Comments on: 3rd Annual Symbiosis Gathering – An Eco-Music Festival in the Sierra Foothills

By: telefon dinleme

telefon dinleme — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:41:08 +0000

telefon dinleme I also found the festival very healing besides being fun. My Mom had died a few months earlier and one of the tantric workshops allowed me to connect to my spirituality again and to people.

By: Mrs Green

Mrs Green — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 06:18:22 +0000

Hi there
I’m in the Uk and was really excited to read about this festival. Over here, so much waste is created by such events and, as you might have guessed from our website, reducing waste in every day life is my passion.

What a shame though, to read about all the litter! There was clearly so much effort that went on at the festival to ensure its reduced carbon footprint and then debris was left to endanger wildlife and harm the environment.

The issue that constantly confuses me is how do you get people to care? We can provide all the facilities and technology to make recycling etc viable, but it requires us to willingly take part in order for it to work – as you saw at the festival.

If people won’t pick up after themselves, even after having a wonderful experience at a festival, then how do we heal that and help people to care again?

Or do you think it’s something else that makes people leave litter?

Anyway, thanks for the great read; it was heartening to hear of such a green event taking place

By: alexandra

alexandra — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:38:48 +0000

I went to Symbiosis last year and I agree with you. I think the efforts that were made for it to be a green festival were noticeable. The reusing of dishes is something you don’t see very often. I came home and started to turn off my water while brushing my teeth, an unnoticed habit of mine since I was little – after reading facts about water useage and what I can change in my own life on a poster.
I also found the festival very healing besides being fun. My Mom had died a few months earlier and one of the tantric workshops allowed me to connect to my spirituality again and to people.

I hope to return again.

By: lorna

lorna — Mon, 12 May 2008 06:23:18 +0000

Hi Dave,

Yes, not everyone packed out their trash, and that is a poor reflection on many of the people who went to this event.

The population of people at Symbiosis who also go to Burning Man is high, and many of the people involved in creating Symbiosis also contribute to creating Burning Man. Now, it would be great if Symbiosis had the cleanup crew that Burningman has, but Burning Man has been around longer, has a way bigger budget and far more manpower.

As with many eco-minded events, Symbiosis fell short of being zero-waste, and environmentally sustainable, though the intention was there and effort was made.

Burning Man is hardly carbon-neutral, now, is it? All the plastic water bottles, eating utensils, paper plates, disposable glow sticks, plus the fuel to haul stuff out there, and blow shit up with? Do you really think Burning Man volunteers manage to gather every single feather and sequin that falls upon the playa?

I would say, Burning Man’s overall environmental impact is negative.

By: dave

dave — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:55:51 +0000

you guys need to go back to AVERY and remove youre trash to call this a green event. at least sort it so we can just haul it off for you. youve got a long way to go before you should be proud of youre achievments. to call this a burning man type event is B.S. freaks YES, fun YES, burning man NO! Pick up after youreselves!