sustainability

Building on a four decade long commitment to community development and sustainable business practices, the 32nd Annual Harmony Festival, June 11th-13th, 2010 at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa, California, welcomes 35,000 attendees to the largest and longest continuously produced (32 years) music, arts, camping and ecology festival on the west coast.  The Harmony Festival employs a unique "progressive county fair" business model, incorporating into the event a diversity of "edutainment" – entertainment & educational programming with cross-generational appeal promoting both traditional community values, as well as cutting edge creative arts, sustainable business practices and healthy living.

Our innovative programming, blending socially conscious themes with cutting edge music, arts and culture creates one of the most unique events of the festival season. The June 2010 event is shaping up to be the most dynamic and well attended Harmony Festival on record with our strongest music and speakers lineup ever, combined with the continued development of our youth oriented action sports programming and the revitalization of our Health & Fitness attractions. 

This year’s festival selected sponsors currently include:

Verizon Wireless, Comcast, Spin Magazine, Fuel TV, Honest Tea, Kokomo Wines, Reed’s Ginger Brew, Sierra Nevada Brewery, Lagunitas Brewing Company, The Bay Guardian, Yelp!, Elevate Films, The California Institute for Integra Studies, Yoga Tree, Coconut Bliss, Living Mandala, General Hydroponics & The Actions Sports Environmental Coalition.

2010 Confirmed Performers & Speakers (many more TBA):

Ms. Lauryn Hill, Steel Pulse, Galactic feat. Lyrics Born & Chali 2NA, Slightly Stoopid, Rebelution,

The Expendables, Fishbone, Bill Kreutzman & Steve Kimock, Jai Uttal, Snatum Kaur, Delhi 2 Dublin

+ The Eco-Rally Action Sports & Skate Expo

Speakers: Dan Millman, Paul Stamets, Dr. Bruce Lipton, Saul David Raye & Caroline Casey

Paladin Law Group is a boutique multidisciplinary environmental law & policy legal practice and professional sustainability services firm.

The theme of this year's conference is the Power of Pricing and Financing to Reduce Greenhouse Gases.

New This Year - A Contest for pricing and financing policy ideas with $3,500 in prizes.  Finalists will present their ideas to conference attendees whose votes will determine the winners.

Join leaders from Sonoma County government, business, education and nonprofit organizations for the sixth annual conference.  Help realize the vision for our region that includes a healthy business environment and an exceptional quality of life.  Find out if Sonoma County is making progress towards it GHG reduction goal - 25% below 1990 levels by 2015.  A sustainability report card for each city in Sonoma is presented.

The International Society of Sustainability Professionals is a professional society that connects sustainability professionals from around the world. ISSP’s mission is to facilitate networking among professionals, share a rich database of peer reviewed tools and provide professional development and training. To learn more about membership in this new professional association go to http://sustainabilityprofessionals.org.

Straus Family Creamery strives to consistently provide the highest quality, best tasting, organic milk, yogurt, butter and ice cream made with minimal processing and wholesome ingredients. Straus Family Creamery makes business decisions based upon environmental and ecological considerations, which support the philosophy of sustainable, organic family farming, for the health and well being of the company, its producers, employees and the community at large.