“The Story of Stuff” is a 20-minute video which looks at the production distribution, consumption and disposal of “stuff” and presents the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world.

The primary message of the film is to use the exploration of the broader context of the conundrum of consumption in the modern world to try and encourage us to give more star billing to “Reduce” as we use the “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” mantra in our approaches to sustainability.

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Earth Fair in Balboa Park is the largest free annual environmental fair in the world. Earth Fair 2009 will be the 20th anniversary of the event in Balboa Park and the 40th anniversary of Earth Day! Plan It Green is excited to be participating. Our booth will feature a cornucopia of green event solutions. We hope you can come by and visit us! The Earth Fair takes place on Sunday, April 19, 2009 from 10 am to 5pm.

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KUSI stopped by to film a preview of the St. Patrick’s Day Green Premier Party at The New Children’s Museum. Watch it here.

Scott O’Hara Senior Event Planner at Plan It Green joins Janette Lampe, Corporate Event Manager at Kaiser Permanente at the 2009 San Diego Special Events Show

Plan It Green joined event professionals from throughout the world on January 29th and 30th as they gathered in San Diego for The Special Event 2009 at the San Diego Convention Center.

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Kathryn Bechen has a nice write up on Plan It Green in her recent article in San Diego Style Weddings.

It’s Snow Jam and Plan It Green is stoked to have Rerip be there!

Action Sports Tradeshows are a blast, but the folks at Rerip always have an eye out for all the, extra packaging, garbage, and unnecessary gloss that have unfortunately become too common a part of the event scene. They know they are not alone. Indeed, the action sports industry is actively looking to find green solutions to everything from events to manufacturing and distribution processes.

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Plan It Green hosted a workshop on green event planning for some of the leading non-profits in San Diego including the Quail Botanical Gardens, Rueben H. Fleet Science Center, San Diego Natural History Museum, United Way of San Diego County, Catholic Charaties, Survivors of Torture International, amongst others.

Presenters included Angel Printing, Greenraising, MotiveEarth, and Eco Caterers.

To schedule a green even planning workshop for your organization or group contact Lori Pearce at Plan It Green.