NEWS
Report on 2024
Check out the European Festivals Forest’s content and financial report of 2024, featuring stories from participating organisations and insights into the forest’s growth.
The €€€ Benefit of Greening Festivals
Simple climate actions can make festivals greener and bring in money. In this 2024 EFA Summit workshop Peter kicked off a discussion on practical steps that are cash-positive and within everyone’s reach. Festivals shared experiences, and a dynamic brainstorm built on last year’s insights.
📖 Read the full report here.
A walk in the woods with Jacqueline Cramer
A walk in the woods with the great Jacqueline Cramer, a climate activist and operator of amazing power. 20-minute video. The LED stuff at the end is breathtaking and inspirational.
A Festivals intro to climate action
65 minutes of brainstorming at the 2023 EFA Summit – what can we do about climate action? Festivals of all sizes and formats shared experiences and practical steps.
📖 Read the full report here.
EFF in Dutch newspaper
Read a preview of the 10th edition of Wonderfeel festival with ample focus on EFF: “…a sustainable project where the scale actually has a positive impact.”
Report on 2022 and 2023
Read here European Festivals Forest’s content and financial reports of 2022 and 2023, featuring stories from participating festivals and insights into the forest’s growth.
Volcanic eruption Grindavík
Monday night our friend Ran Bjargadóttir posted this photograph of the volcanic eruption at Grindavík seen from Reykjavík, some 40km north-east of the epicentre. You can follow her coverage of the situation on her instagram @ranbjargar.
Follow the live webcam here.
New Planting!
Trausti Jóhansson’s Skogræktin team have just completed the second round of planting at Tumastaðir in the first hectares of the European Festivals Forest. After the thrill of digging in the first saplings in May, this time we are planting seedlings that have been cultivated in the greenhouses especially for us. Read here the team’s report on the development.
EFF in Südwest Presse
Read a preview of Weißenhorn Klassik (starting on 10 May) with a spotlight on EFF: “…anyone who buys a concert ticket for “Weißenhorn Klassik” finances a seedling with two euros. (…) It’s not just about the reverberation of the music, but also about ecological sustainability (…).”
BBC: What is carbon capture and how does it fight climate change?
Read more about carbon capture, storage and removal, as articulated by Jonah Fisher and Mark Poynting in their article published during COP28, about the need for both processes and the challenges involved.
Iceland’s Green Mantle
We love sharing this beautiful blog about tree planting in Iceland by the writer Nancy Campbell, author of Fifty Words for Snow, The Library of Ice and the forthcoming Nature Tales for Winter Nights.
World Environment Day
World Environment Day is held annually on 5 June. On this day, the United Nations encourages worldwide awareness and action to protect the environment. The European Festivals Association interviewed Tamar Brüggemann about how her festival Wonderfeel is becoming more sustainable.
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"The first saplings…"
We’re newly returned from an inspiring week in Iceland, where we visited the nursery at Tumastaðir cultivating the seedlings that the pilot festivals have invested in, and with our colleagues and partners from Skogræktin, the Icelandic Forest Service, we planted the very first saplings in the ground.
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Interview Trausti Jóhannson
What’s the timeframe? We asked this and other questions to Trausti Johannsson, forest manager of the Icelandic Forest Service for south Iceland.