Fresh Celebrate Green News January 6, 2009
That's a wrap!
We ended 2008 with three days at the Eco Gift Festival in Santa Monica, CA, where we chatted up thousands of people who paused at our booth to see what we had to offer and watch us demonstrate how to wrap gifts using fabric. Our gorgeous wraps were from www.Bobowrap.com, our favorite spot for couture wrappings. Everyone was fascinated by how simple it is to do wrap sensational looking gifts so easily and envelop gifts in something that never needs to be added to the landfill. (See "Resolution number 1" in sidebar.)
Meeting and greeting was a lot of fun, especially meeting in person, three women we'd known only via the Internet. It was great to connect in person and we look forward to doing a lot more of that this year. If you live in LA, New York or Chicago, let us know. We just might be coming your way in 2009.
And did we luck out with our boothmate, a man we quickly grew to admire, enjoy, laugh with and appreciate, Jim Figueroa. His delightful book, Clarence the Clown, is for sale in southern California Whole Foods Markets and soon, we're sure, everywhere else.
Also at the end of the year, a TV segment aired nationally with some of our ideas for a Green Christmas through the great work of Deborah Feldman at KING 5 News in Seattle and Kerri Winick of News Pro Net. In addition, we shot more video for CW11's Project Green in Seattle, did a bunch of interviews for blogs, submitted about 15 articles and in short, finished 2008, businesswise, on a high.
What lies ahead
Credit for much of what we were able to accomplish in 2008 goes in large measure to amazing, giving people we've come to know who believe in us and what we're doing. We'd love to list all of them, but are afraid we'd leave someone out! So we can only say to everyone of you, thank you!
While neither of us is averse to goal setting and planning, what seems to work best for us is what might be referred to as "organic" rather than "strategic," planning. Translation: Plan, but be ready for anything.
With this in mind, we're going to lay out some of what we're thinking of working on in 2009. These are not so much goals as they are intentions, and even then, if the wind blows us another way, that's where we'll be heading. If you can stand our unconventional approach and have ideas for us, people you think we should meet or know about, or any suggestions for expanding our reach this year, we'd love to hear from you.
- Speak or do hands-on "playshops" at green events primarily in the Northwest, at least six during the year
- Work with businesses to help them green up their events
- Self-syndicate monthly articles/relelases to bloggers, writers and publications
- Establish a monthly TV segment on celebrating green
- Increase TV appearances
- Start work on book 2
- Increase collaborative efforts with individuals and companies
- Help others succeed through social media contact
- Secure at least 100 reviews for the book on Amazon
Do you celebrate green? Why not share?
We realize we haven't cornered the market when it comes to celebrating green, so we're always open to hearing about unique ways you're creating more people- and earth-friendly happenings. Whether it's a well-known holiday or an inventive family event. email us and with your permission, we'll share it online or maybe in an upcoming book.
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