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Expect live music, all solar and wind powered of course, have your say in the new Love London Speakers’ Forum or chill out with a short film in the solar cinema.

Younger visitors can go wild with animal encounters from London Zoo and get the chance to learn about all things green in the Green Roadshow circus tent. There is also Eco-fashion workshops, ethical finance zone, an improved Bikefest and a Mad Hatter’s Tea Party.

For this year only, the fair will host the Strictly Fairtrade Tea Dance, which aims to break the world for the biggest open air tea dance ever attempted.

The festival is put together by a group of local volunteers, and it's totally free and well worth the trip to join in the fun.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/19001 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/12877 Hotonearth.co.uk is a gobal warming awareness site which includes a shopping directory featuring travel companies. For every purchase you make from one of these retailers via the site, a percentage of your payment is passed onto a carbon offsetting scheme. You pay no extra than you would from shopping from this travel company normally; the donation comes from the store themselves.

You can even choose from a list of Project Partners which scheme you support.

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At the festival you'll find many stalls offering options for the environmentally conscious consumer, with everything from herbs to green electricity and eco-holidays. Another aim of the event is to reduce its environmental impact each year.

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