Saturday’s Green Living Festival has new venue

The seventh annual Green Living Festival has a new venue.

The sustainable-living event is set for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Nature Conservancy’s River Fork Ranch on Genoa Lane.

“The new venue is a beautiful place that allowed us to plan some outdoor programs we couldn’t do at the old venue, and to reduce our exhibitor fees,” board member Vicki Bates said in a news release.

One track of programs will be held outdoors: a guided hike of the ranch by the Carson Valley Trails Association, a hoop house, low tunnel building demonstrations, a LEED building and constructed wetlands tour, and a Monarch butterfly search.

Another track will be held in the Whit Hall Interpretive Center: making clean, safe household products, incorporating a fishery (aquaculture) into your backyard gardening, biofuels, improving plant growth and quality, conservation easements and the kickoff to a yearlong 20 percent energy challenge.

Admission to the event and workshops is free. The event is hosted by the Sustainable Living & Renewable Energy Roundup and sponsored by NV Energy, Nature Conservancy, Douglas Disposal, Carson Valley Inn and Whole Foods.

For more information, go to www.green livingfest.org or contact Katherine Winans at jkw@gbis.com or 775-267-0539.