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SUMMARY:Green Roots Festival
DESCRIPTION:GREEN ROOTS FESTIVAL – a public celebration of environme
 ntal action and an afterparty for Bike-A-Thon riders!\nJune 6th, 2010\
 nBikes Not Bombs’ 3rd annual Green Roots Festival will celebrate sus
 tainable urban living in a park that was only saved from becoming a hi
 ghway by the grassroots efforts of local communities. Cheer heroic Bik
 e-A-Thon riders (or be one yourself) as they return from their ride to
  an outdoor gathering of environmental organizations, neighbors, and f
 riends: featuring live street bands, food, artisans, and thoughtful co
 ntent on issues of environmental sustainability. Come on out, Noon to 
 5:30, in the park in front of the Stony Brook T station, Boylston Stre
 et, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130. See www.bikesnotbombs.org or call 617-522
 -0222.\n\n\nINTERACTIVE STREET\nAt the Green Roots Festival, Boylston 
 Street in front of the Stony Brook T station will be closed to cars, a
 nd instead will become an interactive bicycle zone. Come out and test
  ride a variety of bikes, cargo-carrying bike trailers, and family cyc
 ling options such as trail-a-bikes and kid trailers. Ride through a te
 mporary installation of bike lane and separated cycle-track to learn h
 ow these ideas are changing Boston now and can do more in the future (
 separated cycle tracks are common in Europe but not well known in Amer
 ica). This exhibit is especially timely as Jamaica Plain has just got
 ten the approval for its first bike lanes coming in 2010.  Pin the bi
 ke lane on Boston, in a game designed to bring more public participati
 on into the planning of where bike lanes will change Boston next.  Bi
 kes Not Bombs Bike Shop, the T-Riders Union, Walk Boston, Livable Stre
 ets, and the Boston Cyclists Union will all be on the street to run th
 ese activities and talk with festival-goers.\n\nEXHIBITORS\nTry out a 
 pedal-powered corn sheller and grinder plus other pedal-powered machin
 es, brought by the MIT D-Lab and based on designs from a group in Guat
 emala that receives bike shipments from BNB. Talk with environmental a
 nd social justice activists and vendors, from Clean Water Action, to h
 erbal remedies, Boston's Backyard Poultry Group, Boston Climate Action
  Network, Centro Presente, and many more.\n\nSCHEDULE - MUSIC AND SPEA
 KERS\n\n12:00 - 1:00  Incus (world tribal rock, powered by bicycle ge
 nerator)\n\n1:10 - 1:55   Opposite People (afrobeat, powered by bicyc
 le generator)\n\n1:55 - 2:15  Speeches\n- Bob Terrell, from the On Th
 e Move Coalition (of transportation groups, from public transit to bic
 ycles and walking)\n\n2:15 - 3:15   Marcus Santos w/ Bloco AfroBraz
 il (all-drum samba dance music)\n\n3:15 - 3:35  La Piñata (youth da
 nce program from Spontaneous Celebrations)\n\n3:35 – 4:00   Speeche
 s\n- Taisha O'Bryant, from the T-Riders Union, of Alternatives for 
 Community and Environment, based in Dudley Square\n- Bikes Not Bombs t
 een Youth Instructors\n\n4:00 - 4:30   Branches Steel Pan Orchestra (
 Caribbean dance rhythms from Dorchester)\n\n4:30 - 4:45  Speeches\n- 
 Sam Wechsler, Bikes Not Bombs, Executive Director\n- David Branigan, 
 Bikes Not Bombs, International Programs Director\n- Raffle winners\n\n
 4:45 - 5:30  Branches Steel Pan Orchestra\n\nFor more information vis
 it http://neighborsforneighbors.org/events/green-roots-festival
DTSTART:20100606T160000Z
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CATEGORIES:public, environmental, festival
LOCATION:Stony Brook T station, park
WEBSITE:http://bikesnotbombs.org/bat10
URL:http://bikesnotbombs.org/bat10
CONTACT:617-522-0222
ORGANIZER;CN="Bikes Not Bombs":http://neighborsforneighbors.org/profil
 e/ArikGrier
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ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Bikes No
 t Bombs":http://neighborsforneighbors.org/profile/ArikGrier
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