EVENTS

Introduced by Emma Thompson. "Featuring missives from both celebrities and the general public, 'Letters to the Earth' is an inspiring and provocative collection of personal testimony and a revealing snapshot of outrage at the global climate crisis".

ACC Live commissioned Claire O'Neill from A Greener Festival to talk about how we can make events and music touring industry more sustainable.

A series of three videos covering creating greener events with a focus on recycling at summer festivals.

This 2nd part dives into more detail on green event planning, reviewing events which adopted a green agenda.

The third video looks at lowering waste at events.

A film produced by Brighton & Hove Council as a guide to staging sustainable events.

Together with Zero Waste Scotland, Vegware worked in partnership with Festival 2014 organisers to recruit over 80 volunteer recycling ambassadors to help visitors to the sites across Glasgow to separate their waste to ensure as much as possible could be recycled. Prior to the event Vegware was on hand to train volunteers so they fully understood their role and the zero waste ambitions of the event.

Learn quick tips on how to make your event more sustainable by increasing waste diversion and recycling. The 2017 Richmond Harvest Fest is a great example of how the City of Richmond encourages event organisers, vendors, and attendees to recycle properly.

Claire O’Neill is the co-founder and director of A Greener Festival, a not-for-profit organisation that helps festivals, events and venues around the globe to become more sustainable. In the most recent episode of the Boom Toolkit for Covid-19, we get her reflections on how this worldwide health crisis has impacted sustainability measures in festivals and cities, and what citizens can do to take action.

Sustainability could be an essential element in the live-music industry. Fortunately, with an innovative approach, an environmental and economic impact now is possible. Mauricio introduces the new idea of sustainable music production. Mauricio Lizarazo, NYU Alumni, is a sustainable intercultural entrepreneur and social activist with extensive international experience in the music industry and cultural initiatives with social responsibility.

Sam Wilson of Eco Events presents a video guide that offers an insight and understanding of ISO20121 the Sustainable Events Management System (SEMS). Crewsaders stakeholders, the DRP Group, Hawthorn Theatrical and Logistik as well as crewmen and event staff, talk about the different elements that need to be considered to create sustainability in the event production lifecycle and beyond. Case studies are used to highlight the basic principles behind the SEMS. Thanks to Old Broadcasting House, Leeds and the NEC and ICC, Birmingham.

As the Glastonbury festival has grown, so has the amount of waste produced. The organisers explain the ways they make the festival more sustainable, including banning the sale of plastic bottles.

Meeting Professionals International (MPI) is the largest meeting and event industry association worldwide. Here they talk about meeting UN sustainability goals.

Music festivals have a role to play in our response to the climate crisis. On a simple level, music festivals have significant carbon footprints, and efforts to mitigate them are necessary. More intriguingly, though, festivals are an apt testing ground for new ideas in sustainability.

Lightning In A Bottle is a music festival that draws artists and wellness enthusiasts globally. They actively pursue ways to help their festival-atendees with ways to go zero-waste or minimal-waste while enjoying the festival.

Energy Revolution is a charity that works with festivals, audiences, suppliers and artists to help them tackle the environmental impacts of travelling to events. By measuring and balancing fossil fuel miles with investment in clean renewable energy the project brings together people who love festivals, but hate the negative environmental impacts, to do something really positive for the future.

The GEM-tower is a green energy solution for festivals to replace fossil fuels and will help festivals to be more sustainable.

Exploring ideas for more sustainable festivals including solar power generation.