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It can be tough to be a concert-going environmentalist. The music might be awesome, but your eco-conscience nags you the whole time about how heavy the carbon footprint is of the entire event. From the energy and resources that go into putting the show on, to the massive amounts of wasted food in the stands, concerts can leave quite the footprint. Plus, you and your friends have to drive yourselves there.
Go to the Monolith festival this weekend, however, and get a feel for what sustainable music looks like. Performing bands range from Phoenix, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Monotix to The Mars Volta, Method Man & Redman, and OK Go, so there's no shortage of awesome entertainment to lure you in and keep you around for the full two days. But there will also be compost bins and recycling bins at the festival. And the MakeMeSustainable Monolith Carbon Tree, which will help you calculate your personal carbon footprint and then motivate you to reduce it. For every 10 tons of CO2 reduced by people on the Monolith Carbon Tree, Esurance will retrofit one low-income home with energy efficient lighting.
The September 12-13 festival is also working to offset its carbon emissions, and will offset more than 240 short tons of the CO2 generated by last year's event.
Plus, the organizers are encouraging ridesharing, and who doesn't think that's a great idea. Not as ideal as public transportation, but it's definitely less emissions than individual rides, less traffic on the way out, less stress. And more music.
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