- Green Drinks
Green Drinks is an informal networking event where environmentally minded people meet over drinks. Started in
London in 1989, by Edwin Datschefski and friends, it has spread to 51 cities in theUnited Kingdom , 223 in the U.S. and many more inCanada ,Germany ,Poland ,Sweden , theNetherlands ,Japan , New Zealand,Australia ,Chile andPuerto Rico . As of March 2008, there are 350 Green Drink Chapters worldwide.The New York City Chapter was founded by Margaret Lydecker in July 2002 and is the largest global chapter with 10,000 members. The December 2007 Holiday Party, marked the largest Green Drinks event in New York City to date with a 900+ person record attendance, which was covered by CNN. Green Drinks NYC has an average attendance of 400 people held at different venues around Manhattan and has been a big cataylst for connectivity, community, collaboration and change in the environmental sector in New York and beyond.Margaret has made significant contributions to the growth and expansion of Green Drinks chapters around the world personally helping to start or influence 100+ chapters including a chapter in Kabul Afganistan and is the USA point person for Green Drinks.
As of 15 February 2007, Melbourne, Australia holds the record for the [http://www.o2australia.org/greendrinks world's biggest Green Drinks] . Over 1700 people attended an event held on the first evening of the city's 2008 [http://slf.org.au/festival Sustainable Living Festival] .
ee also
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Biotech Tuesday [http://www.biotechtuesday.com/]
*Café Scientifique External links
* [http://www.greendrinks.org Green Drinks website]
* [http://www.biothinking.com/greendrinks/index.php?country=New%20Zealand&city=New%20Zealand New Zealand Green Drinks website]
* [http://greendrinkscharleston.blogspot.com Green Drinks Charleston website]
* [http://www.stlgreendrinks.org St. Louis Missouri USA Green Drinks website]
* [http://www.ashevillegreendrinks.com Asheville North Carolina USA Green Drinks website]
* [http://blog.greendrinksmalta.org/ Green Drinks Malta website]
* [http://greendrinks.rhonddacynontaff.org Green Drinks Rhondda Cynon Taff]
* [http://www.o2.org O2 global network on sustainable design. Find local groups and contacts with their o2 Meetings and o2 Drinks]
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