The Elmwood Avenue Festival of the Arts has always maintained a strong environmental aspect to the planning, development and operation of the festival. EAFA is the only free, family friendly arts event to have a comprehensive environmental focus in New York State.

The Elmwood Avenue Festival of the Arts had a major role in the promotion of last year’s 38th Annual American Solar Energy Society's(ASES) Solar 2009 Conference that was held here in Buffalo. The EAFA Environmental Development Committee facilitated the recycling program at the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center in 2007 resulting in less recyclable waste in our local landfills.

Environmental Row will be located on Auburn Avenue. Come and learn about clean wind and solar energy alternatives and find out how to decrease energy consumption while lowering utility bills. Check out the status of our local waterways and see what's growing green in Buffalo.

To encourage you to ride your bike to the festival, Environmental Row will feature Bike Valet service for 30 bikes, courtesy of Go Buffalo (formerly Buffalo Blue Bikes).

The Great Renewable Energy Show (back for the 8th year) will provide solar power to the Wilson Farms stage!

In conjunction with Sunweaver's Great Renewable Energy Show, EAFA's 2010 Festival Cafe will be bringing back the Solar Cafe. Their environmental mission and delicious menu items make them a very popular addition to the festival.

The Elmwood Avenue Festival of the Arts composts all of the vegetable waste from the Festival Cafe, and we actively recycle plastic bottles, glass bottles and cans throughout the Festival.

It is our goal to adopt best environmental practices in planning and sustaining the Elmwood Avenue Festival of the Arts and when possible we work with other event organizations to improve their environmental impact in the community.

Buffalo Blue Bicycle http://www.buffalobluebicycle.org Buffalo Car Share http://www.buffalocarshare.org Buffalo First http://www.buffalofirst.org Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper http://bnriverkeeper.org Buffalo ReUse http://www.buffaloreuse.org Clean Air Coalition of WNY http://www.cacwny.org Garden Walk Buffalo http://gardenwalkbuffalo.com

Heifer International http://www.heifer.org Sierra Club Niagara Group http://www.newyork.sierraclub.org/niagara/index.html Sunweaver http://www.sunweaversolar.com Urban Roots Community Garden Center http://www.urbanroots.org Wind Action Group http://www.greengold.org WNY Sustainable Energy Association http://www4.bfn.org/wnysea/