"Weber’s influences for the festival combine her wide variety of interests. As the executive director for Foundation for a Green Future, Weber encourages communities to adopt green roofs onto their homes and businesses, but her larger vision of creating sustainable communities is embodied in the festival. In addition to hosting a Green Film Fest, a Green Town Meeting and a variety of green events, entertainment will include everything from an environmental rapper, to a Kung Fu demonstration."

from The Sustainable Urbanite
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"Locally, environmental justice activists are working to recruit Bostonians for the green movement. This weekend, City Hall Plaza will host the second annual Boston Greenfest, a collection of performances and workshops being billed as the city’s largest-ever effort to teach residents how they can (and why they should) reduce their carbon footprint."

from The Bay State Banner
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"Event organizer Jory Squibb, who in 2005 fused two Honda motor scooters to create a fuel-efficient microcar called “Moonbeam,’’ said the message he hopes the One Gallon Challenge sends is that 100-mile-per-gallon cars are not impossible to build. The technology is there, he said; all that’s needed “are gutsy entrepreneurs and gutsy buyers.’’ "

from Boston.com
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Other Articles about Boston GreenFest:
The Boston Globe
The Phoenix
aboutanywhere.com
Ryan's Smashing Life