Austin City Limits Festival 9.26-28.2008

If you are big music fan as I am, nothing beats a good music festival. In Texas we are extremely lucky to have the Austin City Limits Festival. Since 2002 this festival has brought some of the biggest names in music from Texas and abroad. Austin City Limits is great on many levels, the musical acts, the city, the people. Most of all Austin City Limits provides so many outlets of awareness.

The Austin City Limits Music Festival provides a great opportunity for patrons to learn about local organizations whose mission is to educate, inform and inspire. Having designated areas for people to visit and get a bit of info on many important resources is key to Austin City Limits. Here are a few of the organizations that will be in attendance @ the festival. Get your tickets while you can, see you @ Zilker Park!

HAAM: Their mission says it all “Keeping music in Austin alive and well.” Dedicated to the people who keep the music scene vibrant, Austin musicians, HAAM provides low-cost primary health care services, basic dental care and mental health counseling for uninsured professional musicians and focuses on prevention and wellness.

Green Mountain Energy Company: Green Mountain Energy is committed to maintaining its leadership position as the nation’s leading provider of cleaner energy and carbon offset solutions and is the Festival’s partner in helping reduce the festival’s environmental impact through making the Festival carbon neutral. Visit their kiosk to learn how you can reduce your carbon footprint in your daily lives and reduce the environmental impact of travel to the festival by purchasing a $5 Fan Tag.

Rock the Vote: This year’s presidential election is weeks away and you have to be registered to vote to participate in an election that will affect your generation and generations to come. Visit Rock the Vote’s kiosk to register—it’s quick and easy. Make your voice heard—your vote matters!

Building Green Futures: This kiosk consists of American Youthworks and Uplift Austin, two Austin nonprofits that are dedicated to working with Austin’s at-risk youth. . American Youthworks has a proven track record in Austin, having a presence in the environmental and educational communities for more than twenty-five years. A public charter school, AYW hosts several green building programs, including Environmental Corps and Casa Verde Builders, which train at-risk youth in energy efficient construction methods while giving back to the community.

UpLift Austin, a new nonprofit organization and community collaboration, transforms public schools into sites of unexpected color and spirit by educating youth in the fundamentals of sustainable design through the real-life renovation of their own schools. Both organizations have a vision of helping to grow the local green economy through dynamic educational opportunities for youth and adults.