Attention Expectant and New Parents (and Grandparents!): the Green Power Baby Shower Expo is Coming to Seattle.First Annual Event to Feature Eco-Friendly Products and Gift Ideas Plus an Educational Lunch Featuring Dr. Alan Greene, Nationally-Recognized "Raising Baby Green" Author and Pediatrician SEATTLE -- The Green Power Baby Shower A baby shower is a party in which expectant parents receive gifts for their expected or born child. By convention, a baby shower is intended to help parents get items that they need for their baby, such as baby clothes. Expo is coming to the downtown Seattle Downtown is the central business district of Seattle, Washington. It is fairly compact compared to other city centers on the West Coast because of its geographical situation: hemmed in on the north and east by hills, on the west by Elliott Bay, and on the south by reclaimed land Sheraton Hotel from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Saturday, May 3, 2008. Admission is free to everyone interested in shopping for Green/sustainable/organic products for babies, expectant and new parents, and children. Information about the expo can be found at www.greenpowerbabyshower.com. The Green Power Baby Shower features a luncheon presentation by Dr. Alan Greene, author of Raising Baby Green: The Earth-Friendly Guide to Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Baby Care and a pediatric pediatric /pe·di·at·ric/ (pe?de-at´rik) pertaining to the health of children. pe·di·at·ric adj. Of or relating to pediatrics. expert on WebMD. The Chair Elect of The Organic Center, Dr. Greene is a practicing pediatrician at Stanford University's Packard Children's Hospital A children's hospital is a hospital which offers its services exclusively to children. The number of children's hospitals proliferated in the 20th century, as pediatric medical and surgical specialties separated from internal medicine and adult surgical specialties. . He also provides Green parenting information on his website at www.drgreene.com. Tickets are $65 each for the organic-menu luncheon, which runs from noon-1:30 p.m. A portion of the proceeds from this event will be donated to the Institute for Children's Environmental Health (www.iceh.org) based in Freeland, Wash., a nonprofit educational organization working to reduce and ultimately eliminate environmental exposures that can undermine the health of current and future generations. The Green Power Baby Shower is sponsored by Green for Good (www.greenforgood.com) a recently launched Green web hub A business-to-business Web site for a particular industry. It provides a meeting ground for buyers and sellers in a specific field, and rather than being advertising based, may charge a transaction fee for each purchase. Also known as a vertical portal, or "vortal." See vertical portal. that provides information, community, shopping, and marketing services for individuals, businesses and organizations interested in adopting a more environmentally friendly Environmentally friendly, also referred to as nature friendly, is a term used to refer to goods and services considered to inflict minimal harm on the environment.[1] lifestyle. |
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