allison Posted September 11, 2007 Report Share Posted September 11, 2007 Think this will work?The Echo ProjectThe basic idea is that long with alternative enrgy resources powering the festival,a focus on consumption and waste but importantly also restoration.The festival will use its resources to draw people for three weeks prior and after to clean the local waterway(Chattahoochee.....love that name) and habitats.Interesting on the heels of the "is Bonnaroo worth it" debate.The Echo Project,Atlanta,GeorgiaLine upThe KillersPhil LeshThievery CorporationmoeThe RootsThe Flaming LipsCypress HillLes ClaypoolMichael Franti & SpearheadClap Your Hands and Say YeahRodrigo y GabrielaUmphrey's McGeeDisco BiscuitsStephen MarleyBraveryMedeski Martin & WoodmstrkrftCat Power and Dirty Delta BluesPolyphonic SpreeJJ Grey & MofroSecret MachinesSon VoltAvett BrothersPerpetual GrooveBrazilian GirlsMAN MANLyrics BornThe Album LeafThe Benevento - Russo DuoTea Leaf GreenALOGod is and AstronautRyan ShawThe EggToubab KreweWood BrothersSnowdenFutureman and his Black Mozart EnsembleRAQDubconsciousSpam AllstarsAfromotiveGreenskeepersLazaro CasanovaMarc FordCol. Bruce Hampton & The Quark AllianceTelepathLittle BirdieCollective EffortsBoom BoxMarch Fourth Marching BandScissors for LeftyDead ConfederateBenzosBarrel House MamasStrutSomething JapaneseGrimace FederationSpencer Durham BandThe Jamie McLean3$ HostageSam ThackerLord is My ShotgunEntropyPloydMike ZarinSortedMunirRandom RabbitSonarSoundwaveMayhemHabersham / NuminousSecret LifeWillBrandon BTreasure FingersTruformChris GrassEric ZBD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chameleon Posted September 11, 2007 Report Share Posted September 11, 2007 I'd totally go the lineup looks fantastic!More festivals should strive to be green like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonyak Posted September 11, 2007 Report Share Posted September 11, 2007 wow that really is an amazing lineup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baj Posted September 11, 2007 Report Share Posted September 11, 2007 Weather it works or it doesn't atleast its another step higher toward greener fests and awareness...My Bro and his gf are heading down from New Brunswick...wish we could go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phishtaper Posted September 11, 2007 Report Share Posted September 11, 2007 Very cool event. Hillside has also been 'green' on a much smaller scale for years. Virtually all food at the festival is served on reusable plates which are hand washed by an army of volunteers; water was provided free of charge for people with reusable containers; a living roof was planted on top of the main stage (which incidentally will also cover the roof of the new hotel and convention centre adjacent to the university of guelph); shuttle busses have been running for years; one stage is fully solar powered, and; film containers are provided for people to keep their cigarette butts. Lots of organization, no doubt, but quite appreciated and respected by all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted September 11, 2007 Report Share Posted September 11, 2007 a living roof was planted on top of the main stage (which incidentally will also cover the roof of the new hotel and convention centre adjacent to the university of guelph) that's a tiny convention centre, in a very inconvenient location Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted September 11, 2007 Report Share Posted September 11, 2007 i wonder how many of the artists on the bill will use their guarantees or their time to help with eco-friendly causes, restoration etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phishtaper Posted September 11, 2007 Report Share Posted September 11, 2007 that's a tiny convention centre, in a very inconvenient location im not sure we are talking about the same place. im referring to the new one under construction beside the university, ministry buildings and the research parks at the corner of gordon and stone with 14,000 sq ft in meeting rooms. perhaps not Toronto-size, but it will be the biggest in the area and sorely needed. its location couldn't be more convenient, i think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted September 11, 2007 Report Share Posted September 11, 2007 i know.... i was referring to your post which made it sound like the convention centre was going under the roof of the hillside stage....i was trying to be coy... dammit it didn't work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phorbesie Posted September 11, 2007 Report Share Posted September 11, 2007 no, it worked AD. hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted September 11, 2007 Report Share Posted September 11, 2007 i wonder how many of the artists on the bill will use their guarantees or their time to help with eco-friendly causes, restoration etc... 0 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted September 11, 2007 Report Share Posted September 11, 2007 i predict your estimate and my cynicism are right on the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allison Posted September 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2007 Top 15 Green musicians as reported by GristInteresting.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted September 11, 2007 Report Share Posted September 11, 2007 i'd argue that i am the greenest musician, as i only have 3 guitars (one which has been handed down - recycled!), i do not create consumable plastics such as cds, keychains, etc, i do not tour and therefore do not encourage thousands of people to get in their cars and follow my buses / planes to a venue where they can consume and create waste, etc etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allison Posted September 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2007 Musicians who completley suck intentionally would be the greenest...such purposeful misdirection of the masses need to partake of the music industries byproducts is green saintliness.Or maybe the greenest is when you convince your audience that you arethe greenest of the enlightened and to continue consuming in the same manner as before because you,oh blessed band,have purchased environmental salvation by buying carbon offsets...say like Coldplay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted September 11, 2007 Report Share Posted September 11, 2007 coldplay also completely sucks, so they are in fact greener than green!!! EGAD!! It's like, how much more green could they be? and the answer is none. None more green. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Wish Posted September 11, 2007 Report Share Posted September 11, 2007 Nice one Nigel Tufnel!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted September 11, 2007 Report Share Posted September 11, 2007 I can see my face in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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