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Thrown away
11th November 2010
One week it’s a farmer’s field, and the next it’s a teeming mass of people, tents, stages, toilets, kitchens and bars. British music festivals are some of the biggest parties on the planet, so naturally they can leave a bit of a mess behind.
Image courtesy of Grundon Waste Management.
Julie’s Bicycle is a not-for-profit music industry watchdog that provides research and information for sustainable business practices, and manages the Industry Green certification programme. “In lots of ways, festivals have led the entire music industry in waste management,” Helen Heathfield, director of energy and environment for the group, tells Access. “They are way ahead of fixed venues in so many ways because the rubbish left behind is so visible.”
The average punter, Heathfield says, will produce about two kilos of rubbish every day, so festival organisers need to think carefully about how to manage all of that before it starts piling up. Fortunately, festival crowds tend to be just the right demographic to work with.
“They tend to be quite environmentally minded,” Suzanne Clark, business manager at Aktrion Recycling & Waste (…) read more
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Capital Growth
21st September 2010
A vegetable patch on a former London parking lot – in the heart of the most regal garden.
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Scotland’s brave new world
17th July 2010
After centuries of English domination, the Scots are taking back their country, reclaiming national identity as the Edinburgh Parliament slowly wrests control from London, gaining new parcels of sovereignty bit (…)
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“If this is art, then this is good art.”
1st July 2010
“This is going to be really beautiful. And this will be part of a long running series of performances.” In other words: Just the start.
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License to spill
29th June 2010
“This relationship enables big oil companies to mask the environmentally destructive nature of their activities with the social legitimacy that is associated with such high-profile cultural associations.”
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Art Not Oil “Liberates the Tate”
17th June 2010
This event was prompted by an astounding development in the history of the sponsorship of the arts in the UK by large oil companies. Not the sponsorship of the Tate (…)
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Shell shut down
21st May 2010
The most significant point of the day was, perhaps, when the driver of a red Ferrari tried – and failed – to cross the picket line.
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Reading: It’s crazy
29th April 2010
A perfect fit for the woman who taught me the beauty of the written word
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Fairmont goes ocean-friendly
2nd April 2010
Fish stocks are falling fast, but some hotels opt to spare the oceans voluntarily
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“This isn’t about who wins – this is about who votes”
29th March 2010
In a globalised world decisions made in one country profoundly affect another. Do we need to re-think democracy as we know it?
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Carrot mobbing comes to Vancouver
20th March 2010
A new movement puts conscious consumers in the driver’s seat