Are you working to effect sustainable social change in your organisation?
Have a clear picture of where you want to reduce the negative or increase the positive impact? Find inspiration and practical information about communications, measuring impact, innovation, and leadership here.
Future Festival Tools: What’s your opinion?
Have you used the Future Festival Tools yet? Have you used our self-assessment tool, read our Green Festival Stories or tried our training course? There’s still time to give us feedback – share your thoughts by taking part in our
COP27: What if creativity and imagination are part of the answer?
Native Events founder Megan Best reflects on her time at last year's COP26 and brings to the forefront how long overlooked changes can be part of the pathway towards widespread societal change, transition and implementation.
500+ UK festivals and outdoor events unite to launch Green Events Code tackling climate crisis
Read all about Vision:2025's recently launched Green Events Code.
Critics calling out music festivals for greenwashing
One major music festival invited EU climate boss Frans Timmermans to speak — but activists point to greenwashing and a lack of transparency.
In the spotlight: Circularity at Body and Soul Festival
Read all about circularity at Body & Soul in Ireland: sustainability and wellbeing has always been at the very heart of the festival’s foundations; and this year was no different, when the festival finally returned.
Ecolibrium’s Sustainable Travel Guide for Artists and the Music Industry
Recently, ecolibrium has launched their latest resource: a guide that provides up-to-date information, best practice tips and inspiration to empower the live music industry to understand and take action on its greatest carbon impact: travel.
Chris Johnson shares his how to guide to measuring event emissions
Chris Johnson shares his guide to measuring event emissions. With these insights, measuring the carbon footprint of your festival becomes as simple as a few conversations, collecting some information, and putting it into a free online tool.
Future Festival Tools are coming soon
Are you looking for free tools to develop your event sustainability skills? Future Festival Tools is coming to the European events industry in 2022, read on to find out more!
Get to know: Rob van Wegen
In this Q&A, Rob van Wegen, the Sustainability Coordinator for ESNS shares his inspiration, the highlights of his career and ambitious plans for the future.
Basecamp Festival: beyond CO2e reduction, towards a regenerative event
Lyke Poortvliet is talking to Sylvester Lindemulder about regenerative thinking, festivals and Basecamp Festival (The Netherlands)
Julie’s Bicycle announces further investment in The Creative Green Tools
The Creative Climate Tools from Julie's Bicycle will provide an interactive, user-friendly experience, on an open-source and more collaborative platform and will include carbon budgeting, planning, and integrated access to guides and learning resources.
The GEM-Stage is a stage that runs on solar energy, wind energy and hydrogen
The GEM-Stage (Green Energy Mill) is a hybrid, foldout, eye-catching stage that runs on solar energy, wind energy and hydrogen.
Online Smart Power Plan Tool
This tool is designed to calculate in advance how much power your production requires, the tool will enable event organisers to employ alternatives to conventional diesel generators, therefore, improving efficiency, minimising diesel consumption & reducing CO2e & tailpipe emissions by
Festival Fuel Tool
Find out your event’s energy rating and compare it to industry averages in less than a minute
When and how to offset carbon?
In the paper "Putting a price on carbon" produced by Julie’s Bicycle and the Arts Council England you will find information about carbon offsets, what they are, and some alternative models
Innovative Power Developments
Currently, almost every European festival runs on polluting diesel generators for power supply. Read here the current power developments in the event industry.
Renewable Trias Energetica: The path to emission free, renewable energy at your event.
This model enables you to achieve 100% renewable energy at your event.
The Green Events & Innovation Conference – Online
Green Events & Innovations conference Summer Edition Online is presented by A Greener Festival in partnership with the International Live Music Conference. We welcome industry leaders, professionals, visionaries, governments and all individuals and organisations working to bring environmental and social
Want to partner with us?
You can! We work on commission, and we’ll come on board for projects where we can make a positive impact. We’re making the events industry more sustainable by building partnerships and focusing on practical solutions and innovation.
