Steel Bridge Songfest 2012 - Four Days of Music and Discovery: June 7-10, 2012

2010 GREEN Scavenger Hunt
Go Green with Steel Bridge Songfest and get an entry into a raffle for cool earth friendly prizes!

Here are various simple eco-activities you can do around the Street Festival
to help offset our carbon footprint created by the 2010 Songfest.
Completing these eco-activities will earn you an entry into the raffle.
Keep track of your progress on a special page of our 2010 festival program!

Some green activities to help you get started before you get to the bridge!

* "Recycle" a Steel Bridge Songfest shirt of years past by wearing it to the Street Festival on Sunday afternoon.

* Carpool to the festival! Or even better, ride a bike! (bike racks will be available nearby)

Be sure to check out the Sustain the Beat! Seminars on Living a Greener Lifestyle.

Come to Glas - The Green Coffeehouse
Thursday, June 10 and Friday, June 11, from 4:00 - 5:30 pm.

Sustain Door will be hosting a seminar featuring a "No Future without Sustainability" presentation and audience participation.

Anne Biebel with The Wisconsin Trust for Historic Preservation will be presenting "Why Preservation Matters."

Sponsored By:

A very special Thank You to Lake Michigan Wind & Sun, LTD

Local Supporters of Steel Bridge's Green Efforts

Ride your bike to GLAS anytime to receive an automatic 10% discount!

JJEvensenArt will be donating a handmade picture frame and limited edition print. The frame is "recycled" art in itself, created with antique silverware and old wood from Door County barns.

Veolia Environmental Services is our waste management company.

One of the prizes for the Green Scavenger Hunt is a scan by Thermal Imaging Associates that evaluates the energy performance of your home or business.

The Healthy Way and the New Leaf Cafe are donating a prize for the Green Scavenger Hunt.

You can also follow these simple tips for a greener lifestyle:

* Don't like paying for gas? Walk, bike, or carpool when possible!

* Make 5 minute showers a goal. (and use a low pressure shower head)

* Pay bills online. If every house in the U.S. did this, we'd save 18 million trees a year!

* Use drying racks or a clothesline instead of using your dryer for every load of laundry.

* Donate clothes to Goodwill!

* Check online for recipes to make your own non-toxic and effective cleaning products!
(click here to learn more)

* Support local produce at your local farmer's market.

* Plant a tree in your yard. It'll give you shade, it's good for the air, and it will increase your property value.

* Turn off the water while brushing those pearly whites! You can save 4 gallons of water a year by doing this.

* Combine errands instead of running them one at a time.

* Unplug unused chargers and appliances. They still use energy...and you're paying for it!

* Stop using disposable bags. Or at least, invest in ONE reusable bag.

* Provide scrap paper in your children's play area. They can draw without knowing (or caring) that it's on scrap paper

Artists of Steel Bridge Songfest also promote "greener" lifestyles:

Victoria Vox is a member of 1% for the Planet and donates 1% of all
her sales to non-profits for the earth. Now living in downtown
Baltimore, near the train station, she has started to shift her
touring ways from driving solo in the car to hopping a bus or train.
In her 'hood, she's been seen digging in trash cans after plastic bags
and bottles, and getting them recycled. Vox has a new album out,
Exact Change, and the limited edition CD does use plastic, but it IS
recyclable; and the paper used is Rainforest Certified.