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Going Green With The Warped Eco Initiative!

Posted on August 21, 2009 at 02:20 PM

If you’ve been following my posts you’d know I love telling all of you about some of the amazing things that happen here at Warped Tour. The organized chaos that we have all grown to love has yielded some of the most amazing opportunities for people with passions to make their ideas become a reality. The Warped Eco Initiative (WEI) is one of Warped’s biggest success stories.

The Warped Eco Initiative is THE reason why Warped Tour is the greenest festival in the world. No tour strives to go up and beyond their call of duty like this one and it’s mostly due to the efforts of the people who dedicate their time to the Warped Eco Initiative.

Tara and The Warped Eco Initiaitve along with her volunteers for the day AND a solar truck (1)

So what is the WEI you might ask? It just so happens to be a group of people who decided that they believe have the ability to make a difference by combining their love for the Warped Tour with the urgency to protect the world that we live in. This group of people, in collaboration with Earth Echo and headed this year by Tara and Chris, have made changes to the Warped Tour that push people to think about the little things that can make a difference and live a more sustainable lifestyle.

The WEI have brought a solar powered stage to Warped Tour, reduced the tour’s carbon foot print, pushed to have bio-diesel in all of the Warped Tour buses, donated biodegradable cleaning products to every band and bus, and even made some nifty magazines to educate everyone who comes to the show about how they can live a greener life! They also brought in Greenpeace to provide power to the non-profit area with their solar powered truck, which is brand new!

St- Petersburg 5190  

Top all of that off with your daily group of Warped Eco Roadies! At every single Warped date about 20 volunteers show and dedicate the whole day to going around Warped Tour and gathering plastic bottles and cans to recycle. These kids literally go through the trash to salvage this stuff! People had the chance to sign up at www.warpedecoroadie.com, sponsor their favorite bands’ recycling efforts, and even enter for a chance to win a trip to St. Croix for all their efforts! How awesome is that?

Something else that these guys organize every summer is the Monterey Bay beach cleanup! Every year, the Warped Tour has a day off in Monterey Bay and does a bit of good old community service. We get split up into groups and do everything from seed collecting to cleanup up graffiti. Did I mention the WEI is awesome?!

Shasta, Monterey 7627

For more information just Google “Warped Eco” for links to all their online web goodness like their blog, Facebook group, and Warped Eco Roadie website!

We’re so close to being done people! I can’t believe it’s almost over!!!

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