Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt
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Almost three quarters of the festival footprint comes from everyone travelling to and from it, so getting out of our cars is crucial. There’s no doubt the greenest way to get to Greenbelt – or any festival – is by public transport. That’s why we made our shuttlebus free this year.
This is a journey. And we still have a way to go. That’s why we’re asking what your environmental challenge for us would be? Let us know here https://greenbelt.org.uk/challenge. We’d love to hear from you.
#greenerbelt #ClimateChange #Sustainability #LeaveNoTrace
📷 Simon Holmes
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Frankly I think travelling by train is a health hazard. Often over-crowded, always unventilated with fresh air. No wonder people get ill so much when they use them. Whoever thought replacing opening window vents with dodgy mechanical ‘air-conditioning’ was a good idea thirty years ago or whenever, was clearly not understanding some basic design requirements for humans in enclosed spaces. No better in aircraft of course, but at least they have a good reason for it!
How does one bring a caravan or motorhome by public transport?
If the Festival was city based then public transport is far more viable but the current site, as lovely as it is, is too remote from infrastructure. Families sleeping in family sized tents would really struggle on trains to get to Greenbelt, those who need to bring food would have similar problems. Also, the festival is late summer and often it’s raining or their can be heatwaves but the nights are cold, so you need to bring quite a few different types of clothes.
Sure if you travelling solo and use ready meal packs, you can probably do it by public transport or even cycling but if that’s the case you probably already are.
Festivals have an environmental impact. Thousands of people inhabiting a small space focused on a good time rather than environment management are going to leave a mark. That’s not to say there shouldn’t be attempts to minimise that impact or balance it out but the impact is still going to be big.
If you want people to come to a festival in an area with poor transport links and little close by infrastructure then cars and vans are going to be a huge feature to facilité attendance.
The free shuttle bus was great. In previous years me and friends have taken taxis from the station because it worked out the same price, but this year it was perfect.
Travelling with tents is the biggest issue. If you had a cheaper basic tent and blow up bed option then maybe a lot more people would pay for that and arrive to collect their tent and bed and then go set up. Is there a recycled tent place from other festivals where you could use the good tents and blow ups clean them up then allow them to be rented for the weekend more mass scale? For families like us the glamping option is far too expensive so we have to bring family sized tents and beds and just can’t do that on public transport.