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JazzReggae Festival attendees utilize Rock the Bike stations to generate power and charge their phones without adding to the festival’s
power usage. Photo courtesy of JazzReggae Fest

take-home souvenir to remind concert-goers to study done to analyze their results. Part of their

bridge the green ideas into life outside of the plan includes partnering with Trip Zero to make
festival.) environmentally responsible accommodations

To avoid damage to the grassy lawn area of the available for fans. After each booking, Trip Zero

Sunset Recreation Center where the event is calculates the carbon footprint of the travel, then

held, the JazzReggae Festival features a special donates to reforestation efforts and green energy

stage supported by containers of water instead projects around the world to offset the damage.

of the normal concrete, which can destroy plant Through their bookings in 2018, Trip Zero offset

life and field surfaces. The water is simply let out 56 tons of carbon dioxide, which is the equivalent

into the field at the end of the event, benefitting of taking 12 cars off the road for a full year.
the plants and leaving the reusable containers In an effort to promote sustainable living,

empty for the next concert. teach germination lessons and educate festival

The Levitate Music and Arts Festival in Marshfield, goers about organic, chemical-free gardening

MA, has made green initiatives a priority during methods, Levitate hosts the Germination

their three-day event. Part of the festival’s mission Station with help from Logic Landscape and

is to support the local community by using their friends at Neptune’s Harvest. In 2018, they

regional vendors whenever possible. To eliminate gave away over 1,000 organic tomato plants, as

waste, the organizers put a multi-faceted plan well as organic fertilizer samples, to encourage
into effect and then had an environmental impact these practices at home.

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