Collaboration is the key to the urgently needed change in how we deal with energy, water, food, mobility, plastic and other materials.
With Holland becoming a center for music festivals, Dutch Minister of Environment Stientje van Veldhoven just launched the Green Deal “Circular Festivals” during Amsterdam Dance Event Green as an initiative to encourage festivals to share knowledge with their audiences about developing circular solutions for infrastructure and water management.
Dutch Minister of Environment Stientje van Veldhoven wants sustainability to be consistent in festivals worldwide by 2025 with The Green Deal, saying, “We have to stop wasting our resources and focus on circularity. We must reuse materials and turn them into new products. For our planet, for a healthy future. Circularity is our way forward! So, let’s coordinate our efforts, share what we learn and make a difference together.” Paul Schurink of Green Events International adds: “Collaboration is the key to the urgently needed change in how we deal with energy, water, food, mobility, plastic and other materials. And with a combined number of over three million festival visitors we can make an enormous impact.”
The festivals that have hopped on board so far to collaborate with the initiative include: Amsterdam Open Air, Best Kept Secret, Boardmasters, Body & Soul, Boomtown, Down the Rabbit Hole, DGTL, Eurosonic-Noorderslag, Into the Great Wide Open, Lollapalooza Berlin, Lowlands, Mañana Mañana, Milksha.
To know more about Green Events International, check out their website! https://greenevents.nl/en/home/
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