After attending Jack's "Green" concert in Portland, OR on August 20th, 2008 a few things come to mind about the meaning of calling this a green event.
1) When ever you gather that many people together (25,000) an event can never be green. It would have made more sense to have five small shows in downtown Portland at smaller venues to lessen the amount of gas used to drive the many miles to reach the Columbia Meadows venue. Fans could have actually used public transportation. What a concept!
2) While walking back and forth to my car to return food and glass water bottles that were not allowed past the concert gates (however plastic was allowed in if the water was poured out and then refilled... go figure!) I saw numerous baby snakes slithering through the grass. Do you think they survived the masses of huge tires that plowed over their meadow for this green event? I don't think so.
3) The pamphlets that were printed to promote green education just so TWO people could be on stage with Jack was just plain dumb. Sorry, I'm just not convinced this was done with a green conscious.
4) The mess that was left behind by drunkin concert goers was anything but green.
5) The greenest thing about this show was the hefty $50 bucks that I had to shell out for a ticket. I enjoyed his performance more back in the day when tickets where a mere $10 and the venue (which I could walk to) held only a small crowd. The bottom line is Jack Johnson may have good intentions about being green but the concert promoters are only interested in the green profits.
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After attending Jack's "Green" concert in Portland, OR on August 20th, 2008 a few things come to mind about the meaning of calling this a green event.
1) When ever you gather that many people together (25,000) an event can never be green. It would have made more sense to have five small shows in downtown Portland at smaller venues to lessen the amount of gas used to drive the many miles to reach the Columbia Meadows venue. Fans could have actually used public transportation. What a concept!
2) While walking back and forth to my car to return food and glass water bottles that were not allowed past the concert gates (however plastic was allowed in if the water was poured out and then refilled... go figure!) I saw numerous baby snakes slithering through the grass. Do you think they survived the masses of huge tires that plowed over their meadow for this green event? I don't think so.
3) The pamphlets that were printed to promote green education just so TWO people could be on stage with Jack was just plain dumb. Sorry, I'm just not convinced this was done with a green conscious.
4) The mess that was left behind by drunkin concert goers was anything but green.
5) The greenest thing about this show was the hefty $50 bucks that I had to shell out for a ticket. I enjoyed his performance more back in the day when tickets where a mere $10 and the venue (which I could walk to) held only a small crowd.
The bottom line is Jack Johnson may have good intentions about being green but the concert promoters are only interested in the green profits.
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