SpaceShare Green Travel -- carpool, community building
SpaceShare Green Travel builds ride- and room-share tools for festivals and conferences. Our sister effort Verdant Event builds complete websites for conferences with greening tools integrated.
Ask the event how they coordinate carpools or buses. The event should coordinate carpooling -- send the organizers to Spaceshare if they need help planning carpools, or look for rides on Craig's List. more »Pack light and fill every seat! Or better -- see if you can find friends and take a bus or train.
Does the festival provide free water refills? Ask! Bring what you need so you don't have to buy disposables on-site, but balance that against packing light to keep your vehicle's fuel efficiency higher. Simple living is doubly beneficial when you're traveling!
It's hard to be green at a festival that's far from home and doesn't compost or help you fill every seat. Search this SpaceShare's carpool-friendly green festival calendar or Ecopalooza's list of green events.
Shutting all the lights isn't enough, unplug all appliances at home before you leave. Older TVs, many appliance chargers and other devices keep running even when they're "off."