Eco Design Fair

This Fall 2009, the Eco Design Fair will focus on bringing together a growing eco-conscious community in Shanghai. The fair aims to collectively turn ideas into action through a full day of educational workshops, prominent speakers, exchanges with eco-conscious designers and service providers. A fun filled day is planned for families and friends to also relax and enjoy live music, BBQ, activities for kids whilst browsing the latest products from eco-conscious designers and companies in Shanghai.

The activities and services will include the following throughout the day:

• ecoDesign products for living and healthy lifestyle
• ecoServices
• ecoFresh Farmer’s Market
• ecoWorkshops
• ecoKids Corner
• ecoEducational information
• ecoFashionshow brought to you by fashion forward eco-trendsetters in Shanghai
• ecoKeynote Speaker
• ecoNGO’s
• ecoConscious community interaction and networking
• launch of second edition of Greener Magazine

The Eco Design Fair exists to advance the sustainable design movement in Shanghai and build community awareness and action around environmental issues as well as provide solutions for healthy sustainable lifestyle. The Eco Design Fair is the original bi-annual fair providing the community the opportunity to network, exchange ideas and be part of a growing eco-conscious movement in Shanghai.

The Eco Design Fair Fall 2009 will return to URBN Hotel, the first carbon neutral hotel in China. Centrally located in Jing An District and is easily accessible by car, foot, bicycle and metro. The expected attendance is over 800 visitors from Shanghai community and media. The Eco Design Fair attracts a full spectrum of visitors from leaders in sustainable industry to novice recyclers, students, families and multi-national buyers.

This year, the fair vendor criteria has been enhanced and all products and services on display and/or for sale have been evaluated based on the GIGA Pur Life Cycle Analysis, to ensure products or services at the Eco Design Fair either promote environmental responsibility or contribute to a sustainable future through design, construction and operation.

Founder, Sponsors and Proceeds

Sherry Poon, owner of Wobabybasics, an organic children’s apparel company based in Shanghai, founded the Eco Design Fair in Spring of 2008. With a growing community interest in organic and healthy sustainable living, she saw a potential to bring together the companies in the industry and the community.

Her passion is to grow the community awareness through the Eco Design Fair and provide easy access to sustainable design products, services and expert advice from industry leaders to the general public. Key sponsors and organizers now include a board of advisors from A00, GIGA, Nest, Wobabybasics, LiveGreen, Naked Retreats and Woigreen.

Net proceeds from this event will benefit Roots & Shoots Shanghai and their Million Tree Project in Ku Lun Qi, Tong Liao municipality in Inner Mongolia. Roots & Shoots Shanghai is a non-profit organization that is committed to the understanding and preservation of wildlife and our living world through the education and empowerment of our youth. The proceeds from previous events have resulted in donating over 270 trees to this program.

For further information on the Eco Design Fair Fall 2009, please see the contact details below.

Date : Saturday, October 17, 2009
Time : 10am- 5pm
Place : URBN Hotel, 183 Jiao Zhou Road, Jing An District, Shanghai
FREE ADMISSION
General Contact
Sherry Poon +86 13162441598
Trine Targett +86 13916399886
Danielle Huang +86 13651935012 (Chinese press)
nihao@ecodesignfair.cn
www.ecodesignfair.cn