Southern NM Earth Day Festival 2018: Be the Change!

Southern NM Earth Day BOOTH FORM

At this year’s Earth Day Festival, we want organizations to encourage visitors to make transformational choices that significantly contribute to a safe, healthy, and fair planet for all its inhabitants. We encourage you to watch the Story of Solutions to learn more about this approach and help frame your message.

We will be highlighting your transformational solutions at the Festival and on social media before and during the event. Please help us promote your best solutions.

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* 1. Contact Into

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work phone

cell phone

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* 2. What does your organization do? (We will use this information to talk about your group on FB. If you want to send a logo, image, or photo, please forward that to snmearthday@gmail.com.

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* 3. Will your organization's 10'x10' booth space be:

educational - such as with a nonprofit. No cost, but we are counting on you to inspire visitors to adopt transformational solutions.

commercial vendor promoting or selling your product. We are asking commercial vendors to pay $25 to offset festival costs and will send vendors an email with details about payment before confirming registration. Feel free to inspire visitors, too. (Questions 5-10 encouraged, but optional.)

Remember - Walk the Talk!

Save trees:
Avoid hand outs. Direct visitors to your website. Encourage them to take pictures of information. Have a sign up sheet or e-tablet and send interested folks a PDF.
Save the water:
Share reusable containers and bags, so disposable plastic pellets don't enter our waterways.
Save the atmosphere:
Carpool, walk or ride a bike to the Festival. Let's not contribute to the landfill that can produce methane gases.

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* 4. Any special needs. We will try and accommodate your request, but will have to let you know. If you have questions, call Lisa at 541-2177 during work hours.

BE THE SOLUTION!
What is your organization's story?

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* 5. What transformational strategy is your organization promoting?

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* 6. Now tell us again in a short punchy way so we can list it on the transformational solutions board and use it in tweets.

Using the G.O.A.L. acronym from Story of Solutions to explain how your strategy....

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* 7. G- Gives people more power — taking power back from corporations to build democracy.

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* 8. O- Opens people’s eyes to the truth that, once basic needs are met, happiness and well-being don’t come from buying more stuff but from our communities, our health and sense of purpose.

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* 9. A - Accounts for ALL the costs it creates including the toll it takes on people and the planet. In other words, it internalizes costs instead of externalizing or making other’s pay for the messes we make.

NEXT STEPS:
We will send more details closer to the festival which runs from 9-1. Set up and take down are 30 minutes before and after the festival. Although recycling has been suspended, we are still hoping for a zero waste event.

For questions about the booths contact Lisa LaRocque at llarocque@las-cruces.org or 541-2177

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* 1. Contact Into

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* 2. What does your organization do? (We will use this information to talk about your group on FB. If you want to send a logo, image, or photo, please forward that to snmearthday@gmail.com.

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* 3. Will your organization's 10'x10' booth space be:

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* 4. Any special needs. We will try and accommodate your request, but will have to let you know. If you have questions, call Lisa at 541-2177 during work hours.

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* 5. What transformational strategy is your organization promoting?

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* 6. Now tell us again in a short punchy way so we can list it on the transformational solutions board and use it in tweets.

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* 7. G- Gives people more power — taking power back from corporations to build democracy.

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* 8. O- Opens people’s eyes to the truth that, once basic needs are met, happiness and well-being don’t come from buying more stuff but from our communities, our health and sense of purpose.

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* 9. A - Accounts for ALL the costs it creates including the toll it takes on people and the planet. In other words, it internalizes costs instead of externalizing or making other’s pay for the messes we make.

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* 10. L- Lessens the enormous wealth gap between those who can’t even meet their basic needs and those who consume WAY more than their fair share.