Green Team - Lock and Load

Since the success of some of our greening initiatives in 2007, the Green Team has been hard at work coming up with terrific ideas to help the Peterborough Folk Festival reduce our ecological footprint.  

Would you like to join the Green Team?
Email pffgreen@gmail.com for more information on how you can help the PFF.  Volunteers get nifty perks, like a pretty terrific t-shirt and volunteer party.

No Plastic Water Bottles!

We've taken a bold step this year and deicded to ban plastic water bottles from the park.  In their place, we have several options for you thirsty water-drinkers:
- Lug-A-Mug: Bring your own bottle, jug or jar, pay $2, recieve a durable PFF sticker to put on your jar, and refill all day.
- Buy A Jar:  Forgot your reusable bottle at home?  No problem!  Pay $2 for one of our recycled jars, and refill all day.
- Stainless Steel:  The PFF is pleased to offer stainless teel water bottles for sale at the festival, imprinted with the lovely new PFF logo.  Pick yours up at the Emporium on Saturday, August 23!
- Buy your beer mug: The festival is pleased to offer reusable beer mugs at our brand-new beer tent.  Do your part to help the environment while enjoying your beer!

Reusable Dishes

Returning - and expanding! - in 2008 is the reusable dish station in the park.  On your way to grab a tasty meal from our delicious food vendors, snag a plate and cutlery from the Green Team booth.  When you've finished your meal, return the plate and cutlery to the booth, and it will be whisked away (via bicycle!) to our friends at Mark Street United Church, who graciously allow us to use their industrial-strength dishwasher.  Do you have plastic or melamine plates to donate?  Please contact pffgreenteam@gmail.com

Green Home Green Energy makes PFF Carbon Neutral

Our friends at GHGE approached us early this month with an offer to assess our carbon footprint and generously donate the off-setting!  This means they'll take note of the meters on our venues, the artists who have to fly to Ontario for the event, our use of cars to transport staff and stuff, and any other energy-gobbling thing the festival does.  Then they'll offset it with power generated by green energy sources.  We're very excited to work with Green Home Green Energy, and proud to be doing our part not only to reduce but also to offset.

Generation Solar Stage

For many years, the PFF have reduced our ecological impact by utilizing solar energy to power one of our daytime stages.  This year, Generation Solar have joined us as a sponsor, providing Solar energy for our daytime main stage.  We're both proud and excited to  welcome Generatio Solar to our roster of fabulous sponsors!

Walk - Bike - Skate - Roll - Canoe - Bus

There are plenty of environmentally-friendly options for getting to the PFF.  The park is in the heart of downtown Peterborough, accessible via bus routes, the Rotary Traill, and the Mighty Otonabee River.  Leave the car at home - it's better for your health, and for the planet!

Got suggestions for the folk festival?  Call (705) 874-6796 or email ptbofolkfest@gmail.com