Harmony Festival celebrates the latest trends in health, music, arts, ecology, and spirituality.  In its 33rd year, the festival brought over 35,000 attendees and a lineup that included Primus, Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, Michael Franti & Spearhead, and hundreds more speakers, performers, and vendors.

Besides the fact that all organic waste was taken to a local worm farm, the green highlight of this festival is its Eco-Village where hands-on workshops, demonstrations, and community building opportunities are abundant.

Attractions at this year’s Eco-Village included cob building, rainwater harvesting, bicycle-powered composting, a solar powered oven, the Earth Peace Mandala Project, and an open-mic where the sustainably-minded spat rhymes.

New to the Village this year was the Sustainable Living Roadshow, a caravan of educators and entertainers who tour the country in a fleet of renewable fuel vehicles and introduce sustainable living strategies to communities.

“People who come and see what we’re up to can actually activate on a local level,” said SLR Co-Founder and Artistic Director, Jonathan Youtt.  “We turn them on with a fun, creative experience, in a festival environment, but then they can plug in to the local resources. We’re always including the local green movement that happens to be present.  Some communities are strong, other communities are still fledgling, but we’ll reach out to everyone and try to bring them into the fold”

Traditional Skills Demo and Workshop

Rainwater Harvesting