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12.23.2009 Bumbershoot Gives Back 2009
Just in time for the holidays, Bumbershoot gives back! Read all about our inaugural Bumbershoot Gives Back program recipient, the King Street Cooperative Preschool.
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09.09.2009 Bumbershoot Gives Back Application Deadline Extended
Seattle-area non-profits: Bumbershoot Gives Back app deadline extended to 9/23. Tell us how we can help you reach a goal!
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09.04.2009 The Seattle Times: Kerfuffle and the World's Conundrum
The Seattle Times shares the beautiful way Kerfuffle addresses environmental issues with artistic expression.
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08.29.2009 Insider Tip #3: Getting There
Whether you are getting to Bumbershoot via tricycle, scooter, hang glider or a more standard form of transport, be sure to read these tips before you leave.
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07.29.2009 Grist's Umbra Fisk shows you how to put on a happy face!
Grist’s Umbra Fisk offers a wake-up call to all who paint and polish.
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07.27.2009 The Honey Brothers Discuss Green Choices (VIDEO)
Adrian Grenier and Andrew Vladeck of The Honey Brothers chat about their green choices and the importance of green efforts on many levels.
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06.17.2009 Grist's Umbra Fisk thinks you should bike to Bumbershoot
Enter to win a pair of Bumbershoot Gold Passes from Grist, and learn something new in the meantime!
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06.11.2009 Bumbershoot is Serious About Being Green
E The Environmental Magazine lists Bumbershoot as a festival that is serious about being green. Our eco efforts include recycle and composting stations, as well as food vendors turning their used grease into biodiesel.
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04.09.2009 Today's Fresh Links: Sheryl Crow — More than Woman and Guitar
Sheryl Crow fights for sustainability, both with the kids and the environment.
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04.02.2009 Ty Blue Begins Blogging Bumbershoot '09
Ty Blue, Bumbershoot ’09’s blogger extraordinaire, preps for a summer of Festival fun, blogging on your BumberFan queries and prepping for a MSTRKRFT dance-off.
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09.25.2008 Bottle House at Bumbershoot
Inhabitat takes a closer look at Jasmine Zimmerman’s Bottle House, eco-art built at Bumbershoot!
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08.25.2008 Planet Green Talks Up "Eco Chic Bumbershoot"
And with a name like Planet Green, they know what they’re talking about, which makes their glowing praise all the better!
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08.19.2008 Recycled Bumbershoot Bags!
Bumbershoot is offering perhaps one of the coolest pieces of festival memorabilia imaginable, being of course our awesome Alchemy Goods-designed Bumbershoot totes and field bags, made from Bumbershoot banners from years past, pictured below with Blondie!
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08.19.2008 U.S. News gives a shout-out to a green Bumbershoot
U.S. News And World Report recently gave a shout-out To Bumbershoot in a guide to greening your music. Hmmm, that sounds familiar…
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07.22.2008 ReadyMade's MacGyver Challenge: CDs
CDs? Say what? Youâve gone all-digital and need a way to reinvent and reuse your CD collection? This weekâs ReadyMade MacGyver Challenge will help you create some stylinâ new curtains with those scratched CDs of yore. Get the how-to here.
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07.02.2008 ReadyMade's MacGyver Challenge: Radios
That old radio not singing a tune for you anymore? Don’t throw it out… look at it in a different way, and see the light! Get some help from this week’s ReadyMade MacGyver Challenge project.
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07.01.2008 T.I.G. Talks About a Green Bumbershoot
It sounds like Three Imaginary Girls are getting excited for Bumbershoot this year!
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06.25.2008 How Green is Your Bumbershoot?
If you havenât heard, the 2008 Bumbershoot will be the greenest yet. In fact, thereâs a whole team of people here dedicated to making the Festival more sustainable.
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06.24.2008 ReadyMade Art Project: LP Bowl
Let’s cook with your stacks of wax! Turn your old LPs into fruit and candy bowls with the help of these step-by-step instructions from ReadyMade.
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06.18.2008 Ace the MacGyver Challenge, score big!
This month, Bumbershoot and ReadyMade are presenting a MacGyver Challenge exclusively here on bumbershoot.org. The item to repurpose? Old CD jewel cases! Refashion this old plastic into something useful or beautiful, and share the step-by-step instructions with us.
If we and ReadyMade find your design the most awesome of the bunch, we’ll reward you not only with a pair of Gold passes to Bumbershoot 2008, but a bicycle so you can arrive at the Festival in eco-style! Oh! And a year subscription to ReadyMade!
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06.17.2008 ReadyMade's MacGyver Challenge: Altoid Tins
What DO you do with this curiously strong packaging once you’ve consumed all its minty fresh contents? How about grab-and-go mini speakers for your iPod? Check out the winning MacGyver Challenge project here. Now that’s some (not so) Heavy Metal the whole family can enjoy!
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06.11.2008 ReadyMade's MacGyver Challenge: Speakers
Got some old stereo speakers lying around that do nothing but snap, crackle and pop? Don’t send them off to the landfill! Recycle them into something useful and unbeatably cool… like a pair of matching TV trays! Check out the winning project from ReadyMade’s MacGyver Challenge (free registration required). Then go watch Saturday morning cartoons and enjoy your Snap, Crackle & Pop in style.
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08.28.2007 Another BumberFan Blog by Puki!
We have fans! They have blogs! Here’s another great BumberBlog from our pal, Puki.
