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Main entry to festival at Bonnaroo.

Bonnaroo’s Amazing Compost Cycle

Anytime you assemble 75,000 people in one place there will undoubtedly be some waste — and especially when those people are hungry, thirsty music fans and that place is the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee, one of the largest and most ambitious … Read More

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Bonnaroo in Pictures: The Fans

Photographs from the ninth annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Machester, Tennessee from June 10-13, 2010. Photos used with permission from the author, Richard Allen.

The Flaming LIps at Bonnaroo 2010

Bonnaroo in Pictures: The Artists (Part 1)

Internet problems in the media tent at this year's Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival sure didn't stop our intrepid photographer, Richard Allen, from busting his but in the Tennessee heat to get some fantastic shots.

A camper's tarp at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival.

Oil Spill Quietly Seeps into Bonnaroo

[Originally published at ecopolitology] Ever since the massive explosion on the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig and the ensuing oil spill that began almost two months ago, I have spent nearly all of my professional time and energy on reading, writing and researching the BP … Read More

Bonnaroo Music Festival attendees awaiting the next act inside one of several festival tents.

Bonnaroo Heats Up In More Ways Than One

Air conditioned press tents in the June summer heat of Tennessee at Bonnaroo give me some time to think about the heaps of energy they require... but it's not all bad news.

Traffic at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival (Photo: Tim Hurst)

Traffic Improvements at Bonnaroo Speed Entry, Slash CO2 Emissions

Manchester, Tennessee- The first day of the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, a day which has traditionally been a day of travel and arrival for most festival attendees, greeted an estimated crowd of seventy-five thousand music fans from around the world with some good old … Read More

Water fountains at the Bonnaroo Music Festival in 2009 (Photo: Tim Hurst)

Water Issues Raised at Bonnaroo

What better place to raise awareness of the critical water issues facing the world than at a music festival in southern Tennessee in June?

Planet Roo at Bonnaroo

Bonnaroo: The Greener Summer Music Festival

In just seven years the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival has emerged as the premier music festival in the United States, if not the world.