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WOO HOO! I'm in! ;D IMO, I don't care how much your ticket costs, an extra 20 minutes of partying is not worth letting the planet you live on go to sh!t. Have some respect, not just for other people, but for the entire world around you and life itself.
there are plenty of places in every community in america that need to be picked up and there is noone paid to do it. again just my 2 cents. sorry if it comes off as negative. its not intended to be.
Nver mind about the glove question.
I just gotta love on Keith because he always has a gem buried in there somewhere........
It scares me how bad we are trashing the earth. A long time ago there was an anti polluiton ad on tv that had a Native American in a canoe with this big alligarotor tear.
all these years later and it s sad that the great unwashed didnt give a shit.
Maybe I should start a rants and raves like on Craigslist. hmmm.
Post by oatmealschnappz on May 17, 2007 22:43:15 GMT -5
I'm not condoning people's behavior but, I think that it's the amazing job that CleanVibes does every year that makes Rooers think that not cleaning-up after themselves is alright. They do an INCREDIBLE job! Now, if more of us would just do our part. It only seems right to me.
Post by oysterheadhead on May 18, 2007 1:36:43 GMT -5
whether or not you have plastic gloves..... everyone needs to make an effort at trying to clean up (1) their own trash and (2) clean up any trash in your area. except its not all trash. most everything you will use can be recycled. so get it in the bins. and don't use styrofoam AT ALL!! everyone should REDUCE, REUSE, and RECYCLE everyday!!! not just at Roo. its the very LEAST that each person can do to make the world better. thats my 2 cents.
Post by mphsvoodoo on May 21, 2007 15:02:11 GMT -5
It just does my heart good to hear people talking like this! People this is what living in a communal group is all about, and Bonnaroo is one big tribe! I will definitely be helping out. I have been to many Pagan/Wiccan festivals and the motto is "leave only footprints and energy". What a beautiful sentiment! One of the things that make outdoor concerts so memorable is your interaction with Mother Nature. Give Her a little respect. Again, ya'll made my day with such a generous and respectful idea of spirit! Can't wait for the 'roo!!!
I clean after naturally. The stages need cleaning but more than that I think making sure your campsite and neighboring campsite is clean before you leave is a must because that is a big area to look after. There might be a lot of trash in centeroo but it's all together. In the campsite it's all over the place. I will clean when I can but my main focus is the campsite and area around it. I did pretty good last year. clean and tied bags of trash/recycling
^I agree with that as well. I have a pretty simple motto at Bonnaroo... if I'm passing by a piece of trash, and I won't be trampled if I stop for a second, I grab it. Just swoop down, grab the least-nasty part of it, and you'll be passing trash/recycling in like 2 minutes no matter where you are... so toss it then. If everyone tried to do this there wouldn't be a trash problem... course it might take you a while to get out of the headliners...
Post by pieinthesky on Jun 7, 2007 20:47:02 GMT -5
We do this at all the local festies at this one festival grounds. There isn't a hole lot to pick up because people love and have so much respect for the ground that the majority don't even throw ciggy butts on the ground. It just goes to prove that it can and does work. Remember everybody: Respect Your Mother.
Post by Britney's_Fears on Jun 8, 2007 9:50:08 GMT -5
buscrash said:
But who'll pick up all the discarded plastic gloves?
Perhaps there's another group called The Plastic Glove Plastic Glove Gang who comes behind the Plastic Glove Gang which leads me to wonder are there just an endless line of Plastic Glove gangs cleaning up plastic gloves after one another?
Completely dedicated to this idea. I know that it has been mentioned that we have paid an arm and a leg for these tickets so why should we have to clean? Just my opinion but I got over the cost of the tickets when I purchased it. I cannot let money continually be at the top of my thoughts, especially when it comes to doing something to better "my world". We create what we live in and I prefer to live in helpful clean world. It's not the money, it is the feeling behind my actions that is important to me.
Completely dedicated to this idea. I know that it has been mentioned that we have paid an arm and a leg for these tickets so why should we have to clean? Just my opinion but I got over the cost of the tickets when I purchased it. I cannot let money continually be at the top of my thoughts, especially when it comes to doing something to better "my world". We create what we live in and I prefer to live in helpful clean world. It's not the money, it is the feeling behind my actions that is important to me.
I paid alot for my car and my house and I dont expect someone to clean it.......Im definetly game for this idea and even if I dont see the official "plastic glove gang" I will be doind my part.
Post by analyrically on Jun 10, 2007 0:47:45 GMT -5
during a fantastic rainy nighttime show at the What Stage I decided to be "productive" with my dancing, so I started kicking or otherwise transporting people's litter into a series of two piles (one for garbage & one for recyclable things). That way, i figured, the clean vibes folks would have a much easier time doing their jobs than they'd have if they had to bend down & scoop up every abandoned article on the grounds individually.
pretty soon some people around me picked up on the idea, and suddenly for an impressive number of square yards around me--with minimal effort--there was no longer a layer of trash atop the wet grass.
granted, i was rather lacking in a supply of trash bags and gloves at the time. this is a great idea, too! thanks for posting it.
Post by leggomyroo on Dec 14, 2007 16:19:20 GMT -5
giant said:
What about the sign that said "Clean Vibes is PISSED!"?
Or something of that nature.
Last year we were in Centeroo in the early morning and there was a clean vibes guy with a bullhorn forcing people to pick up trash... if you didn't he would berate the hell out of you and follow you with the megaphone. Hilarious. We helped him out for maybe 15 minutes. Most people just took the verbal abuse and kept walking.... A holes.
i could see someone swinging a fist to that guys face...im not that type of person im very peaceful...but some people just aren't so much. like it was said before...you paid a arm and a leg to get into bonnaroo....why would you need to spend time cleaning other peoples stuff...i can see the part where you clean up your own stuff....i kinda think that that was taken a little further than it should been....chasing people around with a megaphone...common...im all about keeping things clean...but people being yelled at i think that isn't right, i could see them being yelled at if they just left trash but others that didn't.....get what im saying? i certainly wont be forced to clean....ill do my own part and then some but im not going to spend all my time cleaning up. i too am sorta an environmental type of person so yeah.
I would have loved to see that dude try to do that to the crew I was with, especially on saturday or sunday morning Seriously though, its this attitude that often keeps people from wanting to do good things like this.
I think maybe the more important thing to remember is to take that good feeling you have of picking up after yourself at Roo and apply it to your everyday life. The trash is going to get picked up at Roo, but if you carry it over to other places, THATS where its going to make a difference both to the environment and to others who may not be so enlightened