Newport Folk Festival turns 50, goes green

The Folks behind Folk Festival 50 in Newport - the legendary annual folk music weekend on the water in Newport, RI - are making significant strides to better green their festival, and would love for you to come see for yourself, so much so that they're offering great discounts for sustainability-minded folks. Click here and use the promo code "GREEN".

Tickets for Folk Festival 50, A Celebration of 50 years of Folk Music in Newport, RI are now on sale and New Festival Productions would like to invite you to become one of the "folk" with a special Green Community discounted offer.

Discount is available for a limited time only. Offer good while supplies last. Not valid on previously purchased tickets or at gate.

To receive a discount on Adult Admission, cut and paste the following link into your browser and enter the special Promo Code: GREEN when prompted.

http://www.folkfestival50.com/purchase-information.html

Music Festival Line Up
SATURDAY, AUGUST 1 ~ 11:30 am – 7:00 pm
Pete Seeger, The Decemberists, Fleet Foxes, Gillian Welch,
The Avett Brothers, Billy Bragg, Iron & Wine, Mavis Staples,
Tom Morello: The Nightwatchman, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Ben Kweller, The Low Anthem, Brett Dennen, Tift Merritt, Tao Rodriguez Seeger, Langhorne Slim

SUNDAY, AUGUST 2 ~ 11:30 am – 7:00 pm
Pete Seeger with Judy Collins, Joan Baez, Arlo Guthrie, Neko Case, The Campbell Brothers, Josh Ritter, Elvis Perkins in Dearland,
Tim Eriksen & Shape Note Singers, Del McCoury, Guy Clark,
David Rawlings Machine, Deer Tick, Balfa Toujours, Dala, Joe Pug

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The Hive

Check out the grand opening of the Hive Cape Ann - a local artist gallery / community hub - here's to strengthening the social fabric!









































Learn more at www.thehivecapeann.com

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Prosperity Without Growth

A great (relatively) new report out of the Sustainable Development Commission in the UK:

Prosperity Without Growth

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Sustainable PVC?

Vinyl and PVC are common building materials that have a whole host of problems associated with them. There are many alternative materials that can be used, yet the materials are ubiquitous because they are low-cost and durable, and perform certain functions well.

Under pressure from health and environmental groups aiming to ban PVC altogether in the late ‘90s, the industry in Europe set out to create “sustainable PVC”....read more at our Aedi Construction blog.

credit to http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/03/26/pvc-no-good/ for the photo.

Food, Inc

Get ready for what looks like a great movie on the food industry - hopefully it will help bring home why it's so important to buy local and organic, and support the development of a safe, resilient food system - so often these reasons are invisible to us, so a movie like this should be a big help and great reminder:



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Gloucester Blogapalooza

A quick heads up for any local Gloucester / Cape Ann readers - get involved with the first ever Gloucester Blogapalooza!

Tonight (Tuesday, June 9th) at 6:30pm, anyone who blogs, or reads blogs here on Cape Ann please come join the fun for and enjoy some brew and socialization at the Cape Ann Brewing Co.

Joey of Good Morning Gloucester blogging fame is pulling it together - I'm actually really bummed, because I can't make it, already had plans I can't break in the city tonight, but hopefully there will be more... and just wanted to spread the word in the mean time.










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