Greening The Festival

The Chain of Parks Art Festival Going Green initiative began in 2016 in partnership with Sustainable Tallahassee.  Greening the Festival is an effort to reduce waste from the festival going to the landfill, reduce food waste from food vendors and offer information about use and disposal choices related to reducing waste, making the festival a more sustainable, green event.

Sustainable Tallahassee & the Chain of Parks Art Festival has brought in a team of eco-friendly organizations including Green Party Events, City of Tallahassee Recycling, Leon County Recycling, TAPP, and City Utilities to work on the processes and resources needed to create a zero-waste event.

Sustainable Tallahassee is a nonprofit organization committed to promoting environmental, economic, and social sustainability by empowering all citizens to participate in creating a world-class sustainable community. They do this by providing educational resources, fostering community networks, and demonstrating equitable and inclusive practices.

Their mission is accomplished through the hard work of volunteers in their committees that focus on renewable energy advocacy, sustainable transportation, waste & consumption reduction, food production & distribution, and tree plantings.

You can visit Sustainable Tallahassee booths at the festival to learn more about Sustainable Tallahassee as well as Electronic Vehicle (EV) ownership, tips & tricks to help you reduce your impact on the planet, and to pick up a one-of-a-kind Rags2Bags reusable bag.

2023 Greening Efforts:

• We worked with Compost Community to collect our food waste from the VIP and Behind the Scenes areas.
• Food vendors donated their leftovers to Food Not Bombs at the end of each day.
• The City’s Waterwagon was available, don’t forget your reusable water bottle next year!
• Visitors stopped by the Rags2Bags booth to get their free reusable tote to carry all of their new purchases.
• Sustainable Tallahassee had 3 Community Partner booths with greening information and an EV car display.

2022 Project:

The 2022 Chain of Parks Art Festival, in partnership with the City of Tallahassee’s TAPP program, commissioned 8 artists to use their artistic talents to decorate repurposed rain barrels for a public art project in downtown Tallahassee! These painted rain barrels were on display for the month of April, leading up to the Festival weekend, April 23 & 24, 2022 and were auctioned off at the festival as a fundraiser for LeMoyne Arts.

Participating Artists: 

Dan Taylor, Gena McDaniel, Quia Atkinson, Lakey Love, Honey Hilliard, Pattie Maney, Marcia Mcauliffe, and Caroline Manuel.