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Connect Beauty: Making the Connection Between Sustainability Health and Style
Nov 18 2010 - 7:00pm
Location
WHEN @ The Centre for Social Innovation
215 Spadina Avenue Suite 400
Toronto, ON M5T 2C7Canada
Phone:
416-928-0880
Fax:
416-644-0116
43° 39' 2.8764" N, 79° 23' 48.912" W
See map: Google Maps
On Thursday, Nov. 18, Fashion Takes Action and Women's Healthy Environments Network (WHEN) are pleased to present CONNECT BEAUTY: Making the Connection Between Sustainability Health and Style -- an opportunity to have fun and celebrate your inner beauty. Join us for an evening filled with local food and drink, stylish eco-friendly fashion and hands-on activities. Meet knowledgeable entrepreneurs who can show you how enhancing your beauty doesn't have to come at the cost of your environment or your exposure to harmful toxins. The evening will also feature models profiling work of local designers that know that you can be stylish and good for our planet at the same time.
Contact name:
Marie Lorenzo
Contact email:
ConnectHome
Nov 5 2009 - 6:30pm
Nov 5 2009 - 9:30pm
Location
Centre for Social Innovation
215 Spadina Avenue Suite 400
Toronto, ON M6H 2L9Canada
Phone:
416-970-7393
43° 40' 29.0856" N, 79° 26' 45.456" W
See map: Google Maps
Join WHEN for a great night at the Center for Social Innovation.
• Hands-on demos - making personal and household cleaners
• Shiatsu Massage available
• Refreshments provided
• Win non-toxic alternative door prizes
• Drop-off of toxic household products for safe disposal
• Enjoy an evening mingling and sampling wines and finger foods, while learning about how to avoid toxins at home
Featured Speakers:
Bruce Lourie, co-author of Canadian Bestseller
"Slow Death by Rubber Duck"
Leslie Garrett, national award-winning journalist,
editor, and author of "The Virtuous Consumer"
Contact name:
Marie Lorenzo
Contact email: