Tag: Concerts
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ROCK REUSE RECYCLE at Rock-A-Field Festival
Last weekend I experienced what was for me the greenest music festival so far. And not only because at Rock-A-Field in Luxembourg you actually get to rock a lush green field surrounded by dense forest. The organisers of RAF also set an example of how
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10 Lessons for Planning an Environmental-Friendly Music Festival
Big music festivals, such as Bonnaroo, Coachella and Outside Lands have all taken steps to make their events more eco-friendly, but staging such an event is a huge challenge and keeping the ecological footprint small
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France Puts On Concerts to Encourage Recycling, Charges Old Electronics As Entry Fee
This month, music lovers throughout France are getting a real treat: a series of ten concerts, featuring mostly up and coming French artists. But what makes this tour TreeHugger worthy is that
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Wanderlust Yoga Festival Founders on Mindful, Murky Green Event Planning (Interview)
How do you party like a yogin? Wanderlust is not just the largest multi-day yoga event in the world, it's now a key player in the larger U.S. festival market.
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Give to Reverb, Support Nonprofits, Get Booty
Just as the Green Music Group Challenge is winding down, the green concert gurus at Reverb have come up with another project. They're taking donations. But ... each donation of $15 or more comes with a booty-back guarantee. That is,
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John Friend- Walking The Walk At Wanderlust
Last weekend, at the heart of this year's Wanderlust Festival was Village Anusara, and in the heart of the village was John Friend, gathered with his disciples.
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Residual Gurus Rock! Electronic Music Unplugged with Recycled Instruments (Video)
The five Barcelona-based Residual Gurus have decided to fight trash with comical roaming concerts, and are touring Europe at the moment. These talented musicians know how to transform rubbish into a spiritual
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Vuvuzelas Can Be Eco-Friendly As Well As Noisy
Vuvuzela: a word (and sound) that has gone from being local to global in 24 hours. It's the plastic horn that produces the droning, buzzing sound in the background of the World Cup football matches. And you either love
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Like Winning the Lottery: How Dunkin' Donuts Uses Technology to Promote Recycling
Students of recycling know that one big issue in reducing waste is human nature. We are ill-informed, inattentive, or just plain lazy when it comes to getting reusable post-consumer materials into the recycling stream. Sure, only true cretins chuck
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We Shall Overcome: Pete Seeger Celebrates His 90th on DVD
Here's the gift for the hip old-timers on your list...you really like them but don't have a clue what to get them. It's Pete Seeger, singing along with all his friends. In his case, friends means Joan Baez, Arlo Guthrie,
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Outside Lands Music Fest Offers Eco Lands as Educational Green Haven
Photos by Jaymi Heimbuch Outside Lands has given attendees a one-stop shop for all things green, from food to recycling to renewable energy to volunteerism. The festival has carved out a corner dubbed "Eco Lands" and it seems to be having an impact. It
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Outside Lands Starts Off on Rocky Green Foot When It Comes to Water
photos via Jaymi Heimbuch Outside Lands, the San Francisco music festival, is working diligently to be a green standard for music festivals. And in fact, the designated Eco Lands section is a haven for those looking for organic and local refreshments,
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TreeHugger Asks 'Why Go to the Wanderlust Music & Yoga Festival'?
Most attendees at the 2009 Wanderlust Festival were not sure what they were getting themselves into. Billed as part yoga retreat, part rock concert, this eclectic
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Scotland's Big Tent Festival: Serious Fun for the Environmentally Aware
From Bonnaroo's green efforts to Coachella's chartered train to Glastonbury's renewable phone charging infrastructure, it's hard to find a festival that doesn't have some green angle to push, and many
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Incubus and the Santa Barbara Bowl Go(at) Green
Last week, Grammy Award Nominated band Incubus and the Santa Barbara Bowl took some very cool steps to reduce their carbon footprint with three new programs.
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Free Pianos All Around Town: Play Me I'm Yours
Never mind downloading free music, get out there and play it for free. This month there are 30 "street pianos" strewn around London as part of the Play Me I'm Yours and Sing London festival. All over town people are
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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Talks Dirty Coal at Bonnaroo, and More
Image credit: Jeff Kravitz With 80,000 people, America's biggest music fest is a colossus. But Bonnaroo keeps making good on its commitment to get greener each year. TreeHugger Radio chatted at length with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. who is calling people to
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Rothbury Rock Fest Raises Green Bar
Coachella won our Best of Green Music Festivals and does an exemplary job recycling plastic water bottles, educating fans, and other greenings. Though I
