Shambala Festival wins The Greener Festival Award and director Chris Johnson launches the Green Festival Forum
Shambala Festival today won the Greener Festival Award at the UK Festival Awards 2011, judged by the team at AGreenerFestival.com from amongst all the UK festivals who entered the Greener Festival Awards 2011. Shambala is the first and only festival to hold a 3 star Industry Green certification and has pioneered the use of renewable energy to power the annual festival, held over the August bank holiday weekend.
When accepting the award, Shambala director Chris Johnson took the opportunity to launch the Green Festival Forum, an initiative that he will be coordinating in partnership with the Power Providers Forum Steering Group, which includes Julie’s Bicycle, Kambe Events Ltd., A Greener Festival, AIF, Firefly Solar and Glastonbury Festival.
On launching the Green Festival Forum, Chris said, “We’re very encouraged by the commitment from promoters and the industry to the Green Festival Forum so far. We believe it will be a hotbed for innovation and contribute a great deal to sustainability in the festival sector. Watch this space!”
The Green Festival Forum will grow into a network of festival promoters working to create a more environmentally sustainable industry, and the Forum's first project will be to develop a programme to increase the use of WVO biodiesel and renewable energy at festivals based on the recommendations of research carried out by Julie's Bicycle and the University of Sussex into the uptake of biodiesel and renewable power at UK festivals.
