The First Annual Vienna Beach Eco-Fest

If it's June 28th, and you're somewhere near Venice Beach, CA, then come on down to the Venice Eco-Fest 2008, where you will find:

• Over 100 exciting Eco-Exhibitors with important planet preservation tips
• Sun-powered Sound Stage - All day music, dance, poetry (see schedule below)
• Kid’s Explor-o-rama with exotic animals, and interactive stories, music and FUN for all ages
• Graffiti Artists at work using eco-friendly paints on the world famous Venice art wall
• Food Court with delicious vegetarian delights
• E-Salvage Recycling Truck in Ross Parking Lot for LARGE e-waste
Bring your used: Computers & Monitors, Laptops, TVs, Stereos, DVD & VCR Players, Scanners,
Fax Machines, all kinds of Electronic Accessories, computer and cell phone batteries, etc.
• E-Salvage Recycle Bin on the Beach for SMALL e-waste
**Bring your used: Cell Phones & Accessories, Cell Phone Batteries, Laptop Battery only
• Filtered Water Stations - BYO reusable water bottle!
• Million Trees Campaign Tree Give-away
• Green Outposts for recycling/waste/and compost
• PLUS-- Free Bike Valet on the handball court!

If only they had thought about including a JunkFest, it woulda been perfect.

Via Dr. Toy


from Bernie DeKoven, funsmith

Junkfest - Final Report

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I wish you could have been there. It was, in its small way, an historic event of significant proportion. The artists (the Junkyard Symphony and car artist Steve Classic Jasik ) provided everything you could hope for - representing the spirit of play, creativity, and repurposing with great passion, warmth and humor.

(your local Junkmaster, posing proudly in front of Classic Jasik's 2-Way Car )

The games were significant fun - inviting creativity, inclusion and playfulness, exactly as you might hope.

Flying Golf

Giant Pick-Up Sticks and 4-way Trashbag, two-level Volleyball - all presented a genuine invitation to play, each offering a different level of physical and social activity.

Recreation leaders from across Redondo Beach participated in a two-hour training and intense cardboard construction. We had a great write-up in the Daily Breeze . Even the local cable channel came out to help document this landmark event in the celebration of the spirit of fun.

Senior Services led the junk swap and much junk got swapped..

Maybe 50 people attended. OK, so it wasn't what you'd call a huge success. On the other hand, given the goings on in the rest of the world, it was a genuinely remarkable celebration.

Holding up box of "Cheer"
(photo by Peter)

from Bernie DeKoven, funsmith

90 Seconds of JunkFest

The following clip is purportedly to be aired locally (South Bay area, Southern California) on CNN Headline news on 12/3 and 12/4 throughout the day, 24 past the hour and 54 past the hour.

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Comments invited.


from Bernie DeKoven, funsmith