From renewable energy to recycling, an increasing number of festivals are adding green initiatives to the line-up. Mark Briggs takes a look at whether their eco-friendly claims stack up
… Can festivals ever be green? Mark Briggs | 17th May 2012 Ethical Living Festivals Travel Explore Green Living Society … energy to recycling, an increasing number of festivals are adding green initiatives to the …
Ten festivals worth digging your wellies out for this summer
… Green guide to summer festivals Mariam Bhacker | 7th July 2009 Ethical Living Green Living Eco-festivals Green Festivals Sustainability Out And About …
Next week, the Hay Festival in Wales kicks off with its usual big name line-up of writers. Andy Fryers, organiser of the festival's special 'Greenprint' initiative, talks about expanding green events and shrinking footprints
… more sustainable, been useful for other festivals? AF: As far as I know, we've had … a seminar in the winter where we invite other festivals within Wales and also those across …
Get your planner out says HAZEL SILLVER. Here's 12 eco-minded and outdoorsy festivals to book and enjoy in 2017
… EARTH FESTIVALS 2017 Hazel Sillver | 2nd March 2017 Ethical Living Eco Festivals Green Living wilderness.jpg Get your … SILLVER. Here's 12 eco-minded and outdoorsy festivals to book and enjoy in 2017 FOR VEGANS …
Revellers demand a reduction in festival waste as well as better recycling facilities.
… Festivals must reduce environmental impact Alex Green | 24th June 2019 News Festivals Glastonbury Sustainability Thought … directly to the landfill. The State of Play: Festivals report, produced by Ticketmaster and …
How to the festival producers Wild Rumpus keep sustainability at the heart of what they do?
… Sustainable festivals with Wild Rumpus Rowan Hoban Sarah Bird | 8th April 2019 News Timber Festivals … to sustainability across all of our festivals, but especially at Timber Festival. … travel One of the biggest impacts that festivals have on the environment is travel. …
Missed out on Coachella? Don’t despair, says Sella Oneko. Combining great music and green initiatives, this summer’s vintage look set to be the best yet
… Festivals: the green guide Sella Oneko | 28th … Here’s our pick of the best (and greenest) festivals around. The ultra green one: Green … further than the granddaddy of European music festivals, Roskilde. Danish music has moved on …
Revellers at Glastonbury are peeing so much MDMA and cocaine into the river it is endangering wildlife.
… “The level of release is unknown, but festivals undoubtedly are an annual source of … the release and impact of illicit drugs from festivals. Information on the harmful effects … continue to strongly discourage at future festivals. We also do not condone the use of …
The largest festival of its kind in Europe was smaller this year but still a food lover's dream. Emma Bocking reports
The Organic Food Festival, Bristol Emma Bocking | 17th September 2009 Reviews Organic Organic Food Festival Soil Association Festival Reviews Bristol bristol2009web.jpg Sampling healthy and organic …
The Green Gathering is a festival with a rich history that's not afraid to encompass hedonism, writes Emma Fordham - but also goes way beyond it. A showcase of real life alternatives with a mission to have fun and change the world, it's coming back this summer - so prepare for an unforgettable experience (and £10 off the ticket price).
… experience (and £10 off the ticket price). Festivals bring large numbers of young people … a greener lifestyle, and demonstrating that festivals can be peaceful, sustainable and … being one of the UK's most family friendly festivals. And to prevent any recurrence of …
Florence Scialom, of the Network of Wellbeing, gives her feedback on the Festival of Wellbeing held last weekend in London.......
Review of the Festival of Wellbeing Florence Scialom | 17th October 2013 Reviews the indian dance.jpg Festival audience enjoys dance performance. Image courtesy of Network of Wellbeing Florence …
Forests play a vital role locally and globally, and a new festival taking place this summer in the UK will creatively explore this by bringing together forests, arts, ideas and music. The Ecologist will be there, and ELIZABETH WAINWRIGHT explains how you could win a family weekend ticket to be there too!
… | 15th June 2018 Ethical Living Forests Festivals Music Summer …
The organisers of this year’s Colourfest promise a “calm and uplifting ambience” inspired by yoga for those looking to kick back, switch off and reconnect. But this festival will have no drink and drugs. CATHERINE HARTE looks at what’s on offer
… March 2018 Ethical Living Colourfest Yoga Festivals Alcohol Free … alternative to the many hedonistic music festivals in the UK summer calendar - this …
The Off Grid Festival is taking place in North Devon from 9 August 2018. It will celebrate permaculture - but even more the ideas that are generated in the zone known in permaculture as the 'ecotone'. HELEN ILES explains...
… July 2018 Comment Permaculture Off Grid Eco-festivals og-field-fun_preview-740x400.jpeg …
As the summer festival season gets into full swing join the the Climate Campers
… of one of the UK’s oldest and best loved festivals - Glastonbury. This year there’s a … but what differentiates it from other festivals of the same scale is an attempt to …
🌳 Timber Festival is taking over The Ecologist today - celebrating the existence, rather than the passing, of a festival affected by the Covid-19 lockdown.
… season in which you can pick and choose among festivals. You may not go to festivals, but miss a conference, or some …
The Festival of Hunting is set to take place in Peterborough next month - this week animal rights activists were in town to condemn the event.
On the trail of the Festival of Hunting Brendan Montague | 21st June 2022 | News National Trust League Against Cruel Sports Festival Of Hunting Born Free Foundation Biodiversity Editor’s Picks …
Try some of the UK's best cuisine, learn from top chefs and debate the future of our food at this annual gathering of food greats in London's Earls Court
Expose your taste buds to the Real Food Festival Laura Sevier | 4th May 2010 Ethical Living Food And Farming Society Green Living Real Food Festival Laverstoke Park Farm Konstam Tregothnan South …
The Green Alphabet Writing Prize (GAWP) winner was announced at Flipside, East Anglia's leading literary and arts festival, creating the space for a conversation about the environment. HARRIET GRIFFEY, our cultural editor, reports
FlipSide festival debuts unique, environmentally themed writing competition Harriet Griffey Cultural Editor | 26th October 2017 News Environment Poetry Green Alphabet Writing Prize Flipside Friends …
🌳 Gathering in nature for collective experiences is a catalyst for change, and a summer apart is teaching us why.
… July 2020 News Environmental Art Green Spaces Festivals 🌳 Timber … At Timber, alongside our myriad other festivals and events in the UK and … gathering of artists to create work, to festivals full of dreaming and debate, is a …
New Americana festival boasted stand-out musicians and real community spirit.
… musicians and real community spirit. Festivals are full of it: politics, the 'green … been in the mix, working at and attending festivals for decades. One of the latest is …
Learn, rejuvenate and enjoy a weekend of yoga – learning from true masters at the World Yoga Festival taking place from 29th-31st July at Beale Park, Lower Basildon, Reading.
… World Yoga Festival 17th May 2016 News Yoga Festivals Meditation square_wyf.jpg Learn, …
With Buddahfield's Green Earth Awakening Camp next week (14th - 18th September) WILL GETHIN shares his experience of the annual Buddhafield Festival earlier this summer
Buddhafield - a riot of Courageous Compassion Will Gethin | 8th September 2016 Ethical Living Buddhism Festival Compassion buddhafield festival 16-7.jpg With Buddahfield's Green Earth Awakening Camp …