GreenStock08 24th August
10.30am-7pm
FREE ENTRY
NORCA and the Green Grocers presents GreenStock08. It will be take place at Heigham Park, Norwich. It’s bigger and better than last year with more music, workshops, kids entertainment and eco stalls. It was a fantastic day last year. You can see more on last year here. GreenStock08 is sponsored by Toyota Dingles and Anglia Printing Services.
Main Stage sponsored by Cut your Carbon
A fantastic line that includes: a local string quartet; Folk from Andrew Kircham and Misto; Brazilian music from Rabo de Foguete; Cuban music from Guateque; pop from Sargasso Trio and country fusion from The Vagaband.
Local poets will read in between the bands.
Climate Change Question Time
At 1pm we will stage the Climate Change Question with Councillors Andrew Little (Conservative, Leader of Norwich Conservatives); Brian Morrey (Labour, Deputy Leader of Norwich City Council); April Pond (Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Spokesperson for Broadland); Adrian Ramsey (Green Party candidate for Norwich South Constituency, Leader of the Greens at Norwich City Council) – demand answers from them…
Childrens Marquee
Booja Booja are sponsoring the Children’s marquee with activities ranging from face painting; yoga; early years music, and theatre.
Arts Marquee
Alex and Amy’s Photography Workshop is in the morning followed by The Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts offering a Childrens arts workshop between 2-5pm;
Health Marquee
Do skipping with Skip Hop, yoga and shiatsu in the Health Marquee.
Speakers Corner
Participate in the Speakers Corner with Gardners question time, Nutrition Q & A with Glenn Matten, discuss preparing for life without oil with Transition Norwich or ask a question about recycling.
Food & Drink Zone sponsored by Adnams.
Perhaps you just want to soak up the atmosphere and eat some organic and locally sourced food and drink some carbon neutral beer .
We have a great range of local ice creams, vegetarian foods, a BBQ provided by Metfield Bakery, teas and cakes and a Bar run by The Green Grocers
Stalls
Stalls include: City Car Club; Cut Your Carbon ; Norwich Friends of the Earth; Energy Saving Trust; Ecotricity; Norfolk Solar; Recycle for Norwich;
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And Finally…The GreenStock Competition
We have a fantastic GreenStock08 competition with five prizes: a First Class Family Return ticket to London; three £50 off vouchers towards a booking of a country cottage in Mundesley and one £50 gift voucher for The Green Grocers. To enter…
Look on www.beachcottagenorfolk.co.uk, see the customer feedback and tell us who does Mr B from London feel like he is turning into? (TIP: you’ll need to look beyond the front page)
If you think you know, email us at [email protected] . Winners will be announced one week after GreenStock08 on Sunday 30th August. Lucky winners will be informed of their prizes via email.
Your email address will be shared with The Green Grocers and NORCA who notify you of events and offers from time to time. If you do not wish to receive emails from The Green Grocers or NORCA please state on the email “no third party emails, please”
GreenStock is a not-for-profit event for the local community. Any surplus will be reinvested into the following year’s event. NORCA and The Green Grocers would like to thank all those individuals, bands, charities and firms that have made this event possible.
