Eco-Travel...

Not busy this weekend? Like music festivals with a green tint? Feel like heading to Manchester, Tennessee? Then how about adding Bonnaroo to your to-do list.

The Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival is has taken on a host of large scale greening initiatives for its 2008 event, starting today. Festival organizers continue to take aggressive steps toward mitigating the event’s environmental impact and raising awareness about green issues Clean energy initiatives, responsible product consumption, superior waste management, local sourcing and education programs are all part of the festival’s plan.

Pearl Jam! Kanye West! Willie Nelson! Death Cab For Cutie! Sigur Ros! Iron & Wine! Broken Social Scene! Vampire Weekend! MGMT! Chromeo! Orchestra Beobab! Lupe Fiasco! Kick push coast!

In partnership with the Clean Air Conservancy, Bonnaroo will buy enough carbon reduction credits to offset all emissions, making the festival a carbon neutral event.

As always, Bonnaroo will run an extensive recycling and composting program in partnership with Clean Vibes, an organization that has diverted 50 percent of the festival’s waste from landfills over the past two years. This year, the festival will start a compost processing site right on the festival property, which will eventually be used to nurture new life on the grounds.

Bonnaroo 2008 brings back the popular Planet Roo village, an area dedicated to preserving the environment and promoting healthy living. Non-profit organizations, eco-friendly vendors and performers will gather to educate patrons about what they can do to protect their own health as well as the planet’s.

Recognizing that green issues are of paramount importance to the organization, its patrons, and the world at large, Bonnaroo is proud to present an event that is not only a good time, but also an example of an environmentally sound gathering that helps our planet remain hospitable to life.