New York

Go Green Expo 2009, New York

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The Go Green Expo in New York, organized by Bradford Rand, took place on April 8-19 at the Hilton in NYC. While I saw numerous inspiring exhibitors selling all kinds of green goods and services from green job training to make-up, my two favorite vendors were Mr. Ellie Pooh (mrelliepooh.com) who make paper from elephant poop, thereby saving the lives of elephants in Sri lanka who would otherwise be killed for eating people’s rice paddies, and also reuseniks.com (reuseniks.com) who sells reusable dry-cleaning garment bags so you don’t have to take a plastic one every time—so simple yet so brilliant.

Speakers at the Expo included Mariel Hemingway, the Lazy Environmentalist Josh Dorfman, renowned eco-journalist Jim Motavalli, Ken Rother of Treehugger, Sarah Beatty of Green Depot, and even Nigel Barker the photographer who has dedicated his talents to documenting the issue of government sanctioned Canadian seal slaughter.

Of all the speakers, the one I found most inspiring was Mattie Kahn of Teens Turning Green (teensturninggreen.org), a young woman who spoke with remarkable confidence and passion about her groups’ activities to raise awareness among teens, through such efforts as a green proms campaign. She said a small group of representatives planned on going to Albany to lobby for a bill to ban Styrofoam—good luck Mattie!

For more info see gogreenexpo.com

Brian Howard, Daily Green, Seth Leitman, author of "Build Your Own Electric Vehicle", and others discuss emerging battery technology
(R-L) Seth Leitman, author of "Build Your Own Electric Vehicle", Andy Neal, a friend, and Brian Howard, Daily Green, discuss emerging battery technology
Dennis from PA with a reusable dry-clean bag
Dennis from PA with a reusable dry-clean bag

WISE, the Women’s Initiative for a Sustainable Earth

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Me & Christie Brinkley
Me & Christie Brinkley

WISE- The Women’s Initiative for a Sustainable Earth

The 1st New York Women’s Conference for Sustainability was held at the end of March in Southampton, NY and I was honored to join Christie Brinkley and other dedicated women as part of a panel discussing what inspires me as an activist. Many shared unique stories about how they came around to activism, and I emphasized that activism can be big or small—start with the people in your daily life (non-judgementally, of course) and then take it to bigger involvement. The panel covered many topics including energy conservation, reducing toxins in our homes, and radiation from nuclear power plants.

Thank you to Dorothy Reilly for organizing this inspiring event.

 

Me on the Wise panel
Me on the WISE panel

 

 

Welcome

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WELCOME TO BETH FITENI’S BLOG.
I am a Maltese- American, vegetarian, environmental advocate and feminist from New York, who also sings and writes and speaks a little spanish, and works to make the world a better place. I just won the Long Island Business News’ Top 40 under 40 for 2008! Yay!

Prius Snobs


http://current.com/e/77154392/en_US
http://current.com/items/77154392_prius-snobs.htm

This is a short video a friend and I made to submit for a Prius advertisement contest on Current TV (Al Gore’s station). We didn’t win but I still think it was great! I riffed on the idea that people think Prius owners are smug. : )