Gulf Restoration Network

GRN At Bonnaroo Blog - Festivals and Events Tuesday, 07 June 2011 16:50

For the 5th year in a row, GRN will be at Bonnaroo, collecting signatures to defend the Gulf Coast!  In Planet-Roo, the non-profit section of the festival, we’ll also be asking for “oily” handprints to add to our “Congress, You’ve Got Oil on Your Hands” petition calling for congressional action in response to the BP Drilling Disaster.  Do you believe it's been a year since the BP disaster first started and Congress hasn't passed a single bill to protect or restore the Gulf??!?!
 
Signing the petition will enter you into a raffle to win a pair of WEEKEND PASSES TO VOODOO EXPERIENCE, in New Orleans!  Our photo gallery will bring you up to speed on the latest effects of BP's crude and corexit and what we’re doing about it. 
 
In addition to petitioning and reveling in the music, we will also be speaking at Bonnaroo.  I will be answering questions with director Jon Bowermaster after the screening of his film SoLA: Louisiana Water Stories on Friday at 5:45pm in the air-conditioned Cinema Tent.  Sunday afternoon at 1pm, Ayn Pivonka will speak at the “Social Change Through Music” Panel at the Solar Stage.  Both of these events have been organized by Rock the Earth, a great group that's been helping green Bonnaroo for 6 years now.  Stop by our booth in between the amazing sets to take action for the Gulf and maybe win yourself free passes to this October's Voodoo Experience.

Natasha Noordhoff is GRN's Administrative Assistant