Resources for DEPM Internship Students: Sustainability

The 10 best environmentally friendly festivals

Although Woodstock festival closed its doors almost 50 years ago, its eco-friendly ideology lives on in the festival circuit. A number of 'green' events burst onto the music scene following the iconic summer of '69 festival.

The music festivals leading the way in sustainability

Arts and music festivals can be terrible for the environment, from the waste they create to the energy required to host them. But some events are doing all they can to promote a positive message and reduce their impact.

Music festivals and events can set the stage for sustainability

When it comes to entertainment, fans contemplate who they will pay to see in concert, what they will wear to the event and who they will invite to accompany them. But when masses of people gather, there is always potential for high volumes of waste and environmental damage.

Celebrating The Impressive Shift Towards Sustainable Festivals

Are you a regular festival goer? You may feel guilty about that if you are also committed to helping the environment. Fortunately, you don't need to feel guilty anymore. There is a growing movement to make festivals more eco-conscious. This is making a large difference in helping them reduce their carbon footprints.

Can music festivals go from generators of garbage to sustainable innovators?

Rouyn-Noranda is a tree-heavy, lakeside copper mining community of 42,334 people, located eight hours outside of Montreal. It's also the home of FME (Le Festival de Musique Émergente), a festival featuring emergent artists who perform on stages and at special pop-up venues throughout the city.

Twist Media of Singapore Expands into Sustainable Event Planning

SINGAPORE - Twist Media, a leading event company Singapore businesses trust, today announced that it is expanding its operation into sustainable event planning. News from this event planning and management giant about its move toward improved sustainability is likely to generate excitement in all corners as organisers look to cut down on waste.

Council Post: The Basics Of Putting On A Sustainable Event

Planning an event is tedious in and of itself, so ensuring that every single aspect of your event is eco-friendly may not be realistic. Rather than feel overwhelmed and give up, it's far more beneficial to pick even just a couple of basic practices and do your best to remain consistent with them throughout the process.

Marina Bay Sands first in Southeast Asia to achieve sustainable events certification

Singapore's iconic Marina Bay Sands has become the first venue in Southeast Asia to be certified with the international sustainability standard ISO 20121, according to a company statement released on Wednesday. The integrated resort now offersan accredited venue capable of implementing a sustainable events management system that meets the international standard used by global events organisers that ran the London Olympics and the EU Presidency in Copenhagen.

Singapore's events industry aim for green but factors like cost pose challenge | Video

Singapore's thriving events industry is increasingly adopting green practices to reduce waste, such as by using apps so that visitors can go paperless. But industry players say smaller firms may take longer to come on board because of factors such as cost. Junn Loh reports.