Earth Island Journal
The California Wolf Center, a non-profit organization founded in 1977, is a one-of-a-kind education, conservation, and research center committed to increasing public awareness and understanding of the importance of all wildlife by focusing on the history, biology, behavior, and ecology of the gray wolf (Canis lupus). We are old school green in the sense that we have been
working on wildlife conservation for more than 30 years. Kids, families and professionals like you attend our programs and learn that top predators, like wolves make the environment healthy. We are also one of the largest centers in the United States hosting and breeding the highly endangered Mexican gray wolf, native to the southwestern United States and Mexico. Join us on Facebook or visit our web site where you can become a member and learn more about gray wolves and their environment as well as the prospects for wolves returning to California! www.californiawolfcenter.org
Earth Island Journal has been publishing award-winning investigative reports Earth Island Journalon the world’smost pressing environmental crises for 25 years. The Journal explores the connections between the environment and other contemporary issues, uncovering stories often left unexplored by the mainstream media. The magazine is published by Earth Island Institute, which is a nonprofit incubator of more than 50 solutions-focused social and environmental projects, organizer of the annual Brower Youth Awards, and administrator of the Restoration Initiatives Fund in Southern
California. To support our unique brand of environmental journalism, become a subscriber for only $9.95 a year – a 50% savings from the newsstand price! www.earthisland.org/journal
April Partners: Ben & Jerry’s San Francisco Catering
and Sustainable Brands 2010
Ben & Jerry’s San Francisco Catering In celebration of Earth Day and our recently announced commitment to bringing all of our
products to 100% Fair Trade by 2013 we are providing some of our best and newest Fair Trade Ice Cream, plus a cool new Sorbet! Come enjoy what true San Franciscans are all about and become our Facebook Fan today! To book your own euphoric Ben & Jerry’s San Francisco Corporate Catering and Sundae Parties call us at 415.533.4588 or visit our site www.BenJerrys.com/macys/catering/offers.cfm
Sustainable Brands 2010 Presents The Power of And Where the Brand & Design & Sustainability Communities Come Together. Monterey Conference Center, Monterey CA, June 7-10, 2010. Widely reputed to be the most compelling sustainability conference of the year, Sustainable Brands 2010 will convene over 700 brand leaders, top executives from the global brands leading sustainable innovation today, all types of
designers participating in this global shift, and an unprecedented list of others. Speakers and sessions will provide inspiration, techniques and best practices as economic realities, corporate responsibility and the environment come together to create a new strategic business imperative. Registration is now open and seating is limited.
Use discount code sfgrnsb to save 20% off! www.sustainablebrands10.com
Event Details
Date: Tuesday, April 6th
Time: 5:30 – 9:30 p.m.
Location: 111 Minna Gallery
Bring: Please bring your green flyers, announcements, job postings, etc for the Community Board. And of course, bring your business cards!
Safety: Please be safe when coming to/from SFGD. If you would like someone to walk you to your bus/train stop or car, please let a greeter know. As always, please designate a driver if driving.
Cost: FREE!
Music:
5:30 – 7:30
DJ Tim Dionne has been Djing for 13 years, with his roots starting in Chico, CA. He has played residencies in some of the Bay Area’s top clubs. He is one of San Francisco’s premier DJs playing the best in electronic music.
7 :30- 9:30
DJ COR (the Beatery Boys) is one of our very own rotating resident DJs and is the kind of DJ people ask for. Cor spins everything from breaks and electohouse, to funk and acid jazz. On this Earth Day celebration he will be spinning a montage of delectable downtempo.
Special Drinks of the Month: $7 while they last!
- Gravenstein Highway – $7
LonjeviTea Gravenstein Apple Kombucha, Gravenstein Apple Juice, Rum - Spring Fling – $7
LonjeviTea Ginger Kombucha, Passion Fruit Juice, Vodka
Community
* Special thanks to Cliff at Waldeck’s for his generous support of Green Drinks over the past two years. We are sad to see his doors close after 55 years of business.
* Post your green event on the Bay Area Green Calendar for free!
* SF Green Drinks is on Facebook. Please join the group ‘San Francisco Green Drinks’ for additional resources and information.
* SF Green Drinks is booking out Sponsors and Community Partners for 2010. If you or someone you know is interested in connecting with our community, please get in touch!
See you on the 6th!
– The Green Drinks Team
Newsletter – March 2010
Posted by SFGD on February 22, 2010
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San Francisco Green Drinks
March 2nd
“Creating Community”
Hello Green Drinkers!
Please join us next Tuesday, March 2nd for San Francisco Green Drinks!
This month at Green Drinks we ask the question: What communities do you belong to?
As a Green Drinker and member of our community, we’ll ask you to fill out a survey. Help us learn more about our community and receive a drink ticket (while supplies last).
Starting this month we will offer a Green Drink’s Community Board. On our Community Board you can pin up:
- SFGD Event Information (Sponsors, Community Partners, Event activities, Drink Menu, Volunteer sign-up lists etc.)
- Bay Area Green Community Calendar of Events (post your Green event on our website for posting)
- Post your own Green flyers, announcements, etc.
Click for more GRID volunteering photos
March Sponsors: Pacific Environment & Earth Island Institute
Pacific Environment protects the living environment of the Pacific Rim by promoting grassroots activism, strengthening communities, and reforming international policies. Our successes over the past 20 years stem from a deep and abiding trust that local people, armed with the right tools and solid support, are the world’s best hope for the environment. As such, we support the development of grassroots organizations, prioritize network-based advocacy, and use international leverage points in service of our local partners. www.pacificenvironment.org
Earth Island Institute was founded 27 years ago in SF by the visionary environmentalist David Brower. They grow environmental leadership through education and activism. As a fiscal sponsor of fifty solutions focused projects, and with their Earth Island Journal, public programming at their new green offices in the Brower Center in Berkeley and their core programs: Restoration Initiatives, and the New Leaders Initiative/Brower Youth Awards, Earth Island supports the cultural and biological diversity that sustain the environment. www.earthisland.org
March Partners: Macchu Pisco & Sustainable Brands 2010
Macchu Pisco is clear Peruvian brandy and sometimes also described as a white cognac, it is an artisanal Peruvian pisco
Without extra additives like sugars, yeasts, or enzymes, Macchu Pisco is a single distill 80 proof spirit made from freshly fermented grape juice, not leftover pomace from winemaking like other grape based spirits. Pisco grape varietals grow in unique Peruvian desert climates where the sun shines 365 days a year and by law are grown organically without chemicals or pesticides. Peruvian pisco production standards are strict in order to ensure an all natural spirit. Pisco has been produced in Peru since 1540 and is named after the trading port city of Pisco, located in the department of Ica, the heart of Peru’s pisco production. Pisco is so pure and natural that it should never produce a hangover. Enjoy the purity! www.macchupisco.com
Sustainable Brands 2010 Presents The Power of And Where the Brand & Design & Sustainability Communities Come Together. Monterey Conference Center, Monterey CA, June 7-10, 2010. Widely reputed to be the most compelling sustainability conference of the year, Sustainable Brands 2010 will convene over 700 brand leaders, top executives from the global brands leading sustainable innovation today, all types of designers participating in this global shift, and an unprecedented list of others. Speakers and sessions will provide inspiration, techniques and best practices as economic realities, corporate responsibility and the environment come together to create a new strategic business imperative. Registration is now open and seating is limited: Early bird pricing available until March 28th. Use discount code sfgrnsb to save 20% off! www.sustainablebrands10.com
Event Details
Date: Tuesday, March 2nd
Time: 5:30 – 9:30 p.m.
Location: 111 Minna Gallery
Bring: Please bring your business cards!
Safety: Please be safe when coming to/from SFGD. If you would like someone to walk you to your bus/train stop or car, please let a greeter know. As always, please designate a driver if driving.
Cost: FREE!
Music:
5:30 – 7:30
DJ Delon (Selector, FreeFlo) spinning a delicious selection of downtempo, funky breaks, nu-jazz, drum & bass, and house.
7 :30- 9:30
DJ Robynn (BEATZ, FreeFlo) droping tunes of the house, speed garage, ragga jungle and dubby styles.
Special Drinks of the Month: $5 while they last!
- MÁS Merlot 2006 – $5 + free tastings
Rich aromas and flavors of rose, black currant, plum and clove with a toasty oak finish. - MÁS Chardonnay 2007 – $5 + free tastings
Lightly oaked and medium bodied with aromas and flavors of ripe pear, green apple, lemon meringue, pineapple and banana. - Pisco Mule – $5
Pisco, Ginger Beer, Lemon, Bitters - Pisco Daisy – $5
Pisco, Tripple Sec, Lime - Pisco Sour – $5
Pisco, Lime Juice, Simple Syrup, Egg Whites, Bitters
Community
* Green Drinkers Volunteer with GRID Alternatives – On January 30th and 31st, volunteers from SFGD came out to work alongside the homeowners to install a GRID Alternatives solar system.
* Green Drinks connections work for 111 Minna – Aion LED and MÁS Wine Company bring their sustainable products to Minna.
* Post your green event on the Bay Area Green Calendar for free!
* SF Green Drinks is on Facebook. Please join the group ‘San Francisco Green Drinks’ for additional resources and information.
* SF Green Drinks is booking out Sponsors and Community Partners for 2010. If you or someone you know is interested in connecting with our community, please get in touch!
See you on the 2nd!
– The Green Drinks Team
Newsletter – February 2010
Posted by SFGD on January 29, 2010
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San Francisco Green Drinks
February 2nd
“Eco-Love”
Calling all Green Drinkers –
Please join us next Tuesday, February 2nd for San Francisco Green Drinks!
This month at Green Drinks we ask the question: What is your Eco-Love?
Our sponsor, AION LED, will be setting the mood with glowing, environmentally-friendly lights while passionate cocktails, tasty chocolate and soothing sounds of two fabulous DJs fill the room.
In keeping with our environmental Valentines Day theme we will also offer “Green Speed Dating” for 40 lucky participants. This is a great opportunity to meet fellow Green Drinkers and it’s sure to be a lot of fun!! Who knows, maybe this Green Drinks you will even make a special connection.
Click for more 2010 Green Resolutions
Last but not least, Green Drinks is happy to announce that we have arranged free wine tastings for the event as part of our 2010 emphasis in building out our Community Partnership program. If you know of any friends particularly in the organic food, wine or beverage industries who would like to participate in a future Green Drinks – please put them in touch!
February Sponsor: AION LED
Forget about changing light bulbs while cutting energy consumption by 80 percent!
AION LED is proud to offer high quality Green Compliant LED lighting products for your home and business. With a lamp life at least forty times that of a standard light bulb and a fraction of the energy used, LED lights will reduce your carbon footprint as well as
your energy bill. AION LED specializes in cutting-edge linear lighting solutions. Designers, architects, and electricians alike love the streamlined package, flexibility, high output, and longevity of our LED Strips and LED Light Bars. Popularly used under cabinets, in coves, soffits, and hallways, our LED strips also create custom effects in cabinetry, signage, displays, curved elevations, and edge-lit glass to name a few. In addition to dimmable white light, AION LED offers RGB color-mixing systems including high power theatrical LED fixtures and custom LED video displays and message boards. Minimize waste and conserve natural resources by switching to highly efficient and sustainable LED lighting with AION LED. www.aionled.com
Event Details
Date: Tuesday, February 2nd
Time: 5:30 – 9:30 p.m.
Location: 111 Minna Gallery
Bring: Please bring your business cards!
Safety: Please be safe when coming to/from SFGD. If you would like someone to walk you to your bus/train stop or car, please let a greeter know. As always, please designate a driver if driving.
Cost: FREE!
Music:
- DJ Brent Galant (a.k.a. Q St.)
Q St. will be setting the mood for our Eco-Love Green Drinks with music that is sure to stir your heart and soul. A graphic designer committed to sustainable design and print practices by day, Brent has roots in house and a penchant for playing hidden gems from down tempo, trip hop, and underground hip hop. With ten years behind the decks, his passion for playing quality grooves is purely matched by his love for playing in the moment, providing listeners with a rewarding venture into sound. - Unkle Funkl
He’s the uncle you love but the one you have to keep an eye on. He’ll raid the liquor cabinet and torment the neighbors. Mark Sires, aka Unkle Funkl, has been DJing for 12 years, bringing breaks, midtempo, funk, and hip hop. Recently graduating from the Bainbridge Graduate School with an MBA in Sustainability.
Special Drinks of the Month: $5 while they last!
- 2008 Tamás Estates Double Decker Red – $5 + free tastings by Wente Vineyards
An exciting blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Petite Sirah and Barbera creates an adventurously robust yet smooth red wine with mouth-filling flavors of blackberry, black cherry and plum, and a smooth, spicy finish. - 2008 Wente Vineyards Morning Fog Chardonnay – $5 + free tastings by Wente Vineyards
Enjoy aromas and flavors of green apple and tropical fruits, balanced by subtle oak, cinnamon and vanilla from barrel aging. With a mouth-filling body and balanced acidity, this wine delivers a medium-long, refreshing finish. - Passionate Solutionary – $5
(Sambazon Acai Passionfruit Antioxidant Elixir + Maca Magic Adrenalift + Splash of Guayaki Pure Passion + VeeV Acai Spirit)
You are a Solutionary. As a path to creating a revolution in the way we live life, you work hard to provide solutions to environmental and social challenges. Each ingredient in this cocktail comes from a company that goes beyond Revolutionary to being Solutionary. Guayaki has their Market Driven Restoration business model. Sambazon also uses the market to drive restoration of rainforest land and communities with the Sustainable Acai Project. VeeV Acai Spirit works closely with Sambazon and donates $1 per bottle to the Sustainable Acai Project. Maca Magic and Amazon Therapeutic Laboratories works to preserve rainforests and uphold the intellectual property rights of native healers and their traditional medicines. And of course, the Peruvian root Maca is an aphrodesiac for both men and women––so raise a glass to all of your passions!
Community
* Twenty (20) Green Drinkers participated in a GRID Alternatives solar training on January 13th in preparation for a 2-day installation on a low-income home here in San Francisco. Stay tuned next month for more highlights and photos from their volunteering efforts.
* Post your green event on the Bay Area Green Calendar for free!
* SF Green Drinks is on Facebook. Please join the group ‘San Francisco Green Drinks’ for additional resources and information.
* SF Green Drinks is booking out Sponsors and Community Partners for 2010. If you or someone you know is interested in connecting with our community, please get in touch!
See you on the 2nd!
– The Green Drinks Team
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