2009 Ojai Music Festival Expands Environmental Efforts
California Desk
May 21, 2009
In response to increasing demands on the planet from climate change and pollution, last year the Ojai Music Festival in California´s lush and fertile Ojai Valley instituted a multiyear green plan to preserve the historic area once marked sacred by the ancient Chumash Indians for future generations. This year the Festival will continue those efforts with support from California Solar Electric, a leader in clean energy, and LifeSource, which focuses on returning water to its natural state and will introduce several new green initiatives.
"What makes the Ojai Music Festival so special," said Festival Executive Director Jeff Haydon, "is the unique symbiosis between the high-level music performed here by the world´s greatest artists and the incredible natural beauty that surrounds us. We want this always to be here for our children and their children, and so we are making every effort to ensure that any changes taking place in Ojai are for the better."
In cooperation with Ojai Valley Green Coalition and EJ Harrison & Sons and with the support from California Solar Electric and LifeSource, this year´s Ojai Music Festival will continue all of the initiatives it introduced last year, including recycling and decreasing the use of paper products, encouraging walking and biking, providing many zero-waste stations for separating trash, and selecting merchandise and locally produced foods. California Solar Electric, well known for its Green Collar job-training programs for at-risk youths, will provide informative materials at Ojai´s Green Booths. LifeSource will provide three "free" water dispensing stations located on the Festival grounds, where patrons can fill their reusable drinking containers.
For 2009, the Ojai Music Festival has established a Carbon Fund to offset its carbon footprint and has calculated that the Festival´s 2009 carbon offset will be approximately $680. The Ojai Music Festival will make a donation based on the carbon footprint to Ojai Trees, a non-profit organization that plants trees throughout Ojai. Moreover, collection boxes will be set up for Festival patrons who would like to make donations to the fund.
"We are pleased to participate once again in helping the Ojai Music Festival continue its multiyear green plan," said Deb Pendrey of the Ojai Green Coalition. "This is the perfect example of the Coalition´s motto to ´think globally, act locally.´ We believe each of us must be conscious of our individual responsibilities to ensure a greener and healthier world starting now."
This year Trimpin, the sound sculptor, composer, and MacArthur "genius" grant recipient, will combine the Festival´s environmental and artistic missions. The Seattle-based artist, whose artworks are made from recyclable materials, has created two interactive sound sculptures, which will be on display throughout the Festival at Libbey Park. The first is "Sheng High," a reed instrument activated through blown air and water, and the second sound sculpture is "Giuter-toy," made from found toy plastic guitars in all colors.
"What makes the Ojai Music Festival so special," said Festival Executive Director Jeff Haydon, "is the unique symbiosis between the high-level music performed here by the world´s greatest artists and the incredible natural beauty that surrounds us. We want this always to be here for our children and their children, and so we are making every effort to ensure that any changes taking place in Ojai are for the better."
In cooperation with Ojai Valley Green Coalition and EJ Harrison & Sons and with the support from California Solar Electric and LifeSource, this year´s Ojai Music Festival will continue all of the initiatives it introduced last year, including recycling and decreasing the use of paper products, encouraging walking and biking, providing many zero-waste stations for separating trash, and selecting merchandise and locally produced foods. California Solar Electric, well known for its Green Collar job-training programs for at-risk youths, will provide informative materials at Ojai´s Green Booths. LifeSource will provide three "free" water dispensing stations located on the Festival grounds, where patrons can fill their reusable drinking containers.
For 2009, the Ojai Music Festival has established a Carbon Fund to offset its carbon footprint and has calculated that the Festival´s 2009 carbon offset will be approximately $680. The Ojai Music Festival will make a donation based on the carbon footprint to Ojai Trees, a non-profit organization that plants trees throughout Ojai. Moreover, collection boxes will be set up for Festival patrons who would like to make donations to the fund.
"We are pleased to participate once again in helping the Ojai Music Festival continue its multiyear green plan," said Deb Pendrey of the Ojai Green Coalition. "This is the perfect example of the Coalition´s motto to ´think globally, act locally.´ We believe each of us must be conscious of our individual responsibilities to ensure a greener and healthier world starting now."
This year Trimpin, the sound sculptor, composer, and MacArthur "genius" grant recipient, will combine the Festival´s environmental and artistic missions. The Seattle-based artist, whose artworks are made from recyclable materials, has created two interactive sound sculptures, which will be on display throughout the Festival at Libbey Park. The first is "Sheng High," a reed instrument activated through blown air and water, and the second sound sculpture is "Giuter-toy," made from found toy plastic guitars in all colors.
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