Umphrey's Green Efforts

Umphrey's Mcgee leads their fans to greener pastures.

11.06.06

Umphrey’s McGee feels very strongly about the importance of greening and environmental efforts. We recognize the environmental damage caused by extensive traveling and the global obligation we all share to assist in the repair. In addition to the below described programs, we will also be implementing new greening and CO2 offset programs throughout our 2007 tours. As a fan, you can make a difference simply by buying tickets through Umphrey’s Ticketing.

Buy a Ticket, Plant a Tree Program
Effective immediately, for every ticket that is purchased through Umphrey's Ticketing, Umphrey’s McGee will team up with “Trees for the Future” to plant one tree in some of the neediest areas of the world. You do nothing -- just buy a ticket and we will plant a tree! This is a win-win situation that we’re thrilled to be a part of. For more information, please visit www.treesftf.org.

CO2 Emissions Offset Program
As most of our fans travel regularly to shows, we’d like to encourage you to follow suit and recognize the responsibility we all share in repairing environmental damage. You can help the environment by offsetting your CO2 emissions on the way to the show.

This program gives fans the chance to offset the deforestation effects and carbon emissions damage created when traveling to attend live events. When you drive your car to an event, it emits harmful doses of CO2 that pollute our environment and promote global warming. A nominal donation of just $ 0.40 offsets the equivalent cost of damage from the CO2 produced by a fan that drives 150 miles to and from a concert. By helping fund the purchase of renewable energy sources you can offset this pollution. It’s a way of "picking up your trash on the way out" and is simply added onto your ticket transaction upon checkout. This is completely optional donation, but really adds up in the long run. If you regularly drive 100+ miles to see a show (which we appreciate), forty cents seems trivial when you think of all the environmental damage we personally can repair.

To participate in this program, simply check the option to the right of your ticketing checkout, and $0.40 cents will be added to your checkout cost. All proceeds go to NativeEnergy and are used to purchase renewable energy sources. For more info visit www.nativeenergy.com.

Thanks again for helping us to maximize the impact of these very important programs.

As always, we appreciate your support.

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