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With every festival and its mama buying carbon offsets these days, it takes a little more to get TreeHugger props. Well, this year’s Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival in Seattle has earned it. Bumbershoot realized that a “carbon neutral” festival that generates mountains of trash and tons of CO2 from attendees transportation still isn’t very green. So, in addition to going carbon neutral, they are taking steps to make sure the festival has as little of an impact as possible. This starts with the festival-goers, who are given incentives to carpool, ride their bikes, or use public transportation. A “bike-specific” parking area will be available with room for 500 bicycles will be provided, with cyclists receiving a (TreeHugger favorite) Clif Bar and Camelbak water bottle. Carpoolers will receive discounted parking at the festival, and a festival-specific bus will be in operation (in addition to the Seattle Monorail service).

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