Speaking & Consulting

Meet the Green Celebrations Mother-Daughter Team:
Lynn Colwell and Corey Colwell-Lipson

We're available for brand representation as well as speaking and consulting on a variety of topics including:

• Creating Earth-friendly holidays, celebrations and traditions
• How to make eco-chic holiday decor
• Turning business occasions and celebrations green
• Planning healthy and green meals for your special occasion
• Buying sustainable and ethically sourced treat, treasure and gift items
• Establishing community-conscious traditions
• How to spend less, save more and help the planet even during the winter holidays
• Managing the impact of going green during the holidays on children, parents and grandparents
• Creating a green movement that changes the world and more!

We're open to your topics. Feel free to suggest one to us. 

"Lynn and Corey put on a highly entertaining and energetic presentation that included many creative ideas for green celebrations. They were a delightful addition to the speaker line up for our Green Edmonds environmental festival." Teresa Wippel, vice president green communications, Green for Good

"As our company moves towards being greener in every aspect of our operations, proactively greening up our Halloween potluck in 2008 was a natural. Corey provided us with fantastic ideas to incorporate the theme of being green and also to consider the issue of childhood obesity as we made decisions about the event. Specifically, we purchased healthy party trays in lieu of additional sugary food items, gave an award for the best recycled costume which our employees had a lot of fun with, and recycled all of our decorations from the previous year, without buying anything new. In addition to being environmentally conscious, we feel that the ideas Corey provided us with were creative, fun and easy to incorporate without losing any magic of the annual celebration." Anne Fairchild, employee care and events coordinator, Allyis, Inc.

Show 'n Tell Funshops

If you're seeking a boring lecture, supported by even more boring PowerPoint slides, you've come to the wrong place. But if you want to bring in a lively team that will encourage laughter and learning about celebrating green in a light-hearted, easy-on-the-brain manner, then call us today at 425-793-3590. We're happy to bring our personal brand of easy listening, easy green learning whether for a business, religious, educational or other group.

While we are not doing a great deal of traveling right now, if you're located in the Northwest including Washington, Oregon, Idaho or British Columbia, we most likely can work out a visit. If you're outside of this area and interested in inviting us to speak, please contact us. You never know when we might be in your neck of the woods.

"Corey and Lynn's presentation about greening up our celebrations was passionate and inspiring.  At this time in our planet's history, we no longer have the option to solely consider being sustainable, it is a must. As Marshall McLuhan said, 'There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are all crew.'  Which means we all must become better stewards of our 'home.'  We in the audience not only heard of many innovative doable and sustainable ideas for our families, we also got ideas to encourage change in our communities. I highly recommend this delightful duo." Richard Bisbee, Sustainable Edmonds

"Corey was a perfect speaker for our group -- so passionate, 100% on target, and you spoke from a place moms understand to a place moms can envision. Thanks for your inspiration." Brooke Doyle, CoolMom leader

Corporate clients
Just as we love working with people to create change for themselves and their families, we're excited to collaborate with companies that also seek to make their business and products or services better for people and the planet.

Whether it's consulting with a company or representing them, we're eager to help educate consumers about brands they can trust.

Companies that excite us are those that are founded on the premise that you can do well by doing good.

At the same time, we welcome collaborations with companies that are just beginning to take steps into the green or eco-space. Like consumers who are green at being green, everyone needs to start somewhere. A sincere effort towards sustainability and ethical practices is what matters to us. We'll happily celebrate and promote baby steps whether they're from individuals or companies of any size.

"Thank you so much for your wonderful presentation. Parents have contacted me to let me know they were inspired and energized by your ideas and that they look forward to the opportunity not only to put your ideas into practice, but also to applying the principles of "Celebrate Green" to other holidays. I'm happy to spread the word about the importance and effectiveness of your program." Melanie Berman, education director, Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation

Our mission
Our mission is to educate, entertain and inspire positive change so that together we can create a real and sustainable difference in the world.

Of course, learning to live green and celebrate green go hand-in-hand and turning green choices into sustainable habits or traditions is the overall goal. So whether it's deocrating for Christmas, what foods to serve at a birthday party or how to bring "thankfulness" into Thanksgiving traditions, we've got a truck load of ideas to share through humor, anecdote and creative how-to's that will appeal to a range of people as well as to the companies whose products and services help make celebrating all the more joyful.

"Thanks for coming out the other night.  You were Very inspirational to a lot of my moms on a variety of different levels.  Just how you turned one idea that you were passionate about into this amazing network of green halloweeners across the country. Stories like that always make people feel that they can do something "big" as well. I think we all felt after you left that we could take the no candy effort to the max.  One mom has emailed that she finally talked her husband into no candy this halloween.  I put out postcards at my elem.school, preschool and office.  I'm sure the ripple effect will carry it all over West Seattle!  and beyond too .

You fit a lot in during the time you had - i'm glad you are a fast talker so we could maximize our time. I thought you did a great job covering everything about how you started, the impact of what you do, what you're currently doing and what the future looks like and how we, the people, can help." Abby, CoolMom leader, West Seattle, WA

To contact Corey or Lynn regarding consulting, speaking or acting as spokesmom, contact us via the net or call:

425-793-3590