Comments on: Welcome to the Sustainable Festivation blog http://www.bluegrass.com/blog/archives/16 The Planet Bluegrass "Green" blog Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:34:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Sustainable Festivation » Blog Archive » A carbon-neutral Telluride Bluegrass http://www.bluegrass.com/blog/archives/16#comment-7 Sustainable Festivation » Blog Archive » A carbon-neutral Telluride Bluegrass Fri, 16 May 2008 20:57:03 +0000 http://www.bluegrass.com/blog/?p=16#comment-7 [...] I started typing a response to one of the comments to Steve’s opening blog post - “Welcome to the Sustainable Festivation Blog” - but decided this was worthy of its own post. Here’s Jerry’s comment: …by some [...] […] I started typing a response to one of the comments to Steve’s opening blog post - “Welcome to the Sustainable Festivation Blog” - but decided this was worthy of its own post. Here’s Jerry’s comment: …by some […]

]]> By: jerry http://www.bluegrass.com/blog/archives/16#comment-6 jerry Fri, 16 May 2008 19:55:36 +0000 http://www.bluegrass.com/blog/?p=16#comment-6 even Ostriches don't really bury their heads in the sand.... yet by some wave of a magic wand, Telluride BF is carbon neutral!!! I don't think in reality it works that way! You have only created some feel good voodoo; meanwhile thousands of tons of actual CO2 are about to be dumped into the atmosphere as well meaning (mostly) folks drive or fly hundreds to thousands of miles to the most remote place in the US and the big generators on the grounds run 18 hours a day! Pogo said it best: We have seen the enemy and it is us. Scratch another glacier for Festival! even Ostriches don’t really bury their heads in the sand….
yet by some wave of a magic wand, Telluride BF is carbon neutral!!!
I don’t think in reality it works that way!
You have only created some feel good voodoo; meanwhile thousands of tons of actual CO2 are about to be dumped into the atmosphere as well meaning (mostly) folks drive or fly hundreds to thousands of miles to the most remote place in the US and the big generators on the grounds run 18 hours a day!
Pogo said it best: We have seen the enemy and it is us.
Scratch another glacier for Festival!

]]> By: lowlights http://www.bluegrass.com/blog/archives/16#comment-5 lowlights Fri, 16 May 2008 16:14:27 +0000 http://www.bluegrass.com/blog/?p=16#comment-5 Hey Steve: I read you're going carbon neutral for Telluride Bluegrass; any chance you folks are able to do the same for Song School/Folks Fest? Hey Steve:

I read you’re going carbon neutral for Telluride Bluegrass; any chance you folks are able to do the same for Song School/Folks Fest?

]]> By: cathleen http://www.bluegrass.com/blog/archives/16#comment-4 cathleen Fri, 16 May 2008 03:17:53 +0000 http://www.bluegrass.com/blog/?p=16#comment-4 Hi there! Every year my friends and I wonder why there's so little (and such treacherous) parking for motorcycles and scooters close to the festivals in Lyons. My car takes a lot more space and uses a lot more gas but there's only room for a few motorcycles and it's in the drainage ditch. If I park out with the cars, the chances of someone hitting my bike in the dark or driving away with it are just too high. Can something be done? It's worth some thought. Thanks for the forum! Cathleen Hi there! Every year my friends and I wonder why there’s so little (and such treacherous) parking for motorcycles and scooters close to the festivals in Lyons. My car takes a lot more space and uses a lot more gas but there’s only room for a few motorcycles and it’s in the drainage ditch. If I park out with the cars, the chances of someone hitting my bike in the dark or driving away with it are just too high. Can something be done? It’s worth some thought. Thanks for the forum!
Cathleen

]]> By: Brian Eyster http://www.bluegrass.com/blog/archives/16#comment-3 Brian Eyster Thu, 15 May 2008 21:03:50 +0000 http://www.bluegrass.com/blog/?p=16#comment-3 Great idea, Bill. Have a look at the <a href="http://www.festivarian.com/index.php/board,9.0.html" rel="nofollow">"Hitching a Ride"</a> board on our Festivarian Forum - www.festivarian.com. Great idea, Bill. Have a look at the “Hitching a Ride” board on our Festivarian Forum - http://www.festivarian.com.

]]> By: BingchesterBill http://www.bluegrass.com/blog/archives/16#comment-2 BingchesterBill Thu, 15 May 2008 20:21:59 +0000 http://www.bluegrass.com/blog/?p=16#comment-2 Anyone from New York, NJ or CT interested in a paying rideshare passenger to the Telluride Bluegrass Festival? Good company, good navigation skills and traveling light, will help pay gas/tolls. 2009 Idea: a rideshare section on this site might help lower the carbon profile of the event... blingchester@gmail.com Anyone from New York, NJ or CT interested in a paying rideshare passenger to the Telluride Bluegrass Festival? Good company, good navigation skills and traveling light, will help pay gas/tolls.

2009 Idea: a rideshare section on this site might help lower the carbon profile of the event…

blingchester@gmail.com

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