San Francisco Green Drinks
March 2nd
“Creating Community”
Hello Green Drinkers!
Please join us next Tuesday, March 2nd for San Francisco Green Drinks!
This month at Green Drinks we ask the question: What communities do you belong to?
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As a Green Drinker and member of our community, we’ll ask you to fill out a survey. Help us learn more about our community and receive a drink ticket (while supplies last).
Starting this month we will offer a Green Drink’s Community Board. On our Community Board you can pin up:
- SFGD Event Information (Sponsors, Community Partners, Event activities, Drink Menu, Volunteer sign-up lists etc.)
- Bay Area Green Community Calendar of Events (post your Green event on our website for posting)
- Post your own Green flyers, announcements, etc.
March Sponsors: Pacific Environment & Earth Island Institute
Pacific Environment protects the living environment of the Pacific Rim by promoting grassroots activism, strengthening communities, and reforming international policies. Our successes over the past 20 years stem from a deep and abiding trust that local people, armed with the right tools and solid support, are the world’s best hope for the environment. As such, we support the development of grassroots organizations, prioritize network-based advocacy, and use international leverage points in service of our local partners. www.pacificenvironment.org
Earth Island Institute was founded 27 years ago in SF by the visionary environmentalist David Brower. They grow environmental leadership through education and activism. As a fiscal sponsor of fifty solutions focused projects, and with their Earth Island Journal, public programming at their new green offices in the Brower Center in Berkeley and their core programs: Restoration Initiatives, and the New Leaders Initiative/Brower Youth Awards, Earth Island supports the cultural and biological diversity that sustain the environment. www.earthisland.org
March Partners: Macchu Pisco & Sustainable Brands 2010
Macchu Pisco is clear Peruvian brandy and sometimes also described as a white cognac, it is an artisanal Peruvian pisco. Without extra additives like sugars, yeasts, or enzymes, Macchu Pisco is a single distill 80 proof spirit made from freshly fermented grape juice, not leftover pomace from winemaking like other grape based spirits. Pisco grape varietals grow in unique Peruvian desert climates where the sun shines 365 days a year and by law are grown organically without chemicals or pesticides. Peruvian pisco production standards are strict in order to ensure an all natural spirit. Pisco has been produced in Peru since 1540 and is named after the trading port city of Pisco, located in the department of Ica, the heart of Peru’s pisco production. Pisco is so pure and natural that it should never produce a hangover. Enjoy the purity! www.macchupisco.com
Sustainable Brands 2010 Presents The Power of And Where the Brand & Design & Sustainability Communities Come Together. Monterey Conference Center, Monterey CA, June 7-10, 2010. Widely reputed to be the most compelling sustainability conference of the year, Sustainable Brands 2010 will convene over 700 brand leaders, top executives from the global brands leading sustainable innovation today, all types of designers participating in this global shift, and an unprecedented list of others. Speakers and sessions will provide inspiration, techniques and best practices as economic realities, corporate responsibility and the environment come together to create a new strategic business imperative. Registration is now open and seating is limited: Early bird pricing available until March 28th. Use discount code sfgrnsb to save 20% off! www.sustainablebrands10.com
Event Details
Date: Tuesday, March 2nd
Time: 5:30 – 9:30 p.m.
Location: 111 Minna Gallery
Bring: Please bring your business cards!
Safety: Please be safe when coming to/from SFGD. If you would like someone to walk you to your bus/train stop or car, please let a greeter know. As always, please designate a driver if driving.
Cost: FREE!
Music:
5:30 – 7:30
DJ Delon (Selector, FreeFlo) spinning a delicious selection of downtempo, funky breaks, nu-jazz, drum & bass, and house.
7 :30- 9:30
DJ Robynn (BEATZ, FreeFlo) droping tunes of the house, speed garage, ragga jungle and dubby styles.
Special Drinks of the Month: $5 while they last!
- MÁS Merlot 2006 – $5 + free tastings
Rich aromas and flavors of rose, black currant, plum and clove with a toasty oak finish. - MÁS Chardonnay 2007 – $5 + free tastings
Lightly oaked and medium bodied with aromas and flavors of ripe pear, green apple, lemon meringue, pineapple and banana. - Pisco Mule – $5
Pisco, Ginger Beer, Lemon, Bitters - Pisco Daisy – $5
Pisco, Tripple Sec, Lime - Pisco Sour – $5
Pisco, Lime Juice, Simple Syrup, Egg Whites, Bitters
Community
* Green Drinkers Volunteer with GRID Alternatives – On January 30th and 31st, volunteers from SFGD came out to work alongside the homeowners to install a GRID Alternatives solar system.
* Green Drinks connections work for 111 Minna – Aion LED and MÁS Wine Company bring their sustainable products to Minna.
* Post your green event on the Bay Area Green Calendar for free!
* SF Green Drinks is on Facebook. Please join the group ‘San Francisco Green Drinks’ for additional resources and information.
* SF Green Drinks is booking out Sponsors and Community Partners for 2010. If you or someone you know is interested in connecting with our community, please get in touch!
See you on the 2nd!
- The Green Drinks Team
“Since conception in 2006 MÁS has not used over 80,000 glass bottles corks and labels. This has saved our business over $70,000 in money we would have spent on trash and instead we have invested it a renewable technology. Without these expenses we are able to produce small lots of wine at competitive priced wines passing along these savings to restaurants and consumers, like 111 Minna. We hope our passion for great wines and renewable technology is shared by all.” — Andy
