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The festival runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the Wilton Town Green and at the Wilton Library. The event promises to showcase individuals, nonprofit organizations and businesses that "offer ideas or products that are in keeping with Wilton Go Green’s mission of educating the community in achieving a culture of conservation and environmental sustainability," according to a press release.
"Our 2014 exhibitors will appeal to the entire family," representatives said. "Exciting highlights for the Festival include a visit from Atka, the Wolf Conservation Center’s ambassador wolf, sponsored by Deloitte, as well as theWestport Electric Car Club Rally and a variety of live music throughout the day."
More than 60 informative, fun exhibits and activities related to sustainable building and energy, food, land and water, waste, recycling and transportation will be on display, according to the release. The following is a listing of confirmed exhibitors who will be at the festival:
- Ambler Farm
- Animate My Face
- Apple Blossom School
- Arbonne
- Bankwell
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwestern Connecticut
- Bright Horizons
- Bruce Bennett Nissan
- Connecticut Chapter of the Northeast Organic Farming Association
- City Carting
- Community Energy
- Community Plates
- Comstock Renovation Building Committee – Town of Wilton
- 3Degrees/Northeast Clean Power
- Dales Organics
- From Farm to Market
- GOOD Morning Wilton
- Honda of Westport
- Izzi B’s Allergen-Free Bakery
- Kaiser-Battistone
- Little People Big Changes
- Middlebrook Recycling Club
- Miller-Driscoll Building Committee
- Molly and Murphy All Natural Irish Horse and Dog Biscuits
- NYR Organic
- Natural Awakenings, Fairfield County
- New England Smart Energy
- Next Step Living
- Nod Hill Soap
- Norwalk River Valley Trail
- Norwalk River Watershed Association
- Norwalk River Watershed Initiative
- Outdoor Sports
- People’s United Bank
- Planet Fuel
- PurePoint Energy
- Realty Seven
- Recycling Creation Station
- Renewal By Andersen
- Ring’s End
- Shaklee
- Skinny Pines
- Southern Yankee
- Star 99.9
- Verengo Solar
- Weir Farm National Historic Site
- Westport Electric Car Club
- Wildlife in Crisis
- Wilton Congregational Church
- Wilton Conservation Commission
- Wilton Energy Commission
- Wilton Family YMCA
- Wilton High School Recycling Club
- Wilton Land Conservation Trust
- Winters Brothers Waste Systems, Connecticut
- Woodcock Nature Center
Special events include Peter McDowell, Wilton Steel, Carter Vail, The Four, Grey Rocks, the Westport Electric Car Club Rally, Atka the Wolf and more. There will be events on the Wilton Town Green and at the Wilton Library all day.
To learn more about the festival, residents can visit the Wilton Go Green website.
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