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A Greener Festival awards presented
By CMU Editorial | Published on Friday 28 October 2011
46 festivals – that’s right, 46, count them now – have been handed a Greener Festival Award for reducing the environmental impact of their events in 2011. As previously reported, the Greener Festival programme, now sponsored by music business insurers Robertson Taylor, encourages festival promoters to make their events more green by addressing areas such as carbon footprint, traffic plans, and waste and recycling management schemes. The programme is global, and festivals being presented with awards come from Europe, Australia and North America.
Organisers say that they were pleased with the number of festivals meeting their environmental objectives this year, especially given the tough economic climate and “challenging summer weather” in both hemispheres which adds to the challenge of reducing environmental impact.
Commenting on this year’s eco-friendly fests, and noting how festival-goers themselves have a part to play, Greener Festival co-founder Ben Challis said: “One highlight was the real reduction in car use at many festivals as people swapped to coaches, trains, shared cars or even cycled. A downside was the thousands and thousands of tents and other perfectly reusable camping equipment left behind at festivals in the UK – what a mess and what a waste”.
The winners of a Greener Festival Award this year are as follows…
Outstanding: Croissant Neuf Summer Party (UK), Falls Festival Lorne (Australia), Falls Festival Marion Bay (Australia), Isle of Wight Festival (UK), Lightning In A Bottle (US), Øya Festival (Norway), Peats Ridge (Australia), Shambala (UK), Sunrise Celebration (UK), We Love Green (France), Wood (UK), Woodford Festival (Australia).
Highly commended: Bestival (UK), Bonnaroo (USA), Co-operative Cambridge Folk Festival (UK), Glastonbury Festival (UK), Grassroots (Jersey), Lollapalooza (US), Malmo Festival (Sweden), Island Vibe (Australia), SOS 4:8 (Spain).
Commended: Austin City Limits (US), Calgary Folk Music Festival (Canada), East Coast Bluesfest (Australia), Festibelly (UK), Heineken Dia de la Musica (Spain), Ilosaaririock (Finland), Hadra Trance Festival (France), The Open Air Festival (Czech Republic), Rock For People (Czech Republic), San Sebastián Quincena Musical (Spain), Sonisphere (UK), Splendour Festival (UK), Splendour In The Grass (Australia), Summer Sundae Weekender (UK), T In The Park (UK), Waveform (UK), Welcome To The Future (Netherlands), WomAdelaide (Australia).
Improving: Camp Bestival (UK), Download (UK), Greenbelt Festival (UK), Hard Rock Calling (UK), Lounge On The Farm (UK), Radio 1 Big Weekend (UK), Wireless (UK).
