Please RSVP on Facebook, LinkedIn or MeetUp and help us to spread the word about the event!

MeetUp is the most useful of the three services because we have the most members using the service and the more accurate RSVPs.

This is of value because people like to know who else is coming as much as they like to know what will be presented, if anything.

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Our event is listed on Facebook and LinkedIn, as well as MeetUp, to make it easier to share with your friends and family.

MeetUp is the most useful of the three because we have the most members and the more accurate RSVPs using that service.

This is of value because people like to know who else is coming as much as they like to know what will be presented, if anything.

There are no set eco-celebrities this month but there are always some in attendance and, with meetup.com, some are even identified already.

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• Ryan Kloster of Green City Motors
• Lauren Mangion of Conscious Home
• Dean Halstead of Calgary Mattress Factory
• Tasleem Kassam of Effective Health Solutions
• Tim Neis and Scott Tulk of SwizzleSticks SalonSpa
• Kim Ryrie & Shayne Korithoski of Community Natural Foods
• Sean Carter of BikeBike
• Stephanie Jackman of REAP Business Association

And, thank you also for all the door prizes provided, including:

• Queen latex pillow ($119 value) from Calgary Mattress Factory
• Hemp henley ($75 value) from Effective Health Solution’s ecostore
• Gift certificate ($100 value) from SwizzleSticks SalonSpa
• 1-hour parenting coaching session ($125 value) from Full Circle Parenting
• 1 of 2 Elbow Greens cleaning products ($9 value each) from REAP Business Association
• Discount coupons for March 27-28 Go Green Expo at BMO Centre where you can see sustainable fashion shows by REAP Business Association

And. of course, a special thanks to The District, for providing special gift cards to all attendees, a chance to enter a Brew Brothers brewery tour and samples of cheese and charcuterie to start the evening.

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We already have door prizes to give away and people are lining up to be eco-celebrities this month.  The event pages will be updated with the details as they come available.  Please RSVP on meetup.com for your gift card!

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The District will be offering a special gift card to all attendees, some free menu samples at the start of the night and a chance to enter a special draw available only to attendees that night (to be drawn after the event).

Please RSVP for the next event on March 16th using meetup.com.
Please RSVP via facebook.com or linkedin.com to promote for us.

REAP has many events in the coming months that we believe will be of interest to you.  For more info, go to: http://www.meetup.com/greendrinkscalgary/messages/boards/forum/1216893

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We need to prove as best we can the tangible benefits of our event series and we need your help.

We have heard stories that people have found work, started relationships, etc.  Let us know.

These testimonials need to be collected by the end of the week before the award nomination deadline.

We would also like to publish these testimonials on the web site afterwards.

Send us your testimonials at info at greendrinkscalgary.ca.

Thank you to Kim Schell for taking the initiative to start this nomination.

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Eco-celebrities confirmed:

Bridget O’Connor has partnered with BizBOXTV’s Lisa Ostrikoff, Todd Gallant and Tish Bell to launch “The Green Room TV“; a fun & informative Environmental Web TV Series, featuring amazing initiatives that organizations and individuals practice around Calgary. The Green Room TV will be on hand to talk to those interested in having their environmental organization featured. If that’s you, or if you know of local Calgarians doing good for the environment, tell us about it!

Mike Unrau, Manager of Environmental Education with Green Calgary & Heather Hendrie, Green Calgary Community Organizer, will be on hand to promote their new EcoLeaders 2010 course.

Kray Mitchell, Marketing and Community Relations for BorrowMe.com

Alla Guelber, Alberta Acts on Climate Change

This year, in addition to great conversation, we now also have great food and drink too, courtesy of the The District (our new venue).  The District likes to use locally grown organic produce and naturally raised beasts. We make our own bacon, ketchup, aioli and mustards. They even brew their own beer on site and their wine and beer menu is primarily sourced from smaller operations, sometimes even organic.  For this reason alone they are a preferred venue of ours.

The District will have Happy Hour pricing from 4-7PM on select drinks (see drink menu for details). They will also be providing a limited run on free samples or appetizers early in the evening and a special gift card to each attendee (must RSVP to receive one). They will also be providing a door prize for every event that we have there.  For these reasons we have made them our exclusive venue for 2010.

Please RSVP on meetup.com to be eligible for the special gift card.

Use linkedin.com or facebook.com to promote the event for us.

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The District will be pleased to offer:

• a limited run of free menu samples or appetizers at the start of the event (try to get there early)
• a $50 gift card* for every person attending (but you must RSVP on meetup.com to get one)
• a door prize for every event

* - The gift cards are good for Happy Hour (4-7PM, Mon. – Sat.) and min. of 5 people on a night other than Green Drinks.

Please RSVP for the next event on meetup.com!

RSVP on facebook.com or linkedin.com to help us promote.

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This is our largest event yet!  This easily beats our previous record of 133 achieved on St. Patrick’s Day!

We could not have done this without the support of our sponsors and our participants.

Green City Motors for the electric bike as a door prize, Bullfrog Power for sponsoring the event’s energy with wind power and providing a door prize as well as MEC, SPUD, The EcoStore, Riva’s Eco Store and Dirt Eco-Boutique.  A special Thank You to Young Environmental Professionals of Calgary for their help with promoting and supporting the event and to The District for hosting the event.

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You must RSVP with meetup.com and you must attend to win!
You can also RSVP on facebook.com or linkedin.com to help us promote.

This isn’t the only surprise for the Dec. event though …

We will be in a new venue (The District) on a new day of the month (Dec. 8th, a week earlier) and we have partnered with YEP (the Young Environmental Professionals of Calgary) for the first time in our history.  We will even have free refreshments for the event, courtesy of us and YEP and even more door prizes available (MEC, Citizens Bank, Bullfrog Power, Green Calgary, Riva’s Eco Store, Dirt Eco-Boutique and SPUD).  Bullfrog Power will also be sponsoring the event with wind power.

This & other messages from us and others can be found on our meetup.com Message board.

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We have an eco-broker, three eco-advocates as well as an advocate of eco-advocates.  Intrigued yet?

We also have reps from many eco-friendly delivery services, including packages, food, cartridges, and moving.

For more info or to RSVP, go to our event pages on facebook.com or meetup.com!

Be sure to join our meetup.com group or our Facebook.com Fan Page to stay informed.

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Please RSVP via the facebook.com and/or meetup.com event pages.  Also, add this to your calendar afterwards.

New eco-celebrities are being confirmed already – names, photos and descriptions will be published on the event pages as they come in.

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Clean Calgary is trying to raise $50,000 before Oct. 22nd otherwise programs that Calgarians rely on to reduce their eco-impact will suffer.

In just a few short weeks, they were able to raise $20,000 but still were well shy of their goal.

They managed to raise $200 from our crowd at the Oct. event and $100 from our participants before the event.

If you would like to donate to their cause, please go to their web site at http://www.cleancalgary.org and donate securely online.

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Our 2nd anniversary event was profiled and several shots taken.  This is the 2nd time we have been on the social page.

You can find the latest photo on our October event postings at meetup.com and facebook.com.

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Further event details such as any eco-celebrities will be published as they come in.

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This exceeds our record set at our March event which happened to fall on St. Patrick’s Day.  There we had just over 120.

And, if you think that is a lot, wait until our December event.  We will be joining forces with the local Young Environmental Professionals.

Stay tuned!

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We already had 30+ confirmed for the event even before we announced it!

Find out more about our next event through our latest newsletter, available at:
http://www.meetup.com/green-drinks-calgary/messages/boards/thread/7569496/0/#30126024

We will release more details about the events on their pages on meetup.com and facebook.com as they come available.

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She will be joining our other eco-celebrities this month, who include:

• Danielle Roberts, former Alberta Organizer for the Green Party of Canada
• David Wilson, Editor of Calgary Cowbell, an online magazine devoted to sustainability in Calgary
• Jackie Mann, Good Life Community Bike Shop volunteer & Two Wheel View co-ordinator
• Adrienne Beattie, Metro News Calgary‘s new Transit columnist
• Mike Lucas, home toxin consultant with EnerVibe
• Teang Tang, reduces the impact of your events with her company, Mingle Event Management Inc.
• Sean Young, facilitates borrow and lend matchmaking (as well as renting or gifting) through BorrowMe.com

There are already 65 people confirmed to attend.  Please RSVP via meetup.com or facebook.com.

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