Eco Fringe

What is EcoFringe?

EcoFringe is the conscious, alternative, sustainable pulse of the Kansas City Fringe Festival. The driving beat unites the Fringe art we love with the Fringe ways of living. The focus for the first year is behind-the-scenes efforts to make the festival more sustainable by being a zero landfill event. Eco- Fringe aims to be engaging, entertaining, active and interesting; full of great ideas for greening your life, community and the world.

H2O

Clean H2O and access to it is one of the most important issues we will face in our lifetime. EcoFringe is bringing awareness to this by being a plastic water bottle free event! We will be providing FREE filtered water from Brookfield's Great Water to refill your reusable water bottle.

Food

Know your farmer, know your food! Eating locally is one of the single greatest steps we each can take to support our local economy and reduce the energy that goes into our food. EcoFringe invites community supported agriculture, farmers, and gardeners to share their wisdom, produce and experience.

Recycling

To have a Zero Landfill Fringe Festival there will be recycling for aluminum, plastic, paper, glass and compost bins for all organic matter - including food, all beer, wine and coffee cups, even the paper towels in the venue restrooms will be composted with the help of Missouri Organics.

How to Help

We need some folks who are excited to get a little dirty to clean up the Fringe and save the planet! Come play with the recycling and compost, or help distribute water to each of Fringe's 17 venues. We'd love to find some financial and product sponsors to help nuture EcoFringe and help it grow. If you have ideas, questions, comments or if you would like to help with the EcoFringe, clay@kcfringe.org or 913.645.8907

Sustainability Fair

FREE!! Noon-6:00pm Sunday, July 31 Fringe Central, 1730 Broadway and the 18Broadway demonstration gardens.

StoneLion Puppet Theatre
FREE!! 1pm Sunday
What does ancient Indian treasure, a lost map, and a deep cave have to do with saving the world? Come find out in StoneLion's latest adventure. Come find out in StoneLion's latest adventure Spelunk, and join the first ever Sustainability Fair. StoneLion is proud to partnet withe EcoFringe to bring a free family performance of their acclaimed water conservation puppet show. For all!

The Sustainability Fair will feature clean water, local food, alternative energy, clean transportation and natural building; along with performances by Stan Slaughter Eco Troubador, music from the Green Spirit Band and Harmony Mindzeye, recycled art activities for children and the single most important aspect of a sustainable, meaningful future: community.

Participating organizations include:
Blue River Watershed
Missouri Master Naturalists
Metropolitan Energy Center - Natural Building AND Clean Transportation
KC Bike Walk
Deep Ecology Project
All-n-One Landscape
Missouri Master Gardeners
Cultivate Kansas City
Bridging the Gap
Habitat Restore
Nature and Good Health Group, LLC.
Sierra Club - Kanza Group
Planet Aid
Eating Well in KC

Will be hosting a local foods, culinary presentation! Local Chefs will showcase their art with the fresh produce from the area! They will inspire us with fun and easy ways to prepare the harvest for your enjoyment! Be on the look out at the Fringe's opening party for a taste of what is to come!