Music festivals – big business but at what cost?<\/p>\n
Task: Watch the video and make notes about the festivals you see in the video<\/p>\n
My festival advert
\nWhat are the problems caused by music festivals and how can we overcome this?
\nDownload the word file here and colour code the problems and solutions. Then play the game below. Take a screenshot of your score and email it to: mexplore@hotmail.co.uk<\/p>\n
Designing your own sustainable music festival
\nCreate your own music festival – some simple guidelines:
\nMoney is no object
\nDesign your stages and festival layout best for your festival goers
\nClearly show how you are going to over come the problems you identified earlier to make it as sustainable as you can
\nYou should draw and annotate your work on an A3 sheet of paper
\nOn A4 you should how you have made your festival sustainable
\nYou need to design your own advertising slogans and either a 30 second video using animoto or iMovie or a fotobabble<\/p>\n
Some extra sustainable features:
\nIn our efforts to make The Big Green a near-zero waste festival, we will be
\nusing the following sustainable practices:
\nFlyers and posters printed using 100% post-consumer recycled paper, manufactured locally, recycling or reuse encouraged
\nElectronic tickets
\nLocal entertainment
\nEco friendly, local merchandise vendors
\nLocal food vendors
\nFood vendors highly encouraged to donate leftover food to Salvation Army
\nComposting food waste, dinnerware and cups
\nSingle-stream recycling
\nNo single-use water bottles
\noffering re-usable bottles
\nproviding a free water filling station
\nBio-diesel used as a power source
\nBiking, walking and public transit highly encouraged
\nBicycle Racks
\nAffordable ticket prices
\nValley Transit Sign will be up cycled into wine, wallet, and pencil bags following the event
\nChildren’s \u201cgreen\u201d activities
\nMake \u201cplastic bag\u201d jump ropes
\nMake \u201ctoilet paper roll\u201d bird feeders
\nAll waste streams will be measured and reported on the Big Green
\nwebsite<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"