D.C.’s Local Eco-Green Product Store Shines at International Green Festival
Washington, D.C. hosts world’s largest environmental expo this weekend

WASHINGTON, D.C. – When the world’s largest environmental expo comes to town this weekend, the district’s own Eco-Green Living store will be showcased as the region’s premiere green business.

Eco-Green Living (formerly Future Green), opened by native Washingtonians Keith and Donna Ware early this year, is an organic and fair-trade home and family store. The Logan Circle mainstay attracts shoppers from across the metro area looking for everything from energy-saving water heaters and solar powered roof fans to non-toxic paints and organic clothing.

The store’s popularity has boomed; so much so that its revenues have jumped 20 percent in eight months. The company has garnered support from political and business leaders such as Democratic Mayoral Nominee Adrian Fenty and Co-op America Executive Director Alisa Gravitz.

“Eco-Green Living is becoming a way of life in the D.C. area,” said Keith Ware, owner of Eco-Green Living. “Our store is the place to buy the most innovative products in the world from the sustainable marketplace. Every day we sell to new entrepreneurs, families, and individuals committed to doing good and saving money.”

In addition to walk-in customers, such venerable D.C. institutions as Friends of the National Zoo (FONZ) are also using products sold by Eco-Green Living. FONZ, which operates the National Zoo’s stores, will feature a dozen of Eco-Green Living’s sustainably harvested bamboo display shelves in its newly renovated Asia Trail gift shop in the Zoo’s Visitor Center.

“Every day we encourage our visitors and members to be environmentally friendly,” said FONZ spokesman Matt Olear. “We want to walk the talk and set an example by purchasing eco-friendly materials. Using Eco-Green Living’s products allows us to achieve that goal while supporting a local company and helping to build a regional green economy.”

Eco-Green Living supplies a growing number of home building and re-modeling contractors. An expanded green home show room opens this winter. During the two-day Green Festival, Eco-Green Living will raffle home and building products with a combined value of more than $6,000.

Tickets for the Green Festival, held at the Washington, D.C. Convention Center, are a budget-friendly $15 per person.

The Green Festival is a joint project of two national nonprofit organizations, Global Exchange and Co-Op America. The expo brings together local and national socially responsible businesses, environmental, social justice, and community organizations, and up to 25,000 participants for two days of events.

For more information on Eco-Green Living visit www.eco-greenliving.com

For information on the Green Festival in Washington, D.C., see www.greenfestivals.org.

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