Activist groups, 400 exhibitors and 150 speakers gathered
in Washington, D.C., Saturday and Sunday for the Green
Festival, an event catered to environmentally conscientious
residents in D.C., Maryland and Virginia.
Speakers at the two-day event that attracted 24,000
people last October included former presidential candidate
Ralph Nader, who urged Americans to rally to prevent the
individual’s wants and needs from being overlooked by
corporate United States and its politics.
Saturday’s main-stage speaker was Frances Moore Lapp