OVERVIEW
IMPORTANT VOLUNTEER INFORMATION
PARKING & TRANSPORTATION
REGISTRATION & YOUR VOLUNTEER COMMITTMENT
OUR COMMITMENT TO VOLUNTEERS
WORKING A SECOND SHIFT
Johannesburg Live Earth Green Team Volunteer Positions
Thank you for volunteering for the Live Earth Green Team! This is sure to be an unforgettable experience. The Live Earth concert series hopes to reach upwards of 2 billion people with a simple yet urgent message. Climate change is coming…help us to save our selves!
Each of the Live Earth Concerts will adhere to a long list of specified Green Guidelines. These guidelines will ensure that each concert will be produced with maximum consideration for the environment in every aspect. While at the same time ensuring that the environmental impact of each concert is minimized. These guidelines take into consideration two of the largest environmental impacts caused by human activity today… greenhouse gas emissions and solid waste production. Live Earth is managing greenhouse gas emissions from these events through carbon profiling and offsetting programs designed by our event partners. Solid waste from the events will be managed through a comprehensive recycling, compost and reuse program co-designed by Seven-Star Events, Inc., Pantsula, Conservation International, Mama She’s Waste Recyclers and Top Turf.
The concert, event, and trade show industry is the second largest producer of municipal solid waste in the world behind the construction and demolition industry. A single concert event can produce as little as 9,000 kilos (close 20,000 lbs) to as much as 90,000 kilos (197,000 lbs) of solid waste in a single day. Of that, approximately 75% of the average concert waste stream could be diverted from the landfill by eliminating Styrofoam, using bio-ware and actively recycling and composting. Studies have shown that nearly 75% of almost any waste stream could diverted by recycling and composting. As a Live Earth Green Team Volunteer, your contribution to the event “will” be felt and really “will” make a difference.
Green Team Volunteers will serve the most important of roles. Not only will volunteers help to divert landfill, but they will also serve as educators to the thousands of concert attendees who may have never been exposed to concepts like composting, recycling, landfill diversion, and resource recovery. As we have begun to acclimate to the convenience of a disposable society, every year human beings are throwing away more waste than they did the year before. This is reflected in the fact that landfills are meeting capacity earlier than expected. Many landfills that met capacity months or even years ago are still in operation, simply because there are no other options.
One of the things that will make the concert at Johannesburg both unique and very special to the country is the use of biodegradable plastic service ware. These products are made from corn and potato starches and will completely biodegrade in compost in less than 90 days, as opposed to traditional plastic service ware which can persist for over 450 years in the natural environment. This is important for South Africa considering that the existing landfills are already beyond capacity and still in operation. By using these products alone, we can divert as much as 50% of the concert waste stream and turn it into fertilizing mulch for farmers and gardeners across the region.
Though bio-ware products are unique, they often look and feel just like the traditional plastic items you might see at a concert, so learning to recognize a bio-ware product is a helpful skill for any green team volunteer. If plastic items get into the compost system, they can contaminate the end product and in effect negate our efforts. However, Seven-Star Events, Inc. and Live Earth have mandated that all disposable products used at this event be 100% biodegradable. By composting, recycling and reusing everything that we can, we hope to be able to divert 75% or more of the waste stream produced by this event.
IMPORTANT VOLUNTEER INFORMATION:
Volunteers will be expected to show up for their shifts no less than 15 minutes prior to the scheduled shift time for training and to insure a seamless connection between volunteer shifts. After passing the main gates of the Cradle of Humankind check point you will be directed to check in at the Volunteer & Staff Registration Hospitality Room immediately upon arrival with the Endangered Wildlife Trust coordination team. The staff and volunteer hospitality room will explain the procedures and will provide a safe place for you to store you personal items before, during and after your shift. You will want to bring:
- A long sleeve t-shirt or shirt that you can wear beneath your short-sleeved volunteer shirt in case of cool weather.
- A rain coat or jacket in case of inclement weather.
- Please wear comfortable closed toe shoes. No sandals.
- Sun block (for day shifts)
- Any special foods that you may require for health purposes
- One bottle of water with your name written on it so that you can refill it at our water stations
PARKING & TRANSPORTATION
Onsite parking is available just outside the entrance of the Cradle of Humankind. Park and ride from Johannesburg is being set up and more information will be posted or emailed to you. Carpooling is strongly suggested and EWT will be posting information on carpooling information in advance of the concert.
REGISTRATION & YOUR VOLUNTEER COMMITTMENT
Upon arriving at the main entrance of Cradle of Humankind you will find a check-in attendant who will check to see that you are one of our registered volunteers. You will be given a wristband with instructions on how to locate the Volunteer & Staff Registration Hospitality Room.
At the Volunteer & Staff Registration Hospitality Room, your coordinator from EWT will give you a brief orientation and sign you in for volunteering. If your shift begins later, you will be asked to present an ID card and to fill out our Volunteer Commitment Form. This is an agreement that states you have agreed to volunteer for your assigned shift in consideration of attendance to the concert before or after your shift is complete. If you do not work your on any of your assigned shift(s), you agree to pay the general admittance of the concert gate and be treated as a concert attendee.
OUR COMMITMENT TO VOLUNTEERS
As a Live Earth Volunteer, you are entitled certain privileges. All volunteers will receive a limited edition city specific Live Earth organic cotton volunteer t-shirt. Volunteers will also receive access to enjoy the concert either before or after each shift, and will have access to snacks and beverages.
WORKING A SECOND SHIFT
Volunteers who contribute a second shift are always a great gift and in return we want to provide one to you. For your second shift we will provide you a ‘green goody bag’ with organic and fair trade products from South Africa and beyond. Supplies are limited so let your Volunteer Recruiter from the EWT know.
Thank you for volunteering for the Live Earth Green Team. Your presence will be felt by nearly 2 billion people as we all come together to help create a climate for change across the globe.
Thank You!!
Matthew Dufon
Greening Manager
Seven-Star Events, Inc.
Alison de Smidt
Endangered Wildlife Trust
Volunteer & Staff Recruitment and Coordination
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