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The Green Apple Festival |
| Indie music favorites came together at the Santa Monica Pier on Sunday to celebrate the Earth. The third annual Green Apple Festival, held simultaneously in eight other cities throughout the U.S., including Dallas, Chicago and Washington D.C., was free to the public and featured such artists as Ziggy Marley, Juliette and the Licks and Taj Mahal. Earth Day Network, the nonprofit organization created by Peter Shapiro and Zenbu Media, the founders of the original Earth Day in 1970, started the event in New York City in 2006 with hopes that their musical extravaganza would reinvigorate today’s youth with a thirst for the Earth. It boasted an all-day free bike valet, with no locks needed, or asked attendees to carpool or ride the Big Blue Bus. It was one of the largest Earth Day gatherings in the U.S., which projected attendance for all eight events at 500,000 revelers. Green vendors presented interactive educational displays for families and progressive consumers alike as speakers such as Councilman Bobby Shriver preached on the theme of environmental awareness. The Carbon-neutral event was fully powered by Independent Energy Systems’ Powerhouse 2000 – a solar-powered mobile generator, juiced most generously by the inviting Southern California Sun. |