Miss Earth US Meets With Local Environmental Businesses

Upon reading about us in City Living Baltimore Jana Murrell contacted GOforChange to find out more about Baltimore’s growing eco-scene. Jana, who is enjoying her new reign as Miss Earth United States 2008 , has worked as a newscaster in her hometown of Omaha, Nebraska, is currently a traveling physical therapist.

In her capacity as Miss Earth US, Jana has been involved with several eco-related promotions to build awareness for environmental causes. To continue her support, Miss Murrell and the team at GOforChange visited the Mill Valley Center and Farmers Market on Friday Aug. 1st from 6-8pm to highlight the garden center, great local vendors and the Baltimore Biodiesel Coop .

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For Immediate Release

Friday August 1, 2008, Baltimore-based environmental website GOforChange and Jana Murrell, Miss Earth United States for 2008, interviewed merchants at the Mill Valley Garden Center and Farmer’s Market and Baltimore Biodiesel Cooprative at 2800 Sisson Street, Baltimore, MD 21211 from 6pm-8pm.

In her capacity as Miss Earth US, 2008, Jana has been involved with several eco-related promotions. On August 1, she collaborated with the team at GOforChange to conduct interviews at the Mill Valley Garden Center and the Baltimore Biodiesel Co-op. We recorded the event and will soon post videos on our website. This event promoted the Garden Center, the Biodiesel Co-op, and also provides exposure to GOforChange as a leading online resource for positive change in the Baltimore/Washington area.

About GOforChange:

GOforChange is a website that presents stories of positive change in the Baltimore / D.C. region. This spirit of greening, advocacy, and social justice is being cultivated in our region by businesses, organizations, and individuals. Each one is a vibrant, hopeful thread in the shimmering tapestry that is weaving through our community. The site includes a social network, a marketplace (coming later in 2008), ideas exchange, and brief articles updated frequently.
www.goforchange.com

About Jana Murrell :

Jana has worked as a newscaster in her home-town of Omaha, Nebraska, and is currently a traveling physical therapist. She was crowned Miss Earth United States, July 2008 and will spend her reign increasing her knowledge of environmental issues, and helping groups and organizations raise environmental awarness. In November she will go on to compete in the Miss Earth pagent to be held in Pasay City, Philippines.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jana_Murrell

About Mill Valley Garden Center and Farmers Market :

The Mill Valley Garden Center and Farmer’s Market supports a local living economy, by offering as many products as possible that are produced in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed by locally owned farms and companies.
http://www.mill-valley.net/

GOforChange Contact:

Julie Gabrielli
2002 Clipper Park Rd., 4th Floor
Baltimore, Maryland 21211
julie.gabrielli@verizon.net
goforchange@gmail.com
410.530.0389

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