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says Mike Lieberman, the 23-year-old site manager of the festival’s “Eco Lands” area, standing near a booth where folks calculated their carbon footprints. “Even if the solar-powered stage dies, our contingency plan is to pull out the biodiesel generators.”Of course there are the obligatory recycling bins everywhere you look. But Lieberman and his peers are pioneering efforts. Every cup, plate, and fork used at the concert is compostable, replica Bell & Ross watches and the goal is to keep 75 percent of all the waste generated at the show out of the landfill. The complimentary, valet bicycle parking lot is a hit—last night it was overstuffed with hundreds of show-goers’ bikes. Last but not least, I saw plenty of activity at the booth where cell phones get recharged for free. The juice, natch, comes courtesy of the sun and solar panels.—Andrew Tilin
