This story about eco-nut Sheryl Crow
caught my eye:
Touring the United States and Europe this year, Sheryl Crow arrives at venues with an assortment of environmental demands certain to vex concert promoters, according to a review of the musician’s 2010 backstage rider.
The document, excerpted here, actually has a 2-1/2 page “environmental portion” to be “strictly followed and policed.” Seeking to “minimize the overall environmental impact of our tour,” Crow demands that only biodegradable cups and dinnerware be used by the caterer. Produce should be “organic and purchased from local suppliers as much as possible.” And for the five backstage “watering stations,” water “must be sourced from a local spring water vendor.”...
Crow, 48, also offers promoters “venue greening suggestions.” She wants “traditional light bulbs” swapped out for compact fluorescent bulbs in “all offices, dressing rooms and common areas.” “Eco-friendly cleaning and bathroom products” and “post-consumer recycled toilet paper and paper towel” should also be used. Crow’s rider also notes that, “We strongly encourage you to use renewable sources and/or to buy sustainable energy credits where possible. Many local utilities offer ‘green power’ as an option--please check with yours and opt in.”
The document also details how Crow’s backstage hospitality room is to be stocked. The singer needs an assortment of “biodegradable non-petroleum cups” and 24 “disposable napkins made of 100% recycled fiber.” Crow’s rider also lists a wide variety of drinks and snacks that she needs, including organic coconut water and two bottles of Cabernet Sauvignon (“Sheryl’s Favorite” is Stag’s Leap Artemis). Two “good quality, dark, organic chocolate bars” are described as “***VERY IMPORTANT***”
Oh, and there's this:
According to Crow’s rider, her tour party travels between gigs in two 45-foot buses, while her equipment is packed into two tractor-trailers.
In the words of Professor Glenn Reynolds:
I'll believe something is a crisis when the people who claim it's a crisis start acting like it's a crisis.
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4 comments:
Commentator doesn't offer a viable alternative to moving a gainfully employed traveling circus. For the environmental damage caused by 2 busses and 2 tractor trailers moving around the United States in a peaceful pursuit, one would hopefully count that a thoughtful environmental sustainability plan was left for the venue as an offset to pay forward in their community.
This is typical, do as I say, not as I do. It's all for show.
Those venues are crazy to bow to that environmental fascist diva. They should just hire the Crimson River Quartet.
Bet the CRQ boys are much more user-friendly.
A little diet Coke and some bottled water and CRQ is happy.
Although, we do require three-ply Charmin made from old growth virgin forests.
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