Green advice website http://www.agreenerfestival.com/ is launching a new competition for festival fans to suggest new ideas to promote environmental friendliness at festivals and get events greener. The new competition, Great Green Ideas, will be formally launched at the Bestival Festival on the Isle of Wight on the 7th September. The Glastonbury Festival in the UK as well as the Bonnaroo Festival in the USA and Peats Ridge Festival in Australia will all be asking their fans for their best ideas. Agreenerfestivals co-founder Ben Challis explained that "some of the very best ideas that improve festivals come from fans and its time we ask people who go to events how they want to get greener. This year we have seen a huge increase in the number of tents abandoned at festivals and this, along with personal carbon footprints, are just two of the things we want fans to think about. Sometimes really simple ideas are the best so any ideas on reducing waste, recycling and preventing pollution would be really welcome as well." Great Green Ideas should be emailed to agreenerfestival@aol.com and need to be in English or with an English translation. Translations should not more than 100 words long. The best entries will be published on http://www.agreenerfestival.com/ and winning enteries will be put in a prize draw. The AGreenerfestival.com team are committed to helping music and arts festivals around the world adopt environmentally friendly practices through providing information, education and the simple exchange of ideas. http://www.agreenerfestival.com/ is a not for profit company. Recent initiatives launched by the site include a message board for swapping ideas, a new cartoon character, EcoGirl, who can be used to promote recycling and car-sharing and a new award for Green Festivals called the Greener Festival Award. The first winners of the new awards will be announced at the UK Festival Awards on November 6th 2007. AGreenerfestival is a not for profit organisation.
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