The Virgin Festival, scheduled for August 4 & 5 at the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore will feature the same headliners as Live Earth New York – The Police & The Smashing Pumpkins, but will show many more acts overall including Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals, Beastie Boys, Incubus, Amy Winehouse, Wu Tang Clan, and 311.

Virgin is asking all attendees to “Green It Like You Mean It”. The two day concert has teamed up with Daryl Hannah & Spitfire Agency to green the weekend music festival. Look forward to:

BYOB - that’s bottle, not booze. Bring your own empty or factory sealed bottle of water, and refill it throughout the festival at the filling stations. If they do this right, it will be a huge success and save thousands of plastic bottles, as well as a huge chunk of change for the fans.

Compost – All of the food waste will be composted nearby in local farms. ( So eat up!)

Tree-free – All of the paper products will be 100% recycled paper…even the toilet paper. No virgin trees, baby. Yeah!

In addition to these initiatives, compostable plates & utensils will be used, clean energy like biodiesel & solar will be utilized, and the use of mass transit highly encouraged.

Also look forward to the RE*Generation Gallery to be on display. Twenty-one 24″x24″ wood panels, each designed by a different artist to represent “a generation helping its own”. After the concert, the art will go up for auction.

Tickets are still available: general admission for the two days is $175, or go just Saturday or Sunday for $98.

Of course, you could also get in free – volunteers are still needed. You need to be 18 or older, willing to work 7 hours each day, care about the environment, and not mind getting your hands dirty / working around trash. It may be a weird job description, but I saw a similar concept executed at Live Earth and it WORKS. Just think about it: you will get in FREE and you’ll be able to help green the festival at the same time. Virgin Festival (then click Experience, then Green It.)

Categories: Music.

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Rebecca Carter is the Co-Founder of Ecorazzi. Rebecca was recently featured in the book Hot, Rich, and Green. She is one of 70 eco-achievers featured in Glamour magazine in April 2009, named Best of Green 2010 by Miami Magazine and Best Environmentalist by Miami New Times Best of 2008. She's raising a couple of little boys in Miami and speaks English & Spanish. Find out more at www.RebeccaCarter.net. Follow Rebecca on Twitter: @rebeccacarter

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