Festivals and the Environment: talking trash, transport and toilets

Sunday, 24 December 2023 - 11:00am to 11:30am
Strawberry Fields Festival

Summer is here again and for many people - it is festival season! But when you hit the dancefloor, what will be the environmental impact? And what are festivals doing about transport, trash and toilets to lower that impact?

We talk to Berish Bilander from Green Music Australia, whose mission it is to green the music and festival scene, and have us all party for a purpose, and the planet. We also hear from festival organiser from WA's Blazing Swan, Gwynneth Jones, and Victorian festival and burn enthusiast, Ronnie Backhouse.

This show features an array of Australian based electronic music artists:

Check out Camping Buddy as mentioned in the show.

Produced on Gunaikurnai Land - Gippsland, VIC.

Earth Matters #1432 was produced by Phil Evans.

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Sunday 11:00am to 11:30am
Local and global environmental issues from grassroots, activist perspectives with a strong social justice focus. Distributed nationally on the Community Radio Network.

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Bec Horridge, Jacob Gamble, Judith Peppard, Phil Evans

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