Beachwood High School and its Green Dream Classroom are proud to announce the 4th Annual Green Dream Eco-Friendly Showcase at Beachwood Community Center (23235 Fairmount Blvd. in Beachwood, Ohio) on Friday, April 15 from 1:00 to 7:00 pm. The lead sponsor for the second consecutive year is Green Street Solutions.
This complimentary event comprises over one hundred vendors at Ohio's largest green business fair with over 4,000 in attendance. It is a day filled with new and innovative ways to go "green", free health screenings, wellness demos and booths filled with eco-jewelry, home energy audits, clothing and much more. Vendors include Good Cents, Good Nature Organic Lawn Care, Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District, Beecology. Green Clean Products, Chipotle, etc. Free samples and products will be available.
New this year is the Wellness Tent sponsored by The Cleveland Clinic and University Hospital's Ahuja Medical Center.
In addition, local artist Laurel Herbold has created Green Dream RePeople. The RePeople, cut from recycled cardboard boxes, will be strung from the ceiling of the Beachwood Community Center and will represent how a local and some day global environmental consciousness can and must start with a just a small number of people
The Green Dream Eco-Friendly Showcase was created in 2007 by the Beachwood High School Marketing Education/Junior Achievement class. Twenty students set out to create a public venue where businesses and organizations could show how easy it was to "Go Green". In its first year, The Green Dream attracted over 70 businesses and 2,200 attendees. Now recognized as Ohio's largest eco-friendly showcase, it continues to grow and inspire people throughout the world.
Beachwood Marketing Education/Junior Achievement is lead by Mr. Greg Perry and is part of Mayfield Excel TECC. Using the Junior Achievement Company Program, the students operate The Green Dream as an actual business. Business Consultant, Karen Carmen from the City of Beachwood, continues to work each year with the marketing students as they develop The Green Dream Eco-Friendly Showcase.
Through strategic school-business partnerships and with the proceeds from The Green Dream, the students have built "The Ultimate Green Classroom" to serve as a model for green schools, businesses, and homes. From the flooring and the cabinets to the full kitchen and board roomstyle furniture, everything exhibits eco-friendly and energy-efficient attributes.
Green Dream teacher, Mr. Greg Perry and his students have been given the Heart of Green Award by the Hearst Corporation. In addition, this remarkable class won the North American Junior Achievement Completion in 2010 after competing with other Junior Achievement classes from all over North America.
For information on the event and sponsorship opportunities, please check out greendream.org.
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Friday, April 15 from 1:00 – 7:00 pm
Presented by Beachwood High School
Marketing/ Junior Achievement Class
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