Thank you to all of our amazing volunteers, exhibitors, entertainers, sponsors, and guests for participating in this years festival. The weather was great and the weekend was wonderful.

See you again next year!

The shuttle bus service is being offered by donation and will collect guests in front of the Art of Being Green Projects’ office located at 99-B Dufferin Street, which is just behind the Wendy’s Restaurant on Highway 7.

On Friday, August 27th the bus will depart Perth at 6:00 p.m. and leave Middleville at 11:00 p.m. to return to Perth.

On Saturday, August 28th the bus will depart Perth at 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.  and leave Middleville  to return to Perth at 3:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.

Enjoy the weekend!

Only two more weeks remain until Fiddling at the Fairgrounds and the Fresh Air Festival! Tickets are available for purchase at Shadow Fax in Perth, Mill Music in Renfrew, Ouellette Farm in Middleville, and online.

Shuttle bus service will be offered from Perth by donation. The bus will collect passengers in front of the Art of Being Green Projects’ office located behind the Wendy’s restaurant on Dufferin Street.  The bus will leave Perth on Friday, August 27th  at 6:00 p.m. and will depart  Middleville at 11:00 p.m. to return to Perth. On Saturday, August 28th a bus will leave Perth at 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. and will depart Middleville to return to Perth at 3:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.

Learn more about festival highlights by clicking on the press release below.

Press Release: Festival Highlights

Press Release: EcoLogo Certification

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The Ribbet Review. First Edition. August 2010

The Menu Compiled by Neil Kudrinko Includes:

Grilled Tempeh Burgers on a Kaiser Roll (Noble Bean, McDonald’s Corner)

Roast Beed au Jus on a Kaiser Roll (Dunbrae Farm, Almonte)

Hand Made Pork Sausage on a Bun (Tim Tobin, Westport)

Bison Burgers on a Kaiser Roll (Battle River Bison, Perth)

Curried Chicken and Organic Cous Cous Salad (Chicken from Alpenblick Farm, Ashton)

Fresh Potato Salad (Blue Chicory Garden, Lanark Highlands)

Fresh Coleslaw (Sands Produce, Battersea and Blue Chicory Garden, Lanark Highlands)

Fresh Traditional Greek Salad (Sunharvest Greenhouse, Glenburnie/ Sands Produce, Battersea/ Alpenblick Farm, Ashton)

Organic Brown Rice Salad with Local Vegetables (Blue Chicory Garden, Lanark Highlands/ Sands Produce, Battersea)

Fresh Air Festival – “It’s All About the Food”

For more information about these exciting events please click on the press release below.

Fiddling & Fresh Air – A New Focus to Being Green!

The date of the Annual General Meeting is Monday April 12th at 7:00 p.m. The agenda for the meeting includes a review of the corporation’s activities for the past year, the presentation of the By-Law Number 1, a financial report and the election of the Board of Directors for the coming year. Anyone wishing to become a member of the Art of Being Green Projects with voting rights at the Annual General Meeting can do so by signing in at the meeting. Members must be aged 18 years or over and must be present to exercise a vote.

For further information, please contact our Interim President, Roberta (Bobby) Clarke, at 613-256-9424 or email us at green@artofbeinggreen.ca.

In order to ensure the long term sustainability of the Art of Being Green Festival and with the agreement of the municipality, the organizing committee undertook the process of incorporation in late 2008. The organization received incorporated status as the Art of Being Green Projects in August of 2009. The Art of Being Green Projects is a stand-alone, not-for-profit corporation run by volunteers. The corporation will operate year-round with a variety of environmental and energy-focused workshops and other activities as well as the well-known summer festival. We have applied for charitable status and are awaiting the completion of that process.

Major restructuring procedures are now underway. The development of a long-term plan as well as operating policies and procedures has taken a priority role over the past nine months. These planning procedures as well as our fundraising efforts need to take priority in our volunteer efforts at the present time. As a result the Art of Being Green volunteer planning committee has made the difficult decision not to hold the regular July weekend festival in 2010. Instead, we are in the midst of planning an end of summer event on August 27 and 28 which will include a component called “Fiddling at the Fairgrounds” as well as an al-fresco 100 mile lunch, family entertainment and environmental activities. Watch our website www.artofbeinggreen.ca and the media for more details of this event in the weeks to come.

We have been and will be continuing to organize workshops and smaller projects throughout the year and a calendar of events is available on our website. The full Art of Being Green summer festival will return in July 2011 at the Middleville Fairgrounds as a stronger, fully sustainable event and we look forward to welcoming back all our partners, visitors, and exhibitors at that time.

The Art of Being Green Projects appreciates all the support and enthusiasm shown by our various participants over the past six years. With this new phase of our operation, we plan to provide ongoing year-round opportunities to promote environmental initiatives and sustainable practices with all of our partners. If anyone has ideas for workshops or events for consideration by the Art of Being Green Projects or partnering opportunities, we welcome you to contact us at green@artofbeinggreen.ca.