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Looking back on Friday… the Nature Conservancy and Honest Tea

I just had to share some pics from the Georgia chapter of the Nature Conservancy’s fund raiser here. I’m not even going to refer to the event’s actual name as it makes me feel impolite. In any case, it was a beautiful party.

The tablecloths alone were spectacular in hues as rich as nature itself.

The stunning scene at the annual fund raiser for the Georgia chapter of the Nature Conservancy.

And don’t even get me started on those pralines. If the party only offered pralines and nothing else — if, literally, everyone showed up to stand around the praline-making station, there would have been enough joy to go around.

Check it out:

Magic in the making: the praline station at the Nature Conservancy party.

I volunteered there with my friend, Abi, an eco-leader with Park Pride, who earlier in the day got to hear Seth Goldman, president and “TeaEO” of Honest Tea deliver the keynote address at EarthShare of Georgia’s Earth Day 2010 Leadership Breakfast at the Georgia Aquarium. I hear Goldman gave a terrific talk, with one of the highlights a video challenging the “Honest Tea” of Wall Street that coincided with President Obama’s visit there.

The brilliant campaign featured a stand with Honest Teas for sale on the honor system. An unmanned jug for collecting $1 bills was surrounded by signs with such messages as: “Who says there’s no Honest Tea on Wall St.?”

The verdict: 89 percent Honesty on Wall Street. But check out the video on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EHZBVAqy8M