Green Options » Treasure Island MUSIC Festival http://greenoptions.com/tag/treasure-island-music-festival Posts tagged 'Treasure Island MUSIC Festival' Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:27:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Checking Out the Treasure Island Music Festival Green Flavor http://sustainablog.org/2009/10/18/checking-out-the-treasure-island-music-festival-green-flavor/ http://sustainablog.org/2009/10/18/checking-out-the-treasure-island-music-festival-green-flavor/#comments Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:27:50 +0000 Keith Rockmael http://sustainablog.org/2009/10/18/checking-out-the-treasure-island-music-festival-green-flavor/ It’s getting to be almost a cliché here in San Francisco with large music festivals that have either a green backbone or a heck of lot of social justice behind it. Both Outside Lands and Hardly Strictly Bluegrass sit only slightly in the rear view mirror but this weekend we hit the Treasure Island Music Festival to check out the music, happenings and the overall Green flavor.

Considering that several thousand people crammed into the festival space on Treasure Island we think that overall they handled the transportation issue in a pretty Green way. We made our way to the festival via zero-emission Bauer buses that picked most of the masses up at AT&T Park. The only real griping we heard came from East Bay attendees who said that they had to drive or take BART to SF instead of having shuttle buses come to the East Bay as well.

Upon entering the festival we couldn’t help but noticing the Ferris wheel but then after that we spied a pair of decent size solar panels that sat near the entrance. Unfortunately, we couldn’t determine or find anyone who knew what the solar power generated. We’re sure it the energy went toward something beneficial.

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Event posters ordered above:

  1. Treasure Island MUSIC Festival this weekend September 20 and 21st in the SF Bay Area. With the event running on biodiesel generators, zero-emission buses, recycling and composting goals, recyclable napkins, compostable cups, and more, it is clear they have some zero waste goals. There is even a carbon offset option for ticket buyers. With sexy musical acts like Goldfrapp, the acoustic guitars of Fleet Foxes, indie rockers like Tegan and Sara, and electronic Amon Tobin and Justice, this event

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