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This is a guest blog from Trevor Backer, aka Tracker, esteemed tour manager of Polar Bear Club and reluctant recycling aficionado. He wrote this for the second edition of the Vans Warped Tour “Guide to not Being an Environmental Disaster”, which was not able to come to print this year.
Story by Trevor Backer
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Posted on 20. Aug, 2010 in Bands, Eco Reports
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Jake: I’m Incredibly Green, are you?
IG: What do you think is the easiest thing a person can do to become more eco-friendly?
Jake: What I do, and I feel a lot of people should start doing this, is take your own bags to the grocery store. I try not to use plastic at all. People love [...]
Posted on 09. Aug, 2010 in Bands, Eco Reports
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Jay: I’m Jay from the Sparring and I am Incredibly Green!
IG: Do you think recycling should be made more convenient?
Jay: It should be made more convenient! I would do that always if it were more convenient. I’m confused as sh*t which can to put something in. They give you a long list of what you [...]
Posted on 06. Aug, 2010 in Uncategorized
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Joel: What’s up, my name’s Joel from the band Confide and I am Incredibly Green.
IG: What does being green mean to you?
Joel: Being green is being aware; to me it’s being aware and being concerned, and not being wasteful. You can help out a lot; a lot of people and a lot of animals and a lot of different things, everything ties together, you know, it’s all a chain reaction, a circle effect. Be smart about your stuff, it’ll help others.
IG: What is the biggest environmental issue today?
Joel: Well that oil spill is pretty messed up, that’ll effect generations.
IG: If you could change one thing about the environment, what would you change?
Joel: Smog! I hate it! I hate breathing it every day in Los Angeles and California.
IG: Does your family recycle when you’re at home?
Joel: Yeah!
IG: Do you think caring about the environment is worth it in the long run?
Joel: Oh yeah, of course!
The Mighty Regis: We are the Mighty Regis and we are Incredibly Green!
Incredibly Green: Have you ever come across a venue that was exceptionally green?
MR: There’s definitely some that are better than others that have recycling available, really obvious that’s just as easy as putting something in the garbage if there’s recycling right there.
MR: The Toronto and Montreal venue had teams of people that walked around with bags and made sure that it was clean.
MR: Yeah almost every venue does have recycling.
IG: If you could change one thing about the environment, what would you change?
MR: It’s been pretty hot! If we could change the temperature…
MR: You got to pick one!
MR: Ohh, global warming!
IG: Change global warming!
MR: Reverse global warming!
MR: It’s just the general impact of like, all our buses and all our trucks have created one big carbon footprint this tour and hopefully…
MR: Yeah, we use reusable water bottles!
MR: Our stage is solar powered.
IG: Really? That’s awesome!
MR: Yeah, the Kevin Says stage is solar powered.
MR: I’d like to say we did that, but no…
MR: Yeah, we had no part in that.
IG: Do you and your families recycle when you’re at home?
MR: Absolutely!
IG: What do you think is the easiest thing a person can change to become more eco-friendly?
MR: Wow…um…
MR: Just caring!
MR: Yeah, more respect or resources, like in every possible way. Conserving what you use every step along the way whether it’s water or plastic, paper or anything!
MR: If you make that conscious step to recycle…
MR: Making smart choices.
MR: Yeah, I would say that really easy ways to conserve is with water. Most of us, like when we’re brushing our teeth turn the water on; let it run while we’re brushing our teeth. A really smart way to save gallons of water is to turn it off while you’re brushing your teeth. And you know, over, I would say three fifths of the world doesn’t have clean water. We have no idea what that’s really like. We waste a lot of water.
MR: I personally take hour and a half long showers… I’m a big contributor.
IG: It’s your fault, global warming is your fault!
MR: We’re picking up his slack!
Alex: My name is Alex, I play in band called Hey Monday and I am Incredibly Green!
IG: What is the biggest environmental issue today?
Alex: I think the BP oil spill, that’s ridiculous. I’m from Florida too.
IG: So it’s really affecting you guys!
IG: What are some ways you can go green on the road, is it possible to be green at all?
Alex: Yeah, it’s definitely possible. I’m always thinking about conserving water, not wasting anything, not littering; I hate when people litter. I mean, we do what we can. It’s not the easiest on the road but it’s not the hardest.
IG: Do you and your family recycle when you’re at home?
Alex: Yeah, my family is super good with it, mostly my brother; he’s probably the biggest influence on me when it comes to that.
IG: If you could change one thing about the environment what would you change?
Alex: I would invent solar cars so that we didn’t have to use so many natural resources to run our automobiles.
IG: What do you think is the easiest thing a person can change to become more eco-friendly?
Alex: It’s all about changing your mind set, just be concerned. Every time you take a shower, understand that that water is draining into sewage and it’s done after that. Maybe they might recycle it over hundreds of years. As long as you’re just conscious that water is a natural resource and it’s not gonna be here forever. That’s the best that I can do!
Every year, bands, sponsors and crew from the Vans Warped Tour get together to spend an off-day doing an environmental relief project. This year, the tour went to Nashville, TN to help clean up areas that were affected by the recent floods.
This tour report is brought to you by the Warped Eco-Initiative.
Volunteers in Ventura from warped eco on Vimeo.
“We met these guys last year on the first day of warped tour. They came up to the booth because they paid for their ticket with recycling at home. They came back for several days to join us last year and this year and even came as far as PHX! All paid for with bottles and cans.” – Tara
Story by Sydney Fontaine
Steve Soboalsi is the Vocalist/Guitarist for Pittsburgh alternative pop rock band, Punchline. He took some time to speak his mind about the environmental issues of today and how he likes to be Incredibly Green!
1. Why do you think it’s important for the youth to be involved with and care about the environmental issues today?
I think it’s important for youth to be trained to be green, because it’s incredibly lazy to not care and incredibly easy to clean up after
yourself
2. What does “going green” mean to you?
Going green means is the opposite of apathy. Take a second and put that RC Cola can in a recycling bin ya dummy!
3. Have you come across a venue that’s been really eco-friendly and has recycling bins near every trashcan etc.?
No venues come to mind. In fact, I think it’s a shame that bars/clubs aren’t required by law to recycle!
4. Who in the band is the most eco-friendly? Who’s always going around, gathering cans, recycling a lot etc?
Pending my band’s permission I would like to crown myself the greenest dude in Punchline.
5. Did you grow up in an environmentally-friendly family?
My family began the recycle when the program was implemented in our town. For a long time paper was not accepted. Now they recycle everything.
6. What do you think is the easiest way that you’ve made your life more green?
I recycle in my home and prefer to live in the city where I do not have to drive much. It took a few weeks to get in the habit of recycling, but now it is second nature!
7. What do you think is the most environmental issue today? Besides the oil spill because that’s really obvious.
Bars must recycle. What a bunch of dirtbags.
8. Last but not least, what’s your favorite green tip that you wanna give to your fans?
Although we may die long before the problems of this planet begin to close in on us, take a moment and clean up after yourself and your dirty neighbor.
**Punchline releases their 5th studio album “Delightfully Pleased” August 10th!**
Warped Eco Initiative interviews Tyson Ritter of All American Rejects to highlight his work with his charity, Dont hate on Haiti.
** Approximately 884 million people lack access to safe water supplies; approximately one in eight people. About 3.575 million people die each year from water-related disease. An American taking a five-minute shower uses more water than a typical person in a developing country slum uses in a whole day. SO… NEVER TAKE SAFE WATER FOR GRANTED. Other countries don’t have the luxuries we have. **
Text WATER to 85944 to donate $10 to Charity: WATER
100% of your donation goes directly to Haiti to build wells.
After Midnight Project: We’re After Midnight Project, and we’re Incredibly Green!
IG: What member of your band is the most eco-friendly?
AMP: That would be Spencer!
IG: What are some ways to be green on the road? Is it possible to be green at all?
AMP: It’s really hard as a touring band, and I know a lot of bands are making a lot of progress to change that, but…
AMP: There’s the uh, alternative fuel vans…
AMP: Alternative fuel is getting more and more popular, that’s a big one as far as kind of minimizing waste, it’s just the same thing as trying to be conscious about it. Warped Tour, has the Eco- Initiative program, every venue usually has some sort of on-site recycling. It’s definitely do-able, especially on Warped Tour. Other tours seem to be harder.
IG: Out of all the band on this tour, who do you think is the most earth conscious?
AMP: Oh jeez, I really don’t know…
AMP: We do the best we can with our band, but I don’t know.
AMP: I remember last year we had a contest and bands would basically compete to get the most, I don’t know if it was in weight or the number, of bottles to recycle, but Escape the Fate was pretty good.
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Guest Blog: Trevor Backer – TM of Polar Bear Club