GO goes East!
If you are and event organiser in Europe – Come to EXIT, join the exclusive GO Group seminar and see the Exit festival in all its glory Greener, smarter, more sustainable – the GO Group credo is becoming more and more important to the European events industry. Festivals from all over the continent Read more →
ANOTHER PLANET?
The House of Commons Energy and Climate Change Select Committee have in effect scrapped plans for the Severn Barrage, citing costs of £25 billion, possible damage to estuary’s sensitive ecosystem and effects on shipping (and a knock on effect on jobs) as reasons. The barrage would have produced 5% of Read more →
PRS for Music presents Women in Music
PRS for Music has announced it will present ‘Women in Music’ at the Red Bull Studios in London Bridge On Wednesday, 19 June to debate the role of gender within the industry: Women have dominated the music charts for the past few years but PRS for Music’s membership of over 95,000 songwriters, composers and Read more →
ANOTHER PLANET?
From the hallowed information source that is the IPKat comes news of an outbreak of giant counterfeit rubber ducks. The original, by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman, is 16.5 metres high; bright yellow and inflatable, it was an immediate hit in both Hong Kong and mainland China — where it is Read more →
New FREE online course on the circular economy
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation will shortly launch the first open online course on the circular economy. The course is free to attend, and will provide an initial introduction to the circular economy framework. http://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/education/higher/take-part-in-a-free-circular-economy-mooc . Dame Ellen, the former round the World yachting star, is championing the concept of a ‘circular economy’ Read more →
Waste*smART - new competition from the EEA
The European Environment Agency (EEA) is launching a competition for artistic depictions of waste in Europe in a bid to raise awareness around the issue. The WasteSmART contest is inviting entries in three categories – photography, cartoons and short films. The best entry in each category will win €500 with a Read more →
Love Your Tent Goes Global!
Happy world environment day everybody! A good chance to remind you of the Love Your Tent initiative! And the international campaign has started and last weekend saw Love Your Tent at the first festivals this year: Wychwood Festival (UK), Beatpatrol & Tommorow Festivals(Austria) – thanks to them! About 30 ither festivals have already signed up to the campaign and will share the message Read more →
ANOTHER PLANET?
The Sumatran rainforest will mostly disappear within 20 years: In only a few years, logging and agribusiness have cut Indonesia’s vast rainforest by half. The government has renewed a moratorium on deforestation but it may already be too late for the endangered animals –and for the people whose lives lie Read more →
