Guest Author - Jennifer L. Thompson

Co-op America is currently sponsoring a sweepstakes in cooperation with its Green Festival, the "party with purpose" that travels to different cities around the U.S. to promote eco-friendly living, social justice, green business, and more. This sweepstakes is open to residents of the continental United States, who are at least eighteen years of age, certain restrictions apply (employees excluded, etc.).

The Green Festival in Seattle, Washington is the the main event for this Grand Prize, so the winner and guest must be available to travel for three days and two nights to attend this festival at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center, on April 12th and 13th, 2008. The festival will include over three hundred exhibits, with over one hundred and fifty speakers on various subjects running the gamut of green living.

The Grand Prize will also include round-trip airfare, two nights stay at the Kimpton Hotel (a green place to stay), dinner at Flora (an organic cafe), bus passes to get around the city, and once at the event you will be able to meet some of the speakers and some of the Co-op America people.

To enter online follow the link at the bottom of this article and fill out a short, two-question survey. One entry per person or email address is allowed for the online method only, with additional entries earned for referring friends. If you would like to send in a postal entry, you may enter as many times as you wish, with each entry counting as three. For this method, send a 3 x 5 card hand printed with your name, complete address, telephone number, and date of birth to:

Co-op America
Green Getaway
1612 K Street NW, Suite 600
Washington DC 20006

Entries must be postmarked by the sweepstakes end date of February 15, 2008, and must be received by February 22, 2008. The approximate retail value of this prize is $2,000.

Should yours not happen to be the winning entry, yet you'd still like to attend the festival, other cities to be included in the tour are:

Chicago Green Festival - May 17 & 18, 2008

Washington D.C. Green Festival - November 8 & 9, 2008

San Francisco Green Festival - November 14 - 16, 2008