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General [-]

www.allthingseco.co.uk Allthingseco list companies that follow environmentally friendly, sustainable, fair trade, ethical,   organic & natural principles - this is a very useful database including an events section.

www.anhcampaign.org A not-for-profit organisation representing an alliance of consumers, medical doctors, alternative health practitioners, health food companies, sustainable farming and other interests committed to developing a new, sustainable paradigm in healthcare that is fully compatible with nature, the human body and other biological systems.

www.audience.uk.com Home of Audience Magazine & Live UK - leading business magazines for the international contemporary live music industry.

http://www.avaaz.org/en/index.php A new global web movement with a simple democratic mission: to close the gap between the world we have, and the world most people everywhere want.

www.batmakumba.com/veggie.html Batmakumba are a band that tour in a converted airport shuttle bus...the bus runs on 100% recycled vegetable oil!

www.bestfootforward.com Bringing sustainability down to earth.

www.bpec.org Brighton Peace and Environment Centre.

www.christian-aid.org.uk The website for the charity, Christian Aid; extensively pushing for lowering carbon emissions and addressing climate change issues.

www.clientearth.org A not-for-profit European law group representing 'Client Earth'.

http://climatechange.unep.net UNEP - for information on climate change.

www.coffeeaffair.co.uk Fairtrade, organic freshly ground coffee off quirky mobile Piaggio scooter vans. Ethically sourced, produced and recycled packaging.

www.earthjuris.org Centre for Earth Jurisprudence - Earth Jurisprudence is a newly emerging field of law based on a recognition of and respect for the rights of nature. It is related to many current fields of law, including environmental law, animal rights law, rights of indigenous people, and jurisprudence.

http://www.echarger.co.uk Products focused on using renewable energy to power electronic devices from mobile phones to MP3 players. Rechargable batteries and solar panel products can benefit festival goers to hikers alike!

www.eco-web.com The Green Pages - Global Directory for Environmental Technology.

http://efestivals.co.uk/festivals A guide to all things important in festival land.

http://environment.guardian.co.uk A really useful resource from the Guardian newspaper featuring articles, stories and data relating to the environment.

http://www.ethical-junction.org/  represents a high standard of genuine ethical companies.  We work co-operatively as a community to support each other with a view to advance ethical enterprise and lifestyle.

www.footprintnetwork.org Global Footprint Network - advancing the science of sustainability.

www.generous.org.uk Live generously - minimise your ecological footprint and help the planet.

www.globalwarming.ie/green-pages The Irish web portal dealing with issues relating to Global Warming and contains a directory of contacts in the Green Pages.

www.green.tv Lets get more green issues on TV.

www.greendaynrdc.com Green Day's website aimed at stopping America's 'addiction' to oil.

http://greenfuturesfestivals.org.uk Specialists in green events.

www.greenorbit.org Greenorbit promotes achievements in eco-friendly design and technology with good up to date news on new green ideas as well.

www.greenpeace.org/international This fragile Earth deserves a voice. It needs solutions, it needs change, it needs action.

www.greenscene.org.uk Forum for green festivals and parties in the UK. A resource for both punters and event organisers.

www.grist.org A great site - environmental news and commentary.

www.grundon.com Largest Privately owned Waste Management Company in the UK. See their pages on recycling here.

www.howgreenisyourprint.com A fun way for people to learn more about environmentally responsible printing.

www.iisd.org International Institute for Sustainable Development.

www.interenvironment.org World Directory of Environmental Organisations.

www.ipcc.ch IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

www.juliesbicycle.com UK music industry group designed to clean up the music industry's act.

www.kadmusarts.com A great site for music, arts and dance festivals with a good list of green festivals and green resources.

www.lsx.org.uk London Sustainability Exchange - provides organisations and networks of individuals with the motivation, knowledge, and connections they need to put sustainability into practice.

www.magnificentrevolution.org We pedal power anything that comes our way….arts, Djs , films, bands, toasters, your grandma’s telly and even the occasional electric drill. We do it in unique style and of course with love (of bikes).

www.melodytrip.com/Community/blogs/jasonturgeon/default.aspx Jason Turgeon's excellent blog on Melody Trip with a US focused look at greening festivals.

www.musiclawupdates.com All things legal and musical.

www.onepercentfortheplanet.org Giving back - could your company donate one percent of your sales to worldwide environmental causes?

www.optimistworld.com If you are one of life's optimists – or aspire to be - welcome to our world. Here at Optimist World you'll find daily good news headlines, inspiring stories about effective charities, positive corporate social responsibility activities, sustainable travel, optimistic stories from the world of sports, and so much more. Optimist world selected A Greener Festival as a 'charity to aspire to' in 2008.

www.probert.biz The essential guide to green and groovy music events in the UK, promoting awareness of enjoyable ways to contribute to a sustainable environment.

www.reciclabrasiltv.com.br Recicla Brazil is an independent web page looking at the Brazilian economy and the recycling business.

www.recyclingsupermarket.com Recycling Supermarket provides news, information and guides on everything to do with recycling, waste management and the environment.

www.reverbrock.org Reverb educates and engages musicians and their fans to promote environmental sustainability.

www.rmi.org The Rocky Mountain Instituite - fostering the efficient and restorative use of resources.

www.safeconcerts.com  Whilst championing safety at events, Safeconcerts.com also has news, a photo gallery, reviews, a forum and great practical advice for festival goers.

www.savetheworldclub.org Promoting environmental action and self-empowerment through humour, art, education and entertainment.

http://www.springwise.com/eco_sustainability  A really good section of a website dedicated to good business ideas - here are the good green business ideas. 

www.staro.org The Amazonian rainforest sustainability management charity, launched 2005.

http://strictlyreading.co.uk  Run by fans, the unofficial website for the Reading Festival which includes a fan forum and links to the official website at www.readingfestival.com

www.surveymonkey.com Survey tool used to compile responses to research on this site.

www.thebigask.com Friends of the Earth campaign on climate change action fronted by Thom Yorke from Radiohead.

www.treehugger.com The modern and green lifestyle filter - eco-chic!

www.unesco.org/water UNESCO sustainable development and conservation of freshwater.

www.ukela.org UK Environmental Law Association - the UK forum which aims to make the law work for a better environment and to improve understanding and awareness of environmental law.  Its members are involved in the practice, study or formulation of Environmental Law in the UK and the European Union.

www.vegansociety.com The Vegan Society

www.virtualfestivals.com a great information site for all things musical and festival.

www.wateraid.org promoting safe clean water supplies for everyone.

www.writetothem.com Contact your Councillors, MP, MEPs, MSPs, or Northern Ireland, Welsh and London AMs for free. Enter your postcode to find out who they are. Stand up for what you believe in.

 
Festivals & Events [-]

UK

www.beautifuldays.org   Beautiful Days - The Levellers annual bash in Devon - winner of the 2006 Best Grassroots Festival at the UK Festival Awards.   

www.bestival.net September's Bestival is environmentally aware and a great addition to the UK festival scene.


www.bigchill.net The Big Chill Festival - see also:
http://www.bigchill.net/story/79/thediversificationofthecountryside.html

www.big-green-gathering.com The UK's big gathering for all things green.

www.blissfields.co.uk Blissfields - a grass-roots festival promoting new music in a friendly and relaxing atmosphere. Small, but beautifully formed.

www.bristolmusicfestival.co.uk Bristol are encouraging cycling by making provisions for people visiting by bike and investing into public transport where possible.  

www.celticbluerock.org.uk Celtic Blue Rock - Llanfyrnach - is a free festival, unless you drive! Great music and also green education  - everything from biodeisel to turbine power.

www.cornburyfestival.co.uk  Cornbury Festival - Oxford - three music stages, fairground and circus as well as the posh stuff - tennis, champagne and upmarket accommodation.  

www.edfilmfest.org.uk The Edinburgh International Film Festival - the oldest continually running film festival in the world - city centre based with rigorous recycling policies.

www.foolsfestival.com Befast - Northern Ireland's cheerful and anarchic street festival.

www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk The UK's biggest festival of music and performing arts
- The Glastonbury Festival Environmental Policy Statement (PDF)

www.greenbelt.org.uk Greenbelt is a music festival working to express love, creativity and justice in the arts and contemporary culture in the light of the Christian gospel. Greenbelt is moving towards minimising its enviromental impact and ensuring its practices are as sustainable as they can be.

www.thegreenmanfestival.co.uk  Green Man Festival - Brecon Beacons - a great recycling programmes and lack of corporate sponsors - oh - and great music too.

www.greenroadshow.co.uk Solar powered, non-animal circus, Green activities & displays, Family learning, Hands on fun and much more...

http://hillside.on.ca The Hillside festival in Guelph - with great music, Green roof to replace green space lost to main stage, Solar powered main stage. dish crews, free water with recyclable containers, workshops and speakers.

http://kingstongreenfair.org.uk The UK's most successful one-day family event.

www.ilmc.com The International Live Music Conference.

www.larmertreefestival.co.uk Family friendly and small scale - "like a rainbow-coloured garden party" with Somerset ale, real sausages and good music.

www.latitudefestival.co.uk  Lattitude - Suffolk - camping in Indian bell tents, gondola trips on the lake, music, literature, poetry and and more. 

http://www.loungeonthefarm.co.uk Deep in the Garden of England, Canterbury's fine festival!

www.nggonline.org.uk The Northern Green Gathering. Planned for 9th - 12th August '07 - contact Gael (northerngreenpixie@riseup.net).

www.outsiderfestival.co.uk  - The Outsider Festival - Cairngorn National Park - mountain bike racing, kayaking, walks - hang on that all sounds very energeric!!! Organic and fair trade food and a healthier experience. But great music too.

www.myspace.com/rainforestjam The Soho Rainforest Jam Music Festival.

http://www.partyneuf.co.uk PartyNeuf is the Croissant Neuf solar powered party - they say: "let's live as lightly as we can upon this precious Earth".

www.rockness.co.uk  Rising  to the surface for this monster festival, Rock Ness has evolved into a beast of an event in one of the most glorious settings on earth, on the bank of the mystical Loch Ness. Rock Ness is musically one of the most diverse events in the calendar, creating rwo different days of alternative sounds.

www.skyemusicfestival.co.uk  Skye Music Festival -  Isle of Skye - a real festival of music.

www.summersundae.com Summer Sundae Weekender - Leicester - 4 stages based around De Mountford Hall. A 2006 UK Festival Awards nominee.

www.sunrisecelebration.com winners of the UK Festival Awards Social Responsibility gong in 2006 with compost toilets, organic site-wide policy on food and alcohol, permaculture area, horsedrawn transport and rickshaws, education and everything powered by renewable sources.

www.tinthepark.co.uk T-in-the-Park, the world's leading carbon offsetting festival - plus battery exchange on-site and fresh water protection policies as well!

www.tribeofdoris.co.uk Tribe of Doris Intercultural Summer School - Somerset - all sorts of world music fun.

www.thisistruck.com the Truck Festival in Steventon, looking at a host of new  green initiatives.

www.urbanlawns.com The Urban Lawns Festival in Axminster, Devon (contact: info@urbanlawns.com).

www.valeearthfair.org The Vale Earth Fair - based in Gurnsey with lots of top green initiatives; a 'leave no trace' philosophy.

www.waveformproject.co.uk The South-West's first home grown dance music festival from those lovely Sunrise people! A unique and exciting collaboration of some of the best underground dance music from the UK and around the planet!

www.thewickermanfestival.co.uk  The Wickerman Festival - East Kirkarswell - celebrates everything weird and wild.

www.womad.org  Womad is now bigger and held at Charlton Park - and still leads the way in world music

www.workhousefestival.co.uk Workhouse Festival - Ecclectic, upbeat festival in Wales.

www.wychwoodfestival.com  Wychwood - toddler friendly at Cheltenham Racecourse. Lots of bands plus workshops and the like.

USA

www.bonnaroo.com The Bonnaroo Festival in the USA has great green policies - have a look at the 'greening' section of the site for practical advice and some useful links.

www.sxsw.com The rapidly greening, Austin based convention with local offsetting, a greened up office and committed to reducing, recycling & re-using.

www.sustainablelivingroadshow.org From mid-march to mid-november in 2008, the SLR is producing over twenty eco-carnivals across the US each lasting three days.  The SLR will be touring in a caravan of biofuel powered vehicles producing zero-waste, totally off-the-grid events, aimed at educating, insipiring and empowering individuals and communities with the necessary options, strategies, and programs to live more in tune with the earth. Email zachary.carson@gmail.com 

Portugal

www.boomfestival.org Outstanding Portuguese eco-aware festival.

Denmark

www.roskilde-festival.dk Denmark's leading music festival.
- Roskilde have a strong environmental ethos, see their policies here.

Finland

www.faces.fi Faces EtnoFestival in Billnäs, Finland.

http://www.ilosaarirock.fi Ilosaarirock, Joensuu, Finland.

www.sauna-open-air.fi Sauna open-air metal festival, Tampere, Finland.

New Zealand

www.ecofest.co.nz Organic river festival in New Zealand.

Australia

www.bluesfest.com.au  Bluesfest is Australia's East Coast blues & roots festival -  a 300 acre site with a 40 acre wood which the organisers plan to extend - and wildlife includes koalas, bats and wallabies (with Festivaltime wildlife walks!). Future plans incluide compost topilets, grey water use and to run all lighting off wind generated and solar power.

www.thedreamingfestival.com  The Dreaming - Australias International Indigenous Festival is where over 25 Indigenous nations from all over the world gather to perform many art forms from theatre to dance and music and comedy. The festival uses compostable plates and drink cups and recycles approx 98% of all waste produced at our festivals through worm farms, water recycling and full rubbish recyling.

www.peatsridgefestival.com.au Peats Ridge Festival in Australia.

www.theplantingfestival.com The Planting Festival which is an environmental festival aimed at planting trees on the Festival site (where DReaming Australias and The Woodford Folk festival are also held). The Festival is growing quickly and is showcasing many new inventions that help the planet to recover and save its resources.

www.riverfestival.co.au The international river symposium and environmental flows conference.

www.woodfordfolkfestival.com  Woodford Folk Festival is one of the largest Folk festivals in the world with an aggregate attendance of over 125,000 over 6 days. Over 70,000 trees have been planted on the site and The Festival is rapidly approaching carbon neutral status.

Serbia

www.exitfest.org The Exit Festival - Serbia's wonderful July festival, set within a historic fortress on the banks of the river Danube.

Festival Suppliers & Greener Companies [-]

www.abpowerhouse.com AB Powerhouse generator hire.

www.acm-waste.com ACM Waste Management; climate neutral waste management and recycling.

www.aplevent.co.uk APL are a private company based in the north east of England specialising in the production of large scale indoor and outdoor events, with particular emphasis on music and pop festivals APL and come with wide experience of environmental sustainability at events including Download. Contact paul@aplevent.co.uk

www.ashcan.co.uk  The portable tube ashtray that fits into a cigarette packet - airtight and flame retardent - so don't drop your butts, ashcan them instead! Tel 01892 538 717 or email hello@ashcan.co.uk  

http://atctower.net/atc/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=359 Sustainable touring resources and recommendations from Air Traffic Control.

www.atmosfair.de Atmosfair carbon offsetting.

www.belu.org Bottled mineral water in biodegradable bottles, 100% of their profits go to clean water projects in Mali & India and their Carbon neutral!

www.biodiesel-heater-hire.co.uk BioDiesel Event Heating: The Watkins Events BioDiesel event heater will give your event the green credentials for all of your temporary heating requirements.

www.bimbleinn.com The Bimble Inn; solar powered tipi stage that travels the music festivals around the UK.

www.bioganix.co.uk Bioganix composting.

www.calverts.coop Green printing supplier.

www.carbonbalanced.org Carbon Balanced carbon offsetting.

www.carry-a-bag.com Bespoke hand made carry bags made form recycled materials. Ditch the plastic carrier bag - get the carry-a-bag! Email sally@carry-a-bag.com. Based in East Sussex.

www.climatecare.org Climate Care carbon offsetting.

www.communitycompost.org A UK based not for profit service supporting community composting.

http://comp-bio.co.uk Comp Bio Products, based in Wells, Somerset offer affordable biodegradable and compostable packaging products including compostable bin liners, caddies, carrier bags and carbon filters. Tel: 0845 393 6196.

www.completewasters.co.uk Complete Wasters recycling volunteers.

www.conscious-clothing-brighton.co.uk Charity-based, environmentally conscious clothing company.

www.cyclesmaximus.com Zero pollution transport solutions - bikes and rickshaws. Contact: cess@cyclesmaximus.com

www.ecooutlet.co.uk a new online store that aims to inspire a green lifestyle.

www.ecothefriendlyfrog.co.uk Good Life; biodegradable food service containers.

www.ethicalsuperstore.com Ethical shopping with 10% off for AGreenerFestival.com users - use the PROMOTIONAL CODE: GRE3N for your discount.

www.eventrecycling.co.uk Event recycling; recycling, for events!

www.festivalbussen.com Scandinavias biggest coach / travel agency concentrated on festivals, concerts and music journeys and every year transport some 15,000 visitors to different kinds of events by buses and coaches in Europe, including the Wacken Festival.

www.fireflysolar.co.uk Firefly is a Brighton based Community Interest Company providing renewable energy based power solutions and entertainment systems to the events market.

www.foldtable.co.uk Tables made from a recycled plastic base with wood taken from managed forests.

www.frankwater.com Ethical bottled water.

www.freewheelers.co.uk Freewheelers lift sharing.

www.funfairgames.net  JARM are an increasingly green fairground and funfair supplier and already has composting and recycling initiatives. Contact JARM@funfairgames.net

www.goldenticketing.co.uk  Golden Tickets are fully FSC accredited and can offer tickets on recycled or sustainable grades of paper with the aim of being as carbon neutral as possible. Contact matt@goldenticketing.co.uk

www.gttrax.co.uk Temporary trakway and walkways manufactured from recycled plastic and PVC.

www.hi-fli.com Hi-fli manufacture environmentally friendly event branding products such as banners, flags, stage backdrops, giant pa scrims and stage dressings  contact bob@hi-fli.com

www.isanyonegoingto.com, is the only Social Networking Car Pool Site on the Internet - and its free! Contact craig@isanyonegoingto.com

www.jivafairtrading.com Ethical stall that buys from Tibetan refugees in India, a small charity in Delhi and registered Fair Trade organisations.

www.land-mark.co.uk Landmark works with businesses facing environmental challenges of all kinds including advice on compliance with legislation.

www.larkin-eng.com Larkin General Engineering provides precision engineering solutions to a diverse range of industries.

www.liftshare.com Website to arrange environmental impact reduction by sharing lifts to festivals. Save money and reduce traffic.

www.loco2travel.com  Loco2 is a new website attempting to put the mental in environmental with a mission to make low carbon travel fun, accessible, and ultimately cheaper  jamie@loco2.co.uk

www.londonbiopackaging.com  Dedicated eco packaging company. We are purely focused on eco packaging and distribute biodegradable packaging through out the UK . We also offer back end collection and compost processes for compostable waste.

www.magpie.coop The Brighton based recycling co-operative.

www.maker-green-team.org The Maker Green Team, recycling volunteers.

www.menmuir.org.uk/sunrise Fairtrade/Organic/Climate Neutral T-shirts! Hand printed and using water based inks. sunrise@gn.apc.org / 01356 660430

www.midas-uk.co.uk Midas; hiring bio-diesel generators & sale of bio-fuel.

www.myclimate.org My Climate carbon offsetting.

www.nationalcarshare.co.uk National Car Share scheme.

www.natur-tec.com Biobased solutions to traditional plastics - biodegradable and compostable with a variety of applications.

www.networkrecycling.co.uk Providing sustainable waste management services at festivals in the UK including Glastonbury.

http://www.nigelsecostore.com/acatalog/eco-kids.html Eco-friendly products and a range of environmentally friendly solar powered toys, games and kits including solar nightlights and solar toys.

www.nvyro.com NVYRO compostable food service trays, plates, bowls and cups.

www.organicrecycling.co.uk Organic Recycling Ltd composting.

www.outabox.biz Outdoor leisure furniture - innovative range of recyclable, disposable, lightweight and comfortable outdoor furniture - 100% recyclable and biodegradable.

www.pickuppal.com 100% free ridesharing service and setup free ridesharing sites for festivals.

www.rainforestconcern.org Rainforest Concern rainforest protection.

www.rinky-dink.org Mobile, bicycle powered sound system.

www.robertson-taylor.com   The international insurance brokers who have launched a scheme with AGreenerFestival.com to provide discounts on insurance to festivals who can prove their greening credentials. Email green@rtib.co.uk  

www.shareacar.com Share-a-Car lift sharing.

www.shareajourney.com Share-a-Journey lift sharing.

www.solarvenue.co.uk The Croissant Neuf Solar Powered Venue.

www.stagesafe.co.uk Advice and training services for the live music, entertainment and event production industries.

www.staro.org STARO (Save The Amazon Rainforest Organisation).

www.sustainabletouring.com  was created as a direct response to the growing number of requests from bands, artist managers, live agents and promoters - all looking for help in reducing the environmental impact of their live tours and promotional events and can provide advice in all areas of event management. Contact info@sustainabletouring.com

http://www.sustainablewaves.com Sustainable Waves provides solar powered sound and staging as well as a number of conscious products and services. US based.

http://the-saints.nl/mobileguide The Mobile Guide. A litter free, fully updateable festival guide which makes it easy to check the line up, the site map, entertainment schedule and Artist biog information – all from an application on your mobile phone. Contact: davecrompton@blueyonder.co.uk

www.thewholeleafco.com/home The Whole Leaf Co. are an innovative take on greening paper plates. Instead of burning the palm leaves that naturally fall from the trees, this company pay local, marginalised communities in India where the trees are located to manufacture plates, bowls and trays.

www.tixmob.com Mobile ticketing service for ethical festivals including 2000 Trees and Big Green Gathering.

www.tshirtandsons.co.uk Branded clothing with a conscience - will print on accredited organic cotton and have Soil Association accreditations for our printing and this can be used on printed approved garments. Contact Jon on: 01373 301 645 (ext. 5).

www.truetube.co.uk  Join the debate - including culture, race, crime & puishment, community and the environment.

www.utopiawaste.co.uk UK waste management company specialising in cost effective and environmentally friendly waste management services for businesses throughout the UK.

www.vegware.com Sustainable, disposable cutlery and tableware.

www.waltham-litho.co.uk An Environmentally responsible printing company.

www.wastewatch.org.uk Waste Watch Consultancy, sustainable waste management.

www.waterealm.com/environment.php Revolutionary water conditioner.

www.WeGotTickets.com A free to use, paperless ticketing service that allows you to keep the booking costs to your customers low whilst also helping with the environmental impact of tickets - wasted paper, printing, transport and delivery.

www.woodland-trust.org.uk/carbon Woodland Trust carbon offsetting.

www.wristmarketing.com Recyclable wristbands.
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USA Links [-]

www.reverbrock.org Reverb educates and engages musicians and their fans to promote environmental sustainability.

www.epa.gov Environmental Protection Agency - The U.S. government's Environmental Protection Agency aims to protect human health and the environment

www.greenpeace.org/international Greenpeace exists because this fragile Earth deserves a voice. It needs solutions. It needs change. It needs action

www.liveearth.org Live Earth is now aimed at putting pressure on political leaders and corporations to participate in and adopt the Kyoto 2 Treaty.

www.nrdc.org   The National Resource Defense Council - the environmental acfion group pledged to safeguard the Earth's people, plants and animals. 

www.sustainablewaves.com Sustainable Waves provides sustainable solutions for the music industry withsolar powered sound and staging as well as a number of conscious products and services.

www.ceaconsulting.com   California Environmental Associates provides businesses and public institutions with a range of environmental management, regulatory compliance, and sustainable business solutions

http://americanapparel.net  American Apparel can produce organic t-shirts.

http://contempl8.net  designed to buck the status quo and green too! Water-based ink screenprinting shop.

www.organicapparel.us  T-shirts are made from fine certified organic cotton manufactured in sweatshop free facilities in the United States.

www.biowillieusa.com Willie Nelson's BioWillie brand biodiesel is a blend of premium diesel and biodiesel fuel that consistently meets the ASTM quality standards. See also www.earthbiofuels.com

www.greenmountainenergy.com  Residential and commercial electricity provider of energy from wind and solar sources and offers carbon offset programs.

www.musicmatters.net  MusicMatters works to reduce the negative environmental impact of music industry operations by working with artists, tours, venues, festivals, and others.

www.nativeenergy.com    carbon offsets for people and the planet

www.biodiesel.org The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) is the national trade association representing the biodiesel industry in the United States that meets the specifications of ASTM D 6751.

www.spitfireagency.com/home.html  The Spitfire Agency is a full service production, promotion and marketing agency, dedicated to non-profits and responsible businesses, that does everything from nonprofit promotion to producing events, fundraisers and tours.

www.bonnaroo.com Bonnnaroo Festival  A Greener Festival Award winner - continuously improving with concession food served with biodegradable wraps, plates, cups and cutlery  manufactured from a renewable resource and festival wide recycling and composting program as well as solar stage and sound system. Now looking to be energy neutral in 2008.

www.sxsw.com SXSW is a Greener Festival Award winner with comprehensive recycling and a locally based carbon offset scheme.

www.coachella.com The Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival now has a deal with Amtrak to promote train travel to the festival.

www.rothburyfestival.com  Sustainable camping festival celebrating music, art and action taking place July 3-6, 2008 in Rothbury, Michigan with ticket printing on recycled paper and carbon offsets for travel.


www.yourope.org

The European Festival Association Yourope is dedicated to improving the European festival scene in terms of working conditions, health and safety issues, environmental awareness and in promoting the cross-border exchange of live music talent. Developed in 2006, the Green’n’Clean Internet tool contains detailed information on how to manage and implement an environmentally friendly festival. Background information on environmental issues and environmental measures as well as practical checklists are available. The heart of the Green’n’Clean internet tool is a user interface that provides customised environmental measures to registered Yourope members. The Green’n’Clean tool supports environmentally sustainable decision-making and includes advice on related financial, partnership, communication and manageent issues.  A printed Green’n’Clean booklet informs on the basic idea of environment-friendly festivals and the most important measures involved that apply to all festivals. The booklet is distributed free of charge to all festival organizers throughout Europe.

For more information please contact: yourope@yourope.org

Click here for 'Green'n'Clean' PDF download.