COST: $20

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Go Organic…Go Green Spirits! Enjoy your favorite organic spirit while supporting the small farms and distillers that make them great.

Sample over 25 organic and earth friendly spirits from around the world, including Juniper Green Gin, 4 Copas Tequila, Square One Vodka, Highland Harvest Scotch Whiskey and many more. Meet Master Distiller Robert Cassel of Bluecoat Gin and Distiller/Owner Melkon Khosrovian of TRU Vodka, and Director Sabrina Moreno-Dolan of LOFT liqueurs. Indulge in delectable savories created with the purest.

About Counter:

Counter has one of the most extensive organic & biodynamic wine lists of its kind. Add a healthy helping of house-infused organic martinis, cocktails, & every organic beer and spirit available and Counter is truly one-of-a-kind. As quoted by Jonathan Miles of the New York Times, "The epicenter of organic cocktails … is the bar at Counter, an East Village vegetarian-slash-vegan bistro that's been slinging all-organic drinks-and nothing but-since adding hard liquor to its menu.”

About Solar One:

Solar One, New York City's Green Energy, Arts & Education Center, provides cultural, educational, and advocacy programs to create a more sustainable New York. Through Programs such as Citysol, the Green Renter, and Solar Powered Arts Festival, Solar One connects people to the urban environment around them.

About The Growing Connection

The Growing Connection is a global network that builds water-efficient vegetable gardens as a "do-it-yourself" solution to hunger, malnutrition and poverty. Through TGC, young people learn about sustainable food production, nutrition, and entrepeneurship. TGC will be at the Green Spirit Festival, ready to enhance your mojito with fresh mint grown in their water-efficient earth boxes.

WEBSITE: www.counternyc.com...