The AGreenerFestival team has established a voluntary award scheme to acknowledge individual festival's commitment to environmentally friendly practices. The award A GREENER FESTIVAL 2007 - will be based around the twin aims of promoting greener practices and promoting sustainability. It will be available to any festival which can meet the requirements of a sixty question check list and commit to an ‘A – Z’ of green priorities. The award is to promote greening practices at music festivals. We don’t expect festivals to be able to meet every single point on our check list but they must reach a minimum standard. They need at the very least to have a coherent transport and travel policy promoting public transport; they must consider ways to reduce waste and pollution; they must have recycling on site and they must protect the environment and protect wildlife. We would also like festivals to aspire to a 26 point action plan – our A-Z of going green – and by 2008 we really do hope that all UK festivals will have basic green policies and practices in place. Ultimately we expect all festivals to aim for a ‘leave no trace’ philosophy where their festival is totally green and leaves no impact on the environment.
Recipients of the Award will be able to show the have achieved a high level of greening at their event. Recipients will be entitled to use the logo in all of their advertising and on their website and a list of receipients will be publicised on this website. There may also be a tie up with a major awards ceremony to celebrate the awards - watch this space!
The questionnaire was drawn up by the team behind Agreenerfestival.com with additional research by students at Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College . A new logo for the award will be based on a drawing of the red kite, milvus milvus, a threatened bird of prey recently reintroduced into England and Scotland from Wales and Europe where it survived near extinction and the logo has been designed by agreenerfestival website designer Luke Westbury.
If you and your event is interested in the award please email us at agreenerfestival@aol.com
Recipients of the Award will be able to show the have achieved a high level of greening at their event. Recipients will be entitled to use the logo in all of their advertising and on their website and a list of receipients will be publicised on this website. There may also be a tie up with a major awards ceremony to celebrate the awards - watch this space!
The questionnaire was drawn up by the team behind Agreenerfestival.com with additional research by students at Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College . A new logo for the award will be based on a drawing of the red kite, milvus milvus, a threatened bird of prey recently reintroduced into England and Scotland from Wales and Europe where it survived near extinction and the logo has been designed by agreenerfestival website designer Luke Westbury.
If you and your event is interested in the award please email us at agreenerfestival@aol.com
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