EPIC Sustainable Living Show
May 13-15, 2011
"EPIC is a solutions based, family oriented event, designed to educate and entertain. Today's ethical consumer has the power to create change. Greening your life is easy. It's about doing what you can, when you can. All you need is a little education and inspiration. EPIC has lots of both! Join us for this three day celebration of green living. Surround yourself with truly inspirational people and environmentally innovative products."
* Discover which companies are leading the change in sustainable consumer goods and producing earth friendly products without compromising style or function.
* Learn how to make sound choices when shopping for products and services that are better for the environment.
* Buy directly from the producers of these sustainable products and services. Learn what makes them different.
* Hear leading experts on the EPIC Main Stage and learn how simple choices in your day-to-day life can make a big impact on the environment, your community and your health.
* See Vancouver's top chefs create local, sustainable cuisine and sample some of the best foods and beverages in the world.
Max Gladwell™
authored by Rob Reed
"The nexus of social media, geolocation, and green living.
It is Web 2.0 with a purpose. It is location with relevance.
It is sustainability with network effects.
Our mission is to provide coverage and analysis about
this compelling mix of technology and humanity
from a unique point of view. It is to produce original content
and inspire healthy conversation about the challenges we face
individually and as a global society.
It is to challenge conventional wisdom
and offer an alternative to the echo chamber.
Max Gladwell is the voice for social media, geolocation, and green living."
Little Homestead in the City
"In the mid-1980s, our family set out to do
the seemingly impossible:
To create what we dubbed an urban homestead
and live a self-sufficient, low-impact life in the heart of the city.
For years we worked steadily to transform
our ordinary urban lot in Pasadena, California,
into an organic permaculture garden that supplies us with food year-round."
"The journey is ongoing and we are by no means finished
but we are grateful to have come this far.
In 2001, we named our homegrown venture Path to Freedom
and created this website, the first ever devoted to urban homesteading.
We hoped that by documenting our personal experiences
we could offer encouragement to those striving to live a simpler,
more self sufficient lifestyle.
Eight years later, Path to Freedom is now the largest
and most comprehensive urban homesteading website,
with more than five million hits per month."
Green Leaf Reviewer
Jennifer Shon of Chucka Stone Designs
A pleasantly surprising and uplifting journal for projects, sustainable living, and lifestyle.
Fashion, Evolved
"I never set out to be an eco-fashion writer. I don’t consider myself particularly trendy. Fashion, Evolved was born in April 2008 after a tangent sent me on hours of unproductive internet surfing for eco-fashion websites and blogs. The pickings were indeed slim, and in a flash of inspiration I realized that this was a subject I could write about to make a real contribution to the environmental movement.
As I started researching and interviewing different independent “green” designers, I realized that very few of them were making the big bucks with their lines. In fact, many of them are working on their clothing or jewelry along with a second job to support themselves and their vision. Yet, they pushed forward, spurred on the passion for what they believe in: beautiful, tasteful, artistic style that does not compromise ethics or the health and well-being of our environment. Their stories are inspiring and their enthusiasm is infectious."
Liane Tyrrel is the traveller behind her journal 'enhabiten'.
She wrote a small piece on Under The Root and you can read it
plus join in here.
Laura Collins of Pansy Maiden Bags has a simply splendid blog and featured Under The Root with the Sustainable Saturday articles.
Jenya of EvaForeva and Forevamore have honorably placed
Under The Root among her handmade finds inside the
MyEvaForeva. I am thrilled to be featured and alongside her
quality and sincere creations.
Read and stroll through her discoveries here
Lydia of Sprout Chicago, a conscious living seedling,
contacted Under The Root for an interview. The questions were
of the utmost importance and I was deeply moved with her
care.
