Cleaner Greener Blue Paddle FIBArk

Welcome to the Cleaner Greener Blue Paddle FIBArk

With the support of our generous sponsors, accommodating vendors and dedicated volunteers, the Blue Paddle FIBArk Board of Directors has strived to bring you a cleaner, greener festival. With the help of Eco-Products, this year all of our food vendors will be using compostable/biodegradable serving wear including corn-based cups, utensils and plates. New Belgium will continue to provide compostable corn-based cups to serve the beer or you will have the option to buy a reusable pint glass. You will find new recycling centers provided by Angela of Shavano Recycling, Compost Stations provided by Waste-Not-Recycling, organic cotton tee shirts, and Blue Sun Biodiesel to run our generators. Be sure to in the Leave No Trace Olympics.

We encourage all participants to take the time to read the signs and please ask questions. During the festival we ask that you take a moment to check out our new waste stations and to please make an effort to keep the festival grounds and the river clean. It will take the efforts of all competitors, participants and volunteers to keep this event and this river community clean & green. We are doing our best to minimize the impact of the festival and it will require changes so please bear with us and let us know what you think. If you have any comments or suggestions, please contact Jaime Keating Klco at 719-539-6918 or jaime@gogreenevents.com.

Some things you can do to help:

• Please make sure all of your waste is put in the appropriate containers.
• Compost all food (no turkey legs please), paper waste & serving wear.
• Recycle all cardboard, glass, plastic & aluminum.
• Please sort all outside waste brought into the festival accordingly.
• New Belgium has provided corn-based compostable cups for our beer. Please be sure that all cups make it to the compost station.
• All beer will be served in compostable cups. Please be sure these are put in compost bins, not the trash.
• Bring reusable items such as to-go coffee cups, water bottles and plastic glasses for beverages. 
• Ride your bike! The benefits are endless! Be sure to check out the New Belgium Wonderbike Booth.
• Carpool, call your friends, load your bikes and pile in. Salida is great place to never get in your car so save the money and emissions and come on down together.
• Save Water, Drink Beer.....or let your hotel know that you do not need your sheets & towels washed daily.

Angel of Shavano Recycling

Angel of Shavano Recycling is a Chaffee County based company with the goal to increase recycling efforts throughout the county.  We are a young company looking to help FIBArk in its mission to become greener.  Angel of Shavano Recycling will provide required roll-off containers for recyclables.  We will empty containers as needed at our facility and keep the area around the containers clean. This is a commitment that Angel of Shavano Recycling wishes to continue with FIBArk each year and provide more services as we grow. Mickey Barry and Jerrica Taylor have lived and worked on the Arkansas River for over seven years. We created Angel of Shavano Recycling as a way to become more involved with Chaffee County and its community events.

Blue Sun Biodiesel www.gobluesun.com

Blue Sun Biodiesel, LLC is a vertically integrated agriculture-energy company and marketer of premium agricultural and renewable fuels products. Blue Sun differentiates its products and services through proprietary oilseed crops, additives, quality assurance, blending, and distribution infrastructure. Blue Sun oilseed crop R&D and established farmer network, industry-leading QA/QC policies, numerous retail pumps, and well-established distributor network bring you the best-quality diesel fuel possible today.

Blue Sun's distribution network features its high-volume, state-of-the-art ratio blending terminal, which is fully automated and allows Blue Sun B20 to be transported via rail or truck anywhere in North America, with every gallon having the consistent quality you've come to expect from Blue Sun. Blue Sun Biodiesel provides B100 to run the generators during Blue Paddle FIBArk.

Eco-Products www.ecoproducts.com  www.biodegradablestore.com

Eco-Products is proud to do what it can to support FIBArk 2006.   We believe that "Zero-Waste" events such as this are the wave of the future where all trash is either composted or recycled.   In an age where resources are more and more limited and conventional products take thousands of years to biodegrade, we see that these products are a way to make a real difference.   We at Eco-Products are committed to bringing together the largest selection of biodegradable products at the best prices.   Thanks for your support.

Leave No Trace www.lnt.org

Leave No Trace is a cooperative educational program that helps foster stewardship of public lands through education and training. The Leave No Trace message helps public land visitors understand and practice minimum impact skills and ethics. Information from the Leave No Trace program, coupled with a visitor's attitude, and ethical commitment to land stewardship, makes the Leave No Trace program useful for all recreationists, regardless of whether they are on a day hike or a month-long mountaineering expedition.

The program is managed by the Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics, a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote and inspire responsible outdoor recreation through education, research and partnerships. The Center is the headquarters for the national education and training program, and unites land management agencies, manufacturers, outdoor retailers, media, conservation groups, recreation groups, organizations, clubs, outdoor educators and individuals who share a commitment to maintaining, preserving and protecting natural lands.

During the Blue Paddle FIBArk Festival Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics will be hosting a Leave No Trace Olympics- We all have taken a natural memento, veered of the trail or left and apple core behind.  These actions seem harmless...

Think you can stand up to the Leave No Trace Challenge- Test your knowledge of how can you leave the outdoor areas you enjoy as good if- not better then you found it. Can you dig a cathole in record time?  Build a mound fire when the clock is ticking?  Hang a bear bag when it counts.  Activities will be taking place periodically through out the day at the Leave No Trace Booth.

New Belgium Brewing Company www.newbelgium.com

Founded by an electrical engineer and a social worker, it only makes sense that New Belgium has always looked for ways to be energy efficient and socially responsible. Through embracing new technologies, seeking out alternative forms of energy and reducing our waste stream, we strive to make smart business decisions and do well by the environment each and every day. We are currently focused on the following areas of environmental balance: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction, Healthy Watersheds, Green Building, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle & Living Sustainably. During the Blue Paddle FIBArk New Belgium Brewing will be providing compostable cups and a lot of good mojo to help make the Festival Green. Be sure to check out the Wonderbike booth and be sure to pledge your commitment to riding your bike this year!   Please check out www.newbelgium.com to learn more about sustainability and the Wonderbike Program at New Belgium Brewing, they simply do too much to fit on this page.

Waste-Not Recycling www.waste-not.com

Waste-Not Recycling is helping FIBArk work towards having a "Zero Waste" event by providing containers to collect cans and bottles and by collecting compostable items that can be fed to worms. Many items that end up being discarded into landfills can actually be vermicomposted and turned into a resource to provide nutrients back to our soil. This program is another way Waste-Not helps to fulfill its mission of "working today for a better tomorrow".

Thank you to Steve Szymanski, Robin O. Burton Eco-cycle, Rich Mills Natureworks, Jim Lamanusca Eco-Products, Anita Comer Waste Not Recycling, John Long Blue Sun Biodiesel, Diana Rector Biota Spring Water, Mickey & Jerrika Angel of Shavano Recycling, Travis & Reiken Earth Gypsy Gardens, Jim Thompson Chaffee County Citizens for Recycling, Hillary Mizia & all of the folks at New Belgium for helping to contribute to a Cleaner Greener FIBArk.