Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Bonnaroo Green Mind: Bonnaroo Amps up the Carbon Shredding
Posted by Tracy Moore on Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 12:40 PM
- The Clearance Aisle
We generally attribute that sweet harmony to those clever musical juxtapositions, but there's another interesting similarity worth crediting here — both groups are into being green. When you take the original 'Roo crowd — modern-day hippies who've modeled themselves on old-school notions of earth-friendly living — and toss in the newer crowd — modern hipster types who see themselves as progressive recyclers, do-gooders and sustainability freaks — you've got the same intersectionality and compatibility you'd find in a band like, say, The Avett Brothers, whose part bluegrass/part used-to-be-in-a-punk-band background finds an audience in both crowds. (Hey, LCD Soundsystem can't wait to recycle something for you this year ... their beats!)
In other words, the ecological framework of the two groups match, even if they arrive at that same concept (or at least think they arrive at that same concept) from different routes. Sure, one means letting the yellow mellow, while the other means eco-friendly bamboo floors in their remodeled Craftsman. Either way, Bonnaroo 2010 takes all comers, and this year sees the festival getting greener than ever, which means more hippies and hipsters standing all kinds of fucked up, but right next to each other. It's so green, in fact, that you don't even have to drop store-bought 'shrooms anymore. Now they'll teach you how to grow them. See the new green initiatives below.
From the press release:
This year, the festival will enhance its burgeoning Victory Garden powered by Gardener's Supply, an area created to urge patrons to take control of food supply in their home communities. Nurtured by the festival's onsite water well and compost heap, the garden represents a new level of sustainability for the Bonnaroo community. Patrons can visit throughout the weekend to learn about heirloom gardening, community building and buying local. Classes on gardening basics, seed saving, and mushroom logs will take place, offering attendees tips, seeds and other starter supplies to take home and plant their own gardens.
This year, Bonnaroo will celebrate closing the sustainability loop with sit-down dinners at the popular Planet Roo Café, where patrons will be served regional products, supplemented by foods from the Bonnaroo Victory Garden.
Of course, they are continuing all the efforts of yesteryear as well, like using local and regional supplies, reducing biodiesel fuel use, offering artist memorabilia as a reward for bringing recyclables. And they're working on making the festival solar-powered in the future. And therein lies the hidden tragedy: Hippies and hipsters will soon become so identical we'll no longer know how to mock them separately.
Comments (3)
Showing 1-3 of 3
Free seeds? I love free seeds! I remember like 5 years ago when BP stations were giving out free seeds because they were so green. Am I saying that Bonnaroo will be the cause of an epic natural disaster in 2015? Yes. That is exactly what I'm saying.
like
dislike
1) that graphic is definitely a natalie dee ripoff, and the source blog doesnt credit her.
2) place is gonna go APE. SHIT. when stevie wonder takes the stage.
3) non-conformists only excel in one area: being unoriginal
That image made me think of Natalie Dee, too. Have you seen the web comic she does with her husband? Pretty funny.
http://www.marriedtothesea.com/
Vote here for best Band of the Week
Slideshows
Top Commenters
