Environmentally minded members of Norwalks business community revived the networking event, Green Drinks. The group draws a diverse crowd, from those who incorporate sustainable practices into their company operations to local representatives from major organizations such as the Sierra Club, said Daphne Dixon who helped coordinate the event.
Part of the discussion on Wednesday evening was Live Green Connecticut! a two-day family festival planned for September that will promote green living. Many of the participants who attended Green Drinks will be supporting or exhibiting at the festival, said Dixon.
We plan to promote home energy audits to help people conserve on home heating bills, said Patrice Gillespie of the Connecticut Chapter of the Sierra Club. Gillespie had with her discount coupons that she will distribute at the festival in September.
First started in Norwalk in 2004 by local business owner Remy Chevalier, the casual group is part of an international effort to network among like-minded business people. Green Drinks meets at 6 p.m. on the first Wednesday of the month at Papaya Thai on Marshall Street, Norwalk.
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