Decatur's First Annual Greenfest!

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Recycled Life
This Oscar nominated short documentary will be screened at the Decatur Library this Thursday evening, a preliminary event for the Green Fest. The film, created by producer Mike Glad and director Leslie Iwerks, tells the story of the families living on the Guatemala City garbage dump, and the organization, Safe Passage, that created a school for the children there. The screenings will be followed by a panel discussion featuring Safe Passage representatives and experts on related environmental issues.

Join us this week for Decatur's first annual Green Fest!

Saturday, May 2
3 pm
On Decatur Square

Live music
Green vendors
(Look for Mingei!)
Organic food
Rain barrel auction-- and more!


10% of Mingei's booth sales to benefit Safe Passage
(see below!)

For more on the Green Fest, click here.

Dear Mingei friends,

The pollen has dropped and the thermometer has risen and it is spring in Decatur! Please remember us as you shop for gifts and cards for Mother's Day, graduations, spring weddings and showers. We are full of goodies and more is coming almost every day!

Mark your calendars now, too, for the Decatur Arts Festival on Memorial Day weekend. Our featured Art Walk artist for Friday, May 22 is Sally Wylde, Decatur artist and gardener extraordinaire! More on that as we get closer--

Come out and enjoy spring in Decatur. Lunch at Leon's Full Service begins May 8!

Thanks for your support!

Ellen and Ann
Mingei World Arts

Thursday, April 30, from 7:30-9:30pm. Doors open at 7pm.
Where: Decatur Library Auditorium, Georgia Center for the Book at DeKalb County Public Library, 215 Sycamore Street, Decatur, GA.
Details: We'll screen Recycled Life, the Oscar-nominated short documentary created by producer Mike Glad and director Leslie Iwerks, along with a new short film about Safe Passage's Adult Literacy Program.

To learn more about Safe Passage, click here.


One man's trash...
Daryn Kagan
Featured for Greenfest:
An assortment of fun, funky, clean bags made of recycled polyethylene bags from the streets of Delhi and the city dump! Conserve India, a non-profit organization, trains and pays the city's ragpickers to collect, sort and grade the plastic. The plastic is then recycled into these beautifully made, sturdy bags-- using no colors or dyes, just creatively combining the colors of the trash to produce their fantastic designs!

Messenger bags, totes, shoulder bags, luggage tags- a limited selection available this weekend at Greenfest!

Mingei World Arts
427 Church Street
Decatur, Georgia 30030
Mingei World Arts