NEWS
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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Climate Action Tools - A User’s Guide
A Festival Producer’s Introduction - from the Girona Conference Brainstorm
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.
First Carbon Offset Certificates handed out
Early March, we handed out the first Carbon Offset Certificates to all 2022 pioneers. Schiermonnikoog Festival invited us to officially hand it over on stage during the closing concert and doubled the number of donated trees on the spot. 💚