Sunday, April 24, 2011

Earth Day Festival 3: Materialism



Ironies abounded at the event, including the municipal flower beds in the Plaza being imprisoned so that the hordes (who never really showed up) wouldn't trample them.



There were compensations, such as the Living Roof flower bed on display...



...natural garden designers hawking their wares...



...and northern county natural material furniture makers...



...putting up with crazy people sitting on their earthen sofas.



There were also young people hawking their wares, such as hipster jewelry...



...Amazonian rainforest protection groups...



...and Tesla electric cars...



...which seemed to freak out the woman above.



Religious End of the World cultists also made an appearance to remind everyone that materialistic concerns are unimportant, an odd bit of crossover between conservative right-wing Christian millenialists and radical, progressive Cassandras.

For a great musical footnote to the event, check out the video of neighbor and fellow blogger Diane Harrigan here.

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