Archive for November, 2008
Holy Cow Goes to San Francisco!
Nov 18th
Hey! Thanks to all of our very green friends in San Francisco for stopping by the Holy Cow booth and sharing the weekend with us at the San Fran Green Festival, America’s Largest Sustainability Event. Over the weekend we were able to share Holy Cow organic clothing with over 120,000 visitors to the show. We’re coming to a city near you. Check the Green Festival website for the next party close to you.
This was the scene Saturday and Sunday.
Spencer and Emily take a break from the show to enjoy the ride.
Holy Cow heads to the land of Cable Cars!
Nov 11th
Hello, San Francisco!
Looking for something to do this weekend? Why not come on over to the 7th Annual Green Festival on November 14, 15, & 16, 2008 at the San Francisco Concourse Exhibition Center and the Giftcenter Pavilion Theater. The event is a joint project of Global Exchange and Co-op America, two leading non-profits who have dedicated their energies to environmental and social justice for over 25 years.
Bring the kids, bring your friends – learn all about one of the biggest topics of discussion in the election – clean energy production in all its many forms!
We’ll be there with cowbells on, ringing the praises of organic cotton clothing for everyone! There’s so much to do, including a fashion show featuring Holy Cow organic apparel – MOO-RAY!
Here’s a little more info, courtesy of the Green Team at the San Francisco Green Festival:
FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS:
Nationally renowned speakers such as Riane Eisler, eminent social scientist, attorney, and social activist;
Winona LaDuke, internationally respected Native American and environmental activist; Greg Palast, New York Times-bestselling author and journalist; John Perkins, founder and board member of Dream Change and the Pachamama Alliance; Daniel Pinchbeck, writer and founder of literary journal Open City; and many more.
- Better World Bookstore
- Fair Trade Pavilion
- Green Careers and Education Area
- Green Teen Center & Organic Valley Green Kids Zone
- Socially Responsible Investing
- The Fair Trade Café
- Organic Beer & Wine Garden
- Eco-tourism and Eco-fashion
- Green Film Festival
- Community Action Center
- Green Home Pavilion featuring hands-on workshops
- Bike Valet
- Live Music
- Yoga and Movement Room
FESTIVAL DETAILS:
San Francisco Concourse Exhibition Center, 635 8th Street (at Brannan St.) and the Giftcenter Pavilion Theater, 888 Brannan Street, November 14, 15, & 16, 2008.
Word to the Mother (Earth)
Opening Event Friday, November 14, 2008 6:30 PM
Giftcenter Atrium
Friday 12PM to 7PM
Saturday 10AM – 7PM
Sunday 11AM – 6PM
$25 per person – all-access for all three days.
$15 per person – all access for one day
Discounted Admissions for: students with ID, seniors over 62, bike riders with a ticket from the Green
Festival Bike Valet, bus riders with transfer ticket/bus pass, union members
$15 per person – all access for three days
$10 per person – all access for one day
FREE: Children 18 and under, Co-op America or Global Exchange members
Is Your T-Shirt Poisoning the Planet?
Nov 10th
You probably didn’t know it but the t-shirt you’re wearing right now likely took a devastating toll on the environment.
To create one t-shirt made from conventionally grown cotton, 1/3 pound of agrochemicals is poured into the Earth. It may also have been created in a sweatshop with subpar working conditions and printed with PVC (nasty plastic) based inks. Feeling guilty? Well, you can’t change if you don’t know, and now you know. Just think about it the next time you’re ready to buy clothing and make an easy choice to help change our planet. Holy Cow clothing is sweatshop free, printed with water-based inks and keeps these nasty chemicals out of our planet and out of your clothing. Cheers to that!
Global Thinking.
Nov 1st
One of the new products we’re working on is the organic Think Globally hat. Through our partnership with 1% For The Planet, a portion of sales from this hat is going to environmentally driven nonprofit partners all around the world. To create this custom cap, and all of our other products, it takes an incredible effort from our partners all across the globe.
We came across this clip which is an amazing example of global thinking. Think about all of the logistics and coordination it would take to pull this off. They are all in rhythm and at a compatible key. It’s fairly amazing.
