Grassroots Green
As part of the summer of 2010 Great Lakes Folk Festival, the Michigan State University Museum will host tradition-bearers who carry on traditions that help restore, conserve and revitalize the planet. With warnings about the consequences of a warming planet and the high price of oil, it seems like everyone is jumping on the "green" bandwagon. Going Green is not just a new trend. For many people a return to sustainable lifestyles, technologies and traditions means relying on time-tested folk wisdom and environmentally-sound cultural practices.
The 2010 Great Lakes Folk Festival will feature traditions of grassroots citizens groups and individuals who engage in green occupations, environmental activism, organic gardening, local foodways, recycled arts and folk wisdom for taking care of the planet.
At the Legacy Stage, talk sessions and demonstrations will illustrate the diversity of approaches to living the "green" life. Audience members can participate in a community dialog about a new take on greener ways of living.
Grassroots Green at the GLFF will also feature organic gardening demonstrations and a farmer's market of local produce. The foodways area will feature cooking with local ingredients and canning demonstrations .
Craftspeople who make functional and artistic works from recycled materials will be featured in the Green Arts Marketplace, the first of its kind in the area. Children can make, play and explore at the Green Kids activity area.
Funding Opportunities
Grassroots support can make a difference to the success of the 2010 Great Lakes Folk Festival! We welcome your organization's or company's support of the many different assets to the festival, whether it is in the form of technical support with logistics and materials, food services, advertising support, children's activities, or direct programming support that pays artists and tradition-bearers who are the main attraction of the festival.
For more information on Festival Sponsorship, click here
or contact one of the staff members listed below.
Contacts:
MSU Museum / Great Lakes Folk Festival Grassroots Green Program Co-Curators:
Lynne Swanson (swansonl@msu.edu)
LuAnne Kozma (kozma@msu.edu)
Sponsorships:
Mike Secord, event manager (secordm@msu.edu)
