SFGD is thrilled to announce the beginning of an ongoing Community Partnership with the HUB Bay Area. The HUB will provide a dynamic work environment for our monthly meetings as well as an exciting partner within our environmental community. To find out more about the Hub and their coworking space, event series, and professional toolset, please find them at the July Green Drinks. bayarea.the-hub.net

In the past few months San Francisco Green Drinks has connected two new organizations, Aion LED and MÁS Wine Company, to our environmental community and to our monthly host, 111 Minna.  Both companies made such a positive impression with their sustainable products that Minna has brought them in-house.  Aion LED was our February 2010 “Eco-Love” sponsor who set the mood with eight energy-efficient LED stage lights.  By the end of the night, Minna decided to purchase the whole set!  MÁS is a small, eco-friendly winery who discovered Green Drinks over the holidays and met with Minna shortly after in January.  After a short meeting and wine tasting with Minna, their wine is now being served from environmentally friendly, air tight mini tanks as 111 Minna’s new house wine!  Come by the March 2010 Green Drinks for a free wine tasting of their Merlot and Chardonnay.

Here are some comments from these two great companies:

“Thanks to SF Green Drinks for having us as sponsor for February’s successful event!  Aion LED is committed to helping the entertainment sector “go green” with our highly efficient Theatrical LED lighting line .  This can result in venues saving 10 times the energy usage while virtually eliminating the need to change lamps.  At Green Drinks we demonstrated that an energy saving alternative light could look great while minimizing the venue’s carbon footprint at the same time.” — Christine

“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

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At the December 2009 Green Drinks Holiday Bash and Benefit SFGD held a fundraiser for GRID Alternatives, a local non-profit dedicated to empowering communities in need by providing renewable energy and energy efficiency services, equipment and training.  The donations raised at the December event went to sponsor and install a solar electric systems for a low income homeowner in San Francisco.  On January 30th and 31st, volunteers from SFGD came out  to work alongside the homeowners to install the solar system.  Special thanks go out all the organizers at Grid Alternatives and to those Green Drinkers who volunteered!