Green Ethos at Waveform

GREEN ETHOS

We will again be providing recycling and re-use policies and finding many other ways to minimalise our environmental impact and give a little back to the planet. There will also be a full programme of talks, workshops, saunas, showers, healing, therapies and organic food to feed the mind, body and soul in the Green Village. Inside the Green arena for 2010 we will have lots of exciting, new and innovative entertainment for you.

LOW IMPACT FUN!

Not only can you have an amazing time, run around, go to large dance tents, main stage, listen to incredible DJs but you are also doing this with low impact. This is the essential spice of life for Waveform – Partying doesn't have to cost the earth.

There is also a lot to do along the way to soak up green goodness into your minds in our green village. Spreading the message is a big part of the green revolution. The more people learn the more we can grow to make change possible. We want to provide plenty of opportunities for you to learn how to live sustainability and be more environmentally conscious. Guest speakers will be giving eco-talks and eco-workshops, environmentally aware films will be playing in the Speak tent. With all the environmental initiatives taking place at Waveform we hope you will leave inspired!

Waveform prides itself on the fact that we are not just offsetting our carbon footprint and other environmental impacts but we are actually reducing them. A large number of our cafes and stalls use just solar or wind power. We use energy efficient technologies such as LED lighting etc to reduce our energy requirement by loads more. We are also minimising on new materials and resources used. Much of our décor, sculptures and art are made from recycled, reclaimed and eco friendly materials.

BEHOLD A WONDERLAND OF GREEN GOODNESS

Stalls in the market area and the green village have been selected because of their green credentials. This means you will see the most up and coming in eco friendly goods here.

REDUCING OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT

Climate change is a real problem. Becoming carbon neutral is a way we can do our bit to help. Waveform is committed to becoming carbon neutral over the coming years, taking steps wherever possible to achieve this. From energy reduction measures to tree-planting, we are looking forward to working towards this event becoming the greenest dance festival in the UK and possibly the world (one day!). During the event our Eco-Rangers will also be going around the site gathering carbon information from you the public, our production crew, main stage artists and more. This will go into our big Waveform Carbon Footprint Scheme. We will be working out how much carbon our event is creating. This will help us make year on year improvements to our carbon reduction measures, showing us what areas of the event are emitting the most carbon.

We hope you enjoy all the eco goodness that we provide onsite – have a wonderful festival!

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

Waveform is deeply committed to achieving and improving environmental standards. As such we are applying strong environmental policies to our event.

SUSTAINABILITY

We already have won the prestigious greenest festival award in 2008, look out for more ideas and initiatives!