Eco Lands, an interactive conservation happening in Speedway Meadow, is back and greener than ever. Following last year's efforts we are beefing up the solar stage, implementing more alternative energy, increasing the size of the farmer's market, working toward a higher waste diversion rate and achieving carbon neutrality through PG&E's ClimateSmart program. Also in Eco Lands you can refill your water bottle, chat with our non-profit partners, charge your cell phone off of solar power, trade cups or bottles at the recycling store, bid on rock posters at the silent auction or attend environmental talks. And look out for Whole Foods serving up natural treats, our friends at Lifeway sampling their probiotic kefirs, and Toyota's 3rd Generation Hybrid at The Prius Spot.

To keep you engaged with our environmental initiatives, the OSL Passport program will be in full effect giving you the chance to win watching Pearl Jam, Dave Matthews Band or Tenacious D from the soundboard. Pick up your passport at the Eco Lands Info Booth and get stamps for biking or taking MUNI to the festival, recycling your old cell phone, registering to vote, volunteering with PG&E and more. Take action and get involved!

New this year to Outside Lands is our Refillable Water Program, which will help to cut down our plastic bottle consumption.  We are offering two different refillable spring water options for your convenience: Either purchase an OSL branded stainless steel water bottle at the water station or the merchandise tent and receive free refills of spring water all weekend, or bring your own water bottle from home and purchase refills. Please look for the water stations on the map in Polo Field, Lindley Meadow and Eco Lands.  Every refill is one less plastic bottle.  Let's make a difference!

There’s a reason it’s called manpower. Volunteering...the most renewable kind of energy there is. PG&E and its employees have given almost 22,000 hours of their own time back to California communities, and so can you. Visit us at the PG&E tent in Eco Lands to learn how you can build a solar home with Habitat for Humanity, restore the environment with California State Parks Foundation, and more. Not sure where to get started? California Volunteers will be on site and can help connect you to opportunities in your community and across the state. While you are in Eco Lands doing your part for mankind, see what solar can do for the planet. PG&E will be powering the area on clean solar power, including solar cell phone charging stations. The music is no exception, with the Panhandle Stage running on 100% clean solar energy due to the help of PG&E and partners.
 
And whether you catch a solar show or sign up to volunteer, you can still feel better knowing the entire festival will be made carbon neutral through an innovative partnership with the PG&E ClimateSmart program. To learn more about balancing out your own energy use, visit www.joinclimatesmart.com. Together we can create the solutions needed to address our biggest energy challenges. ­Visit www.wecandothis.com for more information.

Outside Lands Festival is happy to welcome back Sustainable Waves, the leading provider of solar-powered sound, stage and lighting. This year, Sustainable Waves will be bringing "Two Tons of Power". The stage is built around (2) 1000 amp / 24 volt batteries. Each battery weighs 2000 lbs, thus, two tons of power. The stage is powered by 2.5 kw of solar, supplying sunlight to the batteries which powers (4) Outback Systems Inverters pumping 140 amps of power at 120 volts. In a nutshell, Sustainable Waves is more than doubling their power capabilities, producing more sound to fill this year’s Eco Lands. As Sustainable Waves likes to say, "We make power sexy!”  For more information in Sustainable Waves please visit www.sustainablewaves.com.

Are you into dumpster diving?  We have just the thing for you...the TRASHed Recycling Store hosted by Odwalla located in Eco Lands in Speedway Meadow.  Help us keep the festival site clean by picking up compostable cups, plastic bottles or empty Odwalla and exchanging them at the recycling store for festival merchandise, concert tickets, Odwalla, Dasani water and other prizes.  For a full list of prizes and the exchange rate please pick up an OSL Passport at the Eco Lands Info Booth.  Grab an OSL Chico Bag from Surfrider and start collecting! For more information on the TRASHed Recycling Store visit www.getTRASHed.org.

In partnership with Musictoday, Gibson and Collective Good, Rock the Earth is calling on all Outside Lands attendees to bring all their old, unwanted mobile phones to the Rock the Earth booth for collection.   Each person bringing a phone will receive 20% Off future Musictoday purchases, AND each phone is worth one entry into the on-site sweepstakes drawing for cool prizes like CDs, DVDs, T-shirts, signed artist memorabilia, a Gibson Les Paul ‘58 Satin Junior Guitar, and many more great prizes!  For more information on Rock the Earth please visit www.rocktheearth.org.

In case your cell phone charger didn’t make the trip to Outside Lands, CollectiveGood will be offering our free Solar Powered Cell Phone Charging services, so you can play all weekend and not worry abut losing your phone connectivity.  We support almost every make and model of phone, and when you charge your phone, you also get your OSL Passport stamped. For more information on CollectiveGood please visit www.collectivegood.com.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 28TH

2:15PM – Solar Power Talk
2:45PM – Worm Composting Demo
3:50PM – Solar Power Talk
4:20PM – Urban Food Production

Solar power talks will be held at the solar generator next to PG&E.  The worm composting demonstration and the urban food production workshop will be held at Garden for the Environment.

We are happy to introduce a Silent Auction at this year’s festival to benefit community investment.  You can help create positive change in our world by bidding on authentic music memorabilia.  We will be showcasing Gibson guitars, VIP ticket packages from The Independent in San Francisco and the Fox Theater in Oakland, rare concert posters from OSL artists including Black Eyed Peas, The Mars Volta, Thievery Corporation, Jason Mraz, Ween, Incubus & others, rock photography, autographed vinyl, catered meals and more! Gibson will provide electric and acoustic guitars, which will be signed by major OSL artists and will be on display throughout the festival.

Rock the Earth
Save the Waves
SEVA
SF Surfrider
Yellow Bird Project

Want to stream video, send texts and update friends on the happenings at Outside Lands?  Do it with a clear conscience on your AT&T Mobile device.  AT&T is providing mobile cell coverage for the event utilizing ReliOn fuel cell energy.  Clean hydrogen fuel cell power means the only by-product off the AT&T cell-on-wheels is pure water.  For more information about ReliOn fuel cells, please visit www.relion-inc.com.