How Green Is Your Grass?

We spent the better part of last week at The Telluride Bluegrass Festival.  During the festival, we had the pleasure of running and judging How Green is your Grass? - a creative campsite challenge.  This contest encourages Festivarians to raise the bar for sustainable camping by honoring campsites that excel in achieving the highest level of sustainability, cleanliness, and creativity during their stay at the festival. There were daily winners each of the four days that are now finalists for the grand prize.  Daily winners enjoyed a prize package that included Chaco gear, Clif Bars, and New Belgium Beer.   Stay tuned, the winer of the 2009 How Green is your Grass? competition will be announced on the next "Notes from the Planet" email.

In addition to the campsite challenge, the entire festival embraced sustainable living.  For example, Eco Products donated compostable bags that were handed out by camp hosts at each of the campgrounds.  The New Community Coalition (TNCC) coordinated stations called CRT (Compost, Recycle, Trash) and they were able to provide trained volunteers the entire four days at each station to direct waste to the proper receptacle.   Also, Renewable Choice Energy was able to offset all of the travel the bands did to get there.  Each year Planet Bluegrass continues to find new and exciting ways to challenge Festivarians to leave their concert space better than they found it.  Hats off to everyone who participated in making this years festival a supreme success in sustainability!

Safe Travels...Kate and Tracy