The San Diego Microfinance Summit was held on April 28th at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice on the campus of the University of San Diego. The conference highlighted the local and international work of San Diego’s microfinance organizations. Read the rest of this entry »
Janette Lampe, Corporate Events Manager at Kaiser Permante takes her green responsibilities seriously. That is why she reached out to Plan It Green to help her plan and execute her recent physician meeting with attention to social and environmental issues.
From selecting the Jacobs Center, a non-profit located in one of San Diego’s most ethnically diverse neighborhoods, to using compostable bags for to-go lunches, responsible planning was clearly evident to the 600+ San Diego physicians at their Quarterly Offsite Meeting on February 10, 2010. Read the rest of this entry »
Coastkeeper’s 14th Annual Ocean Gala Raises Record-Setting Funds Brings Awareness to San Diego’s Watersheds
A sold-out crowd of nearly 500 guests gathered downtown at The US Grant on Saturday to help Coastkeeper celebrate its most successful fundraising benefit to date. Honorary Event Chair County of San Diego Vice Chairwoman Pam Slater-Price, Master of Ceremonies Bill Menish and gala attendees celebrated San Diego’s inland waterways and helped raise more than $100,000 for Coastkeeper’s programs that are helping protect San Diego’s precious watersheds and marine resources.
Plan It Green was the Cardiff Chamber of Commerce’s green event planning partner for this year’s Rob Machado Surf Experience and Green Expo held on September 26th and 27th at Seaside Reef and its parking lot.
San Diego Coastkeeper is hosting it’s annual Ocean Gala this year on October 24th, 2009. This year the Director of Events for SDCK invited us to join their event planning committee to help guide them to greening up the event.
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We all know going green and simple is the theme for events in 2009. But nobody said anything about boring!
As a matter of fact, we come up with a way for you to have some extra fun and be extra green this St. Patrick’s Day by thowing a very special and exciting Green Premier Party.
In addition to being a great alternative to another St. Patrick’s Day at a crowded Irish Bar, you will also be attending San Diego’s first Green Event Planning Vendor Showcase. This exclusive Green Party is produced by Plan It Green and hosted by the New Children’s Museum, a brand new green event venue located in downtown San Diego.
San Diego Coastkeeper will be celebrating their campaign for San Diego’s ocean wilderness and other activities that are preserving their precious natural restheirces. Their 13th Annual Ocean Gala benefit will be held on November 15th at the Hotel Del Coronado from 6:30 – 10:00pm.
New this year they are making their Gala as green as possible. Guests will enjoy organic food from local and sustainable vendors, including their wine sponsor Quivira Vineyards. Their event materials are being printed on recycled paper, using soy and vegetable ink. In addition, they are hosting ‘green-themed’ live and silent auctions, including a gourmet sustainable dinner from local top chefs who use sustainable seafood, local foods and organic wines. Read the rest of this entry »
The day begins at 11 am. Two local bands, Windsor and Billy Midnight, will fill the air with acoustic, blues and rock and roll. Rudy’s will start barbecuing carne asada. The first 50 people who donate a rideable surfboard will receive a Biofoam blank, courtesy of Homeblown US. Wade Koniakowsky will paint on many of the boards, and they will be priced to sell. There will be some great deals, and all of the proceeds go to setting up scholarships for the Solana Beach Junior Lifeguard Program. You can also bring a beat up board to be recycled, and learn how this process works.
Wander around the park and talk with shapers who use Biofoam, companies who make boardbags out of hemp, surf museum and gallery owners and many other leaders who are innovating ways to create local, positive change. Check out www.ReReip.com for more details.
Zagrodnik + Thomas Architects LLP will host its annual Green Scene Gallery event: EcoPalooza ’08 on September 13, 2008 between 6:00 pm – 10:30 pm, at the firm’s North Park location; 3956 30th Street. The free event is open to the general public and will showcase local artists and designers whose work promotes sustainability. A fashion show of recycled materials will adorn several models, art and sculpture, and a ‘smartcar’, will all share space side by side in the gallery. The event coincides with North Park’s highly successful Ray at Night event and the USGBC and SD AIA’s San Diego Green 2008 Conference. Light refreshments and food will be served.
