Green Street at Lollapalooza

There tends to be a lot of green vibes floating around during this three day music and arts festival, and at Lolla there was an entire street dedicated to it. Lollapalooza has been one of the few progressive festivals to add eco-friendly causes to the festival experience. To start off, fresh fruit samples were offered to all passerby’s at one of the local farmer’s market stations. Concert goers recharged and supported their local markets with each ad every purchase. The market included apples, cheeses, smoothies, yogurt, and an assortment of vegetables. But beyond this small import of local farm food, there was a large team of volunteers who picked up the sea of cans scattered throughout Grant Park. Lollapalooza features a rock&recycle program which dispenses trash bags to those who individuals who wish to clean up their mess and who later will be rewarded for their actions; when they return with a bag full of trash they are then eligible to win a bicycle and then walk away with a free Lolla shirt. What made the biggest environmental impact this year at Lollapalooza were the H20 water bottles. Individuals could refill these water bottles, available at $2 a piece, and fill them up at one of the water stations, cutting down the amount of water bottles used down by thousands. This year was another remarkable leap towards giving back to Grant Park and to giving the environment the kind of authority it needs in our every day partying lives.