Winners of A Greener Festival Award & The Greener Event Award 2017!!!

 

 

• 34 festivals and events across 12 countries awarded the prestigious Greener Festival Award
• First ever winners The Greener Event Award, launched in 2017.
• Awards presented at Eurosonic Noorderslag, Groningen, Netherlands.
• Applications open for 2018!

International not for profit organisation A Greener Festival (AGF) have announced 34 winners of the 11th “A Greener Festival Award” and the 1st “Greener Event Awards” from summer 2017.

Festivals and events from 12 countries participated in the award in 2017. Applicants undergo a rigorous assessment, site visit and post event analysis of their events sustainability actions. Events are assessed on 11 main areas including transport, waste, power, water and local area impacts.

Roskilde Festival’s spokeswoman Christina Bilde said “Our ambition is to create a festival without negative environmental impact, and we already have many years of experience in creating sustainable initiatives. With the report and the Highly Commended Award from A Greener Festival we now have a collection of very useful data that can help us take our efforts to a new level. At the sametime, it is a great compliment to the many volunteers who are involved in reducing Roskilde Festival’s environmental impact.”

An Awards ceremony for winners was held at Eurosonic Noorderslag, Netherlands on Thursday 18^th January, 2018. Awards are made completely of reused materials including salvaged tents by I Dress Myself and reclaimed wood turned by Steve O’Neill.

AGF Director’s Teresa Moore and Claire O’Neill presented the awards to winners including Das Fest (DE), Roskilde Festival (DK), Ilosaarirock (FI), Metal Days (SI), Welcome to the Village (NL) and Liberation Festival Utrecht (NL).

Robin Bennett, Organiser of Wood Festival (UK) said “Ever since we started, we’ve wanted Wood Festival to be an inspiring example of sustainability in action. Working with A Greener Festival gives us an objective, fair assessment of how we’re doing, and with their help and support we keep trying to improve. We are thrilled to be judged Outstanding just in time for our tenth anniversary!”

Due to the launch of The Greener Event Award the AGF team are busy assessing events throughout the Northern Hemisphere’s winter, as well as festivals in the Southern Hemisphere’s summer. Winners for these assessments will be announced at the annual Green Event & Innovations Conference, London, 6^th March, alongside the International Live Music Conference (ILMC).

Claire O’Neill, A Greener Festival Co-Founder commented, “We are extremely proud of the winners of the AGF and TGEA awards. They have to meet very strict criteria to be awarded, and their actions and passion for sustainability set them aside as the future of festivals and events in the industry. There’s always further to go, and these winners are paving the way for the benefit of us all.”

Applications are now open for the Greener Festival Award 2018. Events should contact hello@agreenerfestival.com to apply.
And the Winners are:

OUTSTANDING
Green Gathering (UK)
ØYA Festival (NO)
We Love Green (FR)
Wood Festival (UK)

HIGHLY COMMENDED
Cambridge Folk Festival (UK)
DGTL festival (NL)
Extrema Outdoor (NL)
Greenbelt Festival (UK)
HebCelt (UK)
Ilosaarirock Festival (FI)
Paradise City (BE)
Roskilde Festival (DK)

COMMENDED
Das Fest (DE)
Doolin Folk Festival (IE) (The Greener Event Award)
Dubcamp Festival (FR)
Glastonbury Festival of Performing Arts (UK)
Hadra Trance Festival (FR)
Kew The Music (UK)
Liberation Festival Utrecht (NL)
Primavera Sound (ES)
Spring Festival (NL) (The Greener Event Award)
Welcome to the Village (NL)

IMPROVERS
Arla Food Festival (DK)
Bayou Boogaloo (US)
Body and Soul (IE)
Just So Festival (UK)
Mandala Festival (NL)
Meadows Festival (UK)
Metaldays (SI)
Mysteryland (NL)
No Logo Festival (FR)
Nozstock: The Hidden Valley (UK)
Oude Muziek (NL) (The Greener Event Award)
Uitfeest (NL) (The Greener Event Award)