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The Seeds of Hope for The Environment Took Root at the ALIVE! Expo Green Pavilion/MixMedia Oscar Lounge

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ALIVE! Expo Green Pavilion/MixMedia Luxury Lounge hosted another amazing green gift suite event, where fun and environmental awareness integrated seamlessly to show how Hollywood’s most environmentally aware stars in their own special ways came out to support our planet through endorsing the health and wellness goodies of the refreshingly conscious sponsors the Green Pavilion Luxury Lounge.

Alive Expo

Special Visits

Harry Hamlin stopped by to visit hairstylist to the stars Jonathan and to pick up some of his favorite hair care products. Andrew Dice Clay (Celebrity Apprentice), was his usual charming self, giving vendors and guests alike a chuckle.

Andrew Dice Clay

Andrew Dice Clay

Other VIP guests such as Elisa Donovan (Clueless, Sabrina the Teenage Witch), Deanna Russo (Knight Rider), Heather Mazur, Zee James (Everybody Hates Chris), Maulik Pancholy (30 Rock), Natalia Cigliuti (TNT’s Raising the Bar), Sleepy Brown, Outkast, Marla Maples and her daughter Tiffany Trump, Cassidy Lehrman (Entourage), and lovely Andrea Schroder (Top Design) enjoyed learning about not only the products, but the causes of the organizations that provided these unique, innovative and environmentally aware products, such as the Acai bracelets which give back to the World Wildlife Fund and paintings by Elephants, which raises money for underprivileged children.
Elise Donavon (rt) with friend.

Elise Donavon (rt) with friend.

Paths to Wellness

WWF’s Acai Rainforest Bracelet: A win-win environmental initiative.

The Acai Rainforest Braçelet is a particularly interesting item: an eco-friendly product made from the seeds of the açai berry that is a nutritious fruit as well as a sustainable product of the Amazon rainforest. Each braçelet is handmade by indigenous people who support themselves by handcrafting ecological jewelry.

Greening Income for Indigenous People

The bracelet provides income for the indigenous people to support themselves as a positive greening alternative to practices that harm rainforests. For every braçelet sold, $1 is donated by Rainforest Native to the World Wildlife Fund www.WWF.org, a global leader in conservation.The Abundance of Health

Marla Maples and daughter Tiffany Trump stopped by and loved all the healthy goodies.
Marla Maples with daughter, Tiffany Trump.
H2O Magazine gave visitors an inside peek at its wellness for women magazine. H20 was also lavishing guests with other energizing delights such as hand massages, neck massages, make-up applications, and Wellness Consultations with Celebrity Fitness Expert Devon Kidd.

Saved with a Kiss

The ladies of Lipstick Bail Bonds with actor Kevin Sorbo.

Kevin Sorbo with the Lipstick Bail Bonds ladies!

Lipstick Bail Bonds www.lipstickbailbonds.org is committed to getting people out jail fast, with the most confidential and discrete personalized service possible, and offering free confidential bail advice.  According to the highest standards of discretion and professionalism, Lipstick Bail Bonds is committed to providing the fastest and most prompt bail bond services anyone could ever hope for. These dynamite gals are also bounty hunters. With a background in law enforcement, don’t let all their signature pink theme fool you!

The Dreams of an Angel

Dreams Can Come True (www.dcct.org) is a 501c non-profit charity founded by noted artist and angel Jemma Jacques, who turned her talent and passion into an extraordinary organization offering volunteer opportunities, hosting Dream workshops and selling art drawn by the unlikeliest of artists: elephants! Community support through art education.

Angel Jemma Jacques and artist Emma Ferreira

Angel Jemma Jacques and artist Emma Ferreira with a painting by an actual elephant...stunning!

Dreams Can Come True was founded in 2005 with the goal of providing inspiration, motivation and art education to people all around the world while helping remote tribes and villages, and works her magic raising funds to provide children with a decent place to sleep, healthy food and pure water. Ninety percent of the proceeds of the Elephant paintings go to elephant conservation and other Dreams Can Come True programs, which teach children skills such as art, music, dance, and self-empowerment.

Celeb guests

Health is Everything

At Gotwheatgrass.com www.gotwheatgrass.com, health is wealth.  Gotwheatgrass.com offers a multi-faceted variety of health and wellness products, including Wheatgrass Tea, 100% organic wheatgrass areonponically grown in purified oxygen which should be drunken two to three times a day; Kenko Takara pads to be applied to the bottom of one’s feet for 5 consecutive days, once a month; and a So Easy Skin Cleans for use every three months. 

Got Wheat Grass

The True Source of Wealth

The official nutrition for Nike NSSF Track and Field Events, Gotwheatgrass.com hasn’t forgotten that if you don’t have your health, it doesn’t matter how much money you have.

Chopra endorsed

Zrii www.zrii.com a product endorsed by Deeprak Chopra’s wellness center, as a “high quality, reliable formulation.” Its key ingredient is the rejuvenative fruit Amalaki, or emblica officinalist.

 

Ancient mysteries of the Amalaki

The Amalaki fruit has been held in high esteem by ayurvedic doctors for over 5000 years due to its rejuvenative qualities and anti-aging properties. It is now gaining acceptance in the scientific community after a multitude of studies demonstrating the health benefits of the Amalaki as a health source for over a decade.

Ingredients for Life

Made of pomegranate, pear, and grape juice, and rich in antioxidants, free-radical scavenging polyphenols, and bio-stable Vitamin C, Zrii offers a strategically balanced source of this ancient ayurvedic fruit.Experience New Life

SwivelheadsSwivelheads  www.swivelheads.com provides expertise in Experiential Training. Its main service is to build stronger leaders and teams, strategies, tactics, processes and revenue growth in an comprehensive all-inclusive experiential training action plan.

Proactivity Maximized

The company forms teams through “an aggressive and unconventional approach that is designed specifically to produce aggressive and unconventional results.” Through growth and caoching programs emphasizing the developing of leader and team performance, Swivelheads provides the most proactive solution for team formation and organizational advice. 

Aubrey Organics www.aubreyorganics.com natural hair, skin and body care provider is committed to protecting the earth, promoting the well-being of people, and nourishing the spirit. Their personal care and lifestyle products are all-natural, safe and effective.

Green and Fabulous

At Jonathan Hair Designs www.jonathanproduct.com, stylist to the stars Jonathan is offering an astonighing array of lightweight, alcohol free, paraben free hair products that preserve hair’s natural moisture moisten with the lastest in ionic technology. These products eliminate preservatives while offering the highest end hair care products.

Jonathan

Jonathan

Green Waterbottles

Earthlust www.Earthlust.com offers an attractive alternative to the short lasting plastic waterbottles proliferating our grass and recycle bins: a reusable stainless steel water bottle. Durable, environmentally friendly, and easy to carry around and very useful Earthlust’s bottle enables you to keep your system clean and keep the environment clean at the same time. These are no ordinary water bottles. EarthLust bottles are made from high quality #304 food grade stainless steel, a material which unlined is naturally safe. Best of all,  each bottle contains a custom design. In other words, there are no stock bottles. The limited edition logoed bottles are made with non-toxic paints and BPA free safe prolypropelene #5 caps, and come with a high quality carabineer and optional sports tops that are available for the 13 and 20 ounce sizes. Available at a store near you, every bottle is a keeper, helping to eliminate waste and offering a safe and stylish way to keep a cold beverage at arm’s length at all times.Munchies and Missions

Explorer’s Bounty (www.explorersbounty.com) is committed to making the earth we all share a better place to live. Its mission is to search the world over for “earth-friendly, extraordinary products that help preserve the environment.”

Green programming

At the same time, the organization actively seeks out environmental initiatives such as organizing farmers and pollution reduction and waste reduction programs to implement environmental preservation. Explorer’s Bounty is committed to the relentless pursuit of sustainable alternatives and finding ever greener options in our daily routines and the products we consume.

The Dome is where Their Heart Is

Dome Inc. www.domeincorporated.com/index.htmlis, an energy efficient, geodesic company offers geodesic domes for all uses, including as a house, home master bedroom suite or cabin; a garage, shop, or farm building; a park shelter, jungle gym or playground equipment, hot tub room or sauna; garden gazebo or screen porch; remote shelter or hunting shack, a trade show booth and so much more.

Dome, Inc.

A History of Service to Mankind

They have been building dome structures for almost 20 years and make themselves readily available to answer questions about purchasing a dome building, an environmentally friendly and energy efficient alternative to all and any kinds of structure needs.  Dome Inc. is living R. Buckminster Fuller’s ideal: “Science and technology can solve all of humanity’s problems.”

Fitness for your Mind and Soul 

Emotional Fitness www.emotionalfitness.net is the website of syndicated columnist and radio host Dr. Barton Goldsmith, Ph.D, an internationally recognized counselor, author, and speaker who was named by Cosmopolitan magazine as one of the nation’s top relationship experts.

Emotional Fitness

Dr. Barton Goldsmith

Diverse Solutions from an Altruistic Practitioner

The website provides article counseling, patient forums, and presentations that are available for both corporate and individual solutions.  In addition to being a relationship expert, Goldsmith is also an award-winning contributor to the field of Addiction Medicine, among his other social pursuits. 

Harley Davidson: Still Rolling

In addition to the wide line of clothing apparel and motorcycles offered by Harley Davidson:  www.harleydavidson.com, Harley-Davidson Foundation has always been a prominent proponent of community outreach work. Having a  history of volunteerism, funding and employee volunteerism are two essential components of the Harley Davidson Foundation’s larger goal of serving the community while continuing to offer their classic lines of vehicles and apparel.

Celeb guests

Charity and Profits Hand-in-Hand

Community service is as much a part of the Harley Davidson mission as motorcycle and clothing sales, and those three organizational components are the basis for the corporate foundation which has secured their place in society as both a high-end manufacturer and a socially conscious organization that gives back to the community.

Green and Charitable Exotic Fashion Accessories

Mo’ Betta accessories www.mobettaworld.com was inspired in designer Monique Gordon by a trip to Asia, and the resourcefulness and ingenuity of  the women of a low-income community in the Philippines. 

Redhair Girl Designs (www.redhairgirldesigns.com) designs greeting cards and invitations. Owner and founder Jennifer Germain creates a greeting card line that supports breast cancer research, with 10% of the line’s proceeds going towards finding a cure.

Red Haired Girl Designs

Passionate Dieticians

Raw Indulgence www.rawindulgence.com is a healthy alternative to eating, provided by registered nursing healthcare professionals who are passionate about preparing and eating raw foods.

Raw for Life

No matter how healthy one’s food, raw food is better. Raw indulgence promotes raw, living food in their customized and enlightened version of healthy living through embracing the higher nutrient contents of raw food over cooked food.

Unprocessed Food Eliminates Unhealthy Ingredients

Raw foods are unprocessed, and that is the key to the healthiest form of eating possible.  Acidic ingredients such as protein isolates and grain based fillers cause fermentation in the body. Through raw ingredients, Raw Indulgence brings us closer to healing ourselves and the global ecology.

Alive Expo gift bag!

Life goals, Together

Powertraining www.powertraining.com is an organizational philosophy based on groups of two or more people working collectively towards common life goals. Passionately pursing one’s dreams with confidence–and taking care of the mind/body/spirit connection in pursuit of the dreams–can be facilitated, enriched and even more rewarding when an individual pursues these goals as part of a group made up of individuals with a common goal.

Help to Happiness From a Friend

Committed to serving every individuals’ pursuit of happiness through customized success teams, Powertraining has developed a mentoring approach where a mentor relationship can arise from a friend, coach or power team member that will enable the individual to achieve more in the group setting than they ever imagined as individuals.

Eureka!

To her amazement and admiration, Monique discovered skillfully colored handbags that appeared to be made out of juice pouches!  Upon further investigation, she discovered that the women of the remote village she was visiting had recycled pouches to make these “happy bags” that otherwise would have ended up incinerated in toxic flames on a smoky landfill. 

Life support

But the very best part was that as these women greened their neighborhoods through recycling, they were successfully supporting themselves through sales of these surprisingly distinct and fashionable looking items!  Monique immediately embarked on a mission to bring those juice pouches to America, and the Green Pavilion is where they landed (not to worry, you can still get them on the Mo’betta website).

A widespread wellspring of support for women

H2O www.h2o-magazine.com/home.php, a fitness and wellness magazine for women, offers bi-monthly issues available at an astonishingly diverse and wide-ranging array of state-of-the-art health food stores, fine sporting goods retail outlets, cutting edge fitness facilities, innovative spas and healthcare centers, as well as any Kaiser Permanente in America and every Gold’s Gym in the US and Canada.

Oregonal – Herbal Health

Oregonal

Excellent anti-fungal agent, completely killing Candida albicas in concentrations as minimal as 0.25mg/ml, and free of chemicals and pesticides. Utilize nature to combat health problems.

Empowering Women to Better Lives

Each month, women who are serious about their wellness can find engaging and topical articles in the magazine’s entertaining and informative Simplicity, Nature’s RX, Fitness, Serenity, and Delicious departments.  Readers can also enjoy regular Editor’s Letter, Publisher’s Letter, Mail Bag, Goodies & Gadgets, Who’s that Girl, and h2ohhh sections to augment their healthy lifestyles.

No Teen Left Behind

Devon Kidd is the executive sponsor of Mentor Missions  , a non-profit program that helps other programs and at-risk youth facilities acquire the resources they need to help at risk teens acheive health-related goals.  The health specialists at Mentor Missions encourage youth with presentations, program set-up and development, and ongoing mentorship.  

Bringing Health to Everyone

Sometimes, health seems like a luxury only the fortunate few can afford.  It’s people like Devon who ensure that everyone in our society gets the support they need to gain healthier lifestyles and reach their dreams. 

Charity and Profits Hand-in-Hand

Community service is as much a part of the Harley Davidson mission as motorcycle and clothing sales, and those three organizational components are the basis for the corporate foundation which has secured their place in society as both a high-end manufacturer and a socially conscious organization that gives back to the community.

Mix Media LLC

Founded and led by Kim Shimmel – Mix Media, LLC is a brand entertainment and specialty product placement, marketing firm that has been serving small to midsize companies throughout the country for several years by helping them achieve prominence through elite connections. www.MixMediaLLC.com

Mix Media and Alive! Expo founder Kim Shimmel & partner Patryjca Siewert-Towns.

Mix Media and Alive! Expo founder Kim Shimmel & partner Patryjca Siewert-Towns.

 

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