I had a very exciting conversation last week with Doug Bohm, co-founder of Bands for Lands. The Denver-based nonprofit, which has used live music and other arts to further the cause of conservation and sustainability for over a decade, is about to embark on a new initiative to increase awareness of these same issues within our city's live music venues, bars and clubs. The program, called Green the Scene, aims to decrease the negative impact that your favorite dive or dance club has on the enviro
If you're like me, when you go out to see live local music, you're not really thinking about the ecological impact of the experience. You drink a few beers out of plastic cups. You set those beers on a paperboard coaster. You spill beer down your shirt, then wipe it up with a bleached napkin. And then you watch the band perform, bathed in the light of horribly inefficient bulbs. Last week, I wrote about how Bands for Lands is a launching a "Green the Scene" initiative to help venues improve thei
