Green 4 Life Eco-Music festival at RivFalls in Maggotty, St Elizabeth.

A number of Jamaican artistes are going green. They are billed to perform on the Caribbean's first eco-music festival scheduled for this weekend.

www.jamaicaobserver.com/entertainment/Eco-music-festival-for-St-Bess-this-Saturd ay_9094542

Eco Music Festival (@ Riv Falls,Maggoty) Fails To Draw The Big Numbers

The concept was exceptional: nature lovers would spend a day by the river, enjoy the nature trails, purchase fresh fruits and vegetables from the farmer's market, imbibe liquors from the two bars and, by night, they would enjoy performances from some of Jamaica's best entertainers.
The absence of a large tent proved disastrous (as rain begin to fall), as vendors, artistes and sponsors had to find shelter under the cover of one bar.
The $2,000 price tag may have been the straw which broke the camel's back, as community members were clearly priced out of the event.

The Breadbasket Parish is known to stage mega events such as Rebel Salute and GT Taylor's Christmas Extravaganza annually, but their promotion and pricing strategies usually take into consideration the locals.

The promoters of Green 4 Life Eco Music Festival are most decidedly on to something, a few signs pointing to something brilliant.

http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20110707/ent/ent2.html

Where was the eco component? The river was already there. Right! A money leff inna di community. Body wastes and packaging too.

Sustainable Economics.

Still waiting for the marriage of Sustainable Economics with Sustainable Ecology.

In the meantime we sustain our pretenses with magical thinking and token actions. And noise, a symptom of a system out of synch. There are more efficient ways to emotional release.

Looking forward to natural music in a natural setting undesturbed by the celebration. More than money will drop in such circumstanes.

It's that wind off the Bluff that's making me brindler!