Look back over the news bulletins from Vision: 2025 since May 2020.

April 2024

• Industry Green Leader Q&A with Lucy Scrase, Sustainability Lead at Ourea Events
• Save the Date: Sustainable Event Summit 2024 this October 23rd at The Showman’s Show 
• Guest Blog: Anna Johnson at Involved Group shares their Earth Day Sustainability Drive 
• Guest Blog: Andrew Lansley, Innovation Manager at Cheltenham Festivals on ‘Resilience: Adapting to Climate Change’ 
• #EarthDay news: Anjuna presents Earth Day Mixes
• #EarthDay news: Sounds Right campaign officially recognises Earth as an artist
• #EarthDay news: Julie’s Bicycle Launch the Creative Climate Leadership Podcast
• Take part in the Eventree, Ticketsellers & ecolibrium artist and crew travel survey this season
• Powerful Thinking Blog: Tim Benson on ‘Renewables, The World in Numbers’
• #SES23 Playback: Decarbonising Event Power with Tim Benson at Powerful Thinking and Ian Peniston at Power Logistics
• Meegan Jones at The Sustaiable Event Alliance, explains the ISO2021 refresh
• Future Festival Tools Case Study: Metal Days Festival Festival, Slovenia
• Fusion Festivals Case Study: Shine Festival, Ireland

March 2024

• Industry Green Leader Q&A with Sarah Tew, Sustainability Lead at We Group
• Guest Blog: Becky Young, Head of Ops & Community, shares three years of EarthPercent’s impacts 
• Blog: Key points from Vision: 2025 on MUTA conference’s Sustainable Structures panel 
• Powerful Thinking Blog: Bi-directional EV charging – how cars could power events. 
• Supplier Spotlight: Sustainable supply journeys with Arena Group
• Resource Spotlight: Essential Resources for busy #eventprofs
• Supplier Spotlight: Big Green Coach provides 4th year of sustainable travel for Tottenham Hotspur
• Resource Spotlight: Video replay from Sustainable Event Summit #SES23: ‘Getting the Message Across” Panel colab on creative climate comms with Music Declares Emergency
• Supplier Spotlight: Sustainable Cabe Ties anyone? StageSet.Shop is an online store offering verified sustainable alternatives for event essentials 
• Future Festival Tools Case Study: Terraforma Festival, Italy
• Fusion Festivals Case Study: Ruisrock, Finland

February 2024

• Industry Green Leader Q&A with Zofia Plonczak, Sustainability Lead at Junction 2 Festival
• Vision: 2025 expands steering group ahead of 2030 strategy
• Sustainable Materials & Waste Management Toolkit is live: with links to watch the webinar replay 
• Guest Blog: Green Events on Five Solutions to Campsite Waste
• Resource Spotlight: Sustainable Event Summit #SES23 video replay: ‘The Best of the Summer: Green Festival Success Stories’ panel
• Earth Percent Publish 2022-23 Impact Report
• New Toolkit from Attitude is Everything: ‘No climate action without us’ 
• Green Supplier Spotlight: Big Green Coach x Boardmasters Festivals – low carbon travel network
• ecolibrium’s event industry community invest over £650,000 in climate
• Future Festival Tools Case Study: Tollwood Festival, Germany
• Fusion Festivals Case Study: Exit Festival, Serbia. 

January 2024

• Industry Green Leader Q&A with Hannah Cox, Director at Sustainability Consultancy Betternotstop.
• Vision: 2025 Blog: Festival Sustainability Trends for 2024.
• Green Events Code of Practice Pilot launched
• Vision: 2025 & Julie’s Bicycle to launch a Sustainable Materials & Waste Management Toolkit for Festivals at AIF Congress 
• Powerful Thinking Blog: The Future of Solar Powered Flight
• Launch Event Webinar: Engaging Audiences on Climate Change Through Travel Campaigns
• Resource Spotlight: Sustainable Event Summit #SES23 catch up: Keynote with EarthPercent’s Cathy Runciman. 
• Future Festival Tools Case Study: Climax Festival, France 
• Fusion Festivals Case Study: Cruïlla Festival, Spain

December 2023

• Industry Green Leader Q&A with Aileen Ging at Wild Rumpus
• Blog: Festival Sustainability Round-up for 2023
• Guest blog: New report on mycelium as a building material for the creative industries
• Powerful Thinking Blog: UK’s energy security and support National Grid decarbonisation 
• UK Festival Awards celebrate sustainability
• Sustainable Suppliers: Re-uz UK, formerly Green Goblet, tips for a successful reusable cup system
• Vision: 2025’s panel at Event Sustainability Live, watch on-demand.
• Future Festival Tools Case Study: Timber Festival
• Fusion Festivals Case Study: Innovations Village at We Love Green, Paris

November 2023

• Industry Green Leader Q&A with Tess Wilson, Operations Manager, Boomtown Fair
• Guest Blog: Graham Brown, host of the Sustainable Event Summit, shares his highlights from SES 23
• Launch of the environmental chapter for the Purple Guide. News release + Watch the launch
• Watch ecolibrium’s latest Climate Responsible Travel for Live Events webinar
• Resource Spotlight: Glossary of Sustainability Terms
• Powerful Thinking Blog: Tim Benson updates us on developments in fusion energy science
• Live Green Awards announce shortlist for 2023 – including Vision: 2025
• UK Festival Awards partner with ecolibrium for the new Transport Impact Innovator Award – see the shortlist
• Sustainable Suppliers:  Case study on Waste Baling Machines, winner of the Showman’s Show Green Supplier & Innovation Award 2023
• Future Festival Tools Case Study: Body&Soul Ireland increase recycling rates by 60%
• Fusion Festivals Case Study: Rocken am Brocken connects audiences to nature.

September 2023

This month’s Vision: 2025 newsletter is a Sustainable Event Summit Special! With less than a month before event organisers and green leaders gather to shape climate action for UK outdoor events, we are pleased to announce the full programme, plus, guest blogs from our panel partners.

July 2023

• Industry Green Leader Q&A with Mia Frogner, Head of Sustainability at Øya Festival
• Guest Blog: Jess Jones, Event Manager at Greenbelt, on their sustainability journey and creating their first Impact Report 
• Sustainable Event Summit #SES23: Free Registration is open
• New Environmental Chapter for the Purple Guide is  is open for feedback  
• Resource Spotlight: Yourope launch European Festival Green Roadmap 2030
• Sustainable Suppliers: Event Map Studios integrate sustainability into event layout tools  
• Resource spotlight: Greenbelt Festival release first sustainability impact report 
• Case Study: Future Festival Tools spotlight on Øya Festival’s 100% renewable energy 
• Fusion Festivals Case Study: Your Planet at Superbloom, Germany

June 2023

• Industry Green Leader Q&A with Artur Mendes, Co-Director, Boom Festival & Being Gathering, Portugal 
• Guest Blog: Rebecca Whitman, Sustainability Manager, on creating Green Space Dark Skies first Sustainability impact report. 
• Sustainable Event Summit: Get your tickets + programme updates
• Guest Blog:  Johnny Lance, Co-Director of The Showman’s Show, on their sustainability journey and ongoing partnership with the Sustainable Event Summit
• AIF x ecolibrium: Climate Responsible Travel Webinar: Watch the recording
• Climate Change Specialist Richard Phillips, from Julie’s Bicycle, shares insights on how Glastonbury and the wider outdoor events sector are reducing their environmental impact.
• Sustainable Suppliers: The Stage Bus – Solar-powered stages 
• Resource spotlight: Green Space Dark Skies impact report 
• Case Study: Future Festival Tools spotlight Boom Festival’s water policy
• Fusion Festivals Case Study: Roskilde Festival’s Circular Lab

May 2023

• Industry Green Leader Q&A with Esther Koshari, Paradise City Festival  
• Guest Blog: Selina Donald, Founder at The Bulb on a Circular Future for events 
• ecolibrium launch new Green Travel and Transport Guide for Festivals and events
• Powerful Thinking announces new look Board for low carbon event power 
• MDE launch updated Music Climate Pack 
• Sustainable Suppliers: Few’s renewably-powered marquee cleaning machine 
• Resource spotlight: Festival Sustainability Impact Reports 
• Case Study: Future Festivals showcase Paradise City on tackling water pollution
• Case Study: Fusion Festival Tønder Festival supports local refugee asylum centres
• Missed Event Production Show 2023? You can now watch recorded sessions and listen to the podcast

April 2023

• Industry Green Leader Q&A with Philip Hellberg, Co-founder, SNNTG Festival. 
• Festival Waste & Materials Briefing: New industry briefing by Vision:2025 explaining regulations, contractor requirements, and what’s new in dealing with plastics, furniture and vapes. 
• Join the towards Zero Waste Festivals project by sharing your Festival Waste Data. 
• Guest Blog: NCASS on working with caterers to make event food offerings more sustainable. 
• ecolibrium to publish new Green Travel and Transport Guide for Festivals and events; pre-register for the 2023 edition.
• Case study: How Event Production Show 2023 tackled waste and audience travel impacts. 
• EarthPercent: Earth Day campaign: Earth as Co-writer.
• Sustainable Suppliers: Arena invest in electric forklifts.
• Resource spotlight: Festivals as Social Innovation Incubators; report and toolkit.
• Case Study: SNNTG Festival cut audience travel emissions.

March 2023

• Industry Green Leader Q&A with Désirée Messmer, Staff Manager and Sustainability at OpenAir St Gallen
• Social Cohesion and Sustainability Manager at Team Love, Pauline Bourdon, presents Team Love’s first sustainability report in a guest blog
• Vision: 2025 launch the Towards Zero Waste Festivals Report
• Citizen-science call out out for festival waste data: contribute to the next phase of the Towards Zero Waste Festivals project 
• Powerful Thinking blog on five stages of working with your event power contractor to co-create an efficient power plan. 
• Green Events Code Updates: Launch of partnership with the Donut Assessment Tool for Events (DATE) to support Local Authorities in assessing event impacts. Plus, Call out for an expression of interest for Green Events Code Local Authority pilot
• EarthPercent X Earth Day 2023: Call out for Artists to join fundraiser campaign 
• Sustainable Suppliers: Betternotstop produce ‘Leave nothing but memories’ campaign for Kendal Calling 
• Green Gathering win International Greener Festival award! 
• Delivering Behaviour Change at your Event workshop wiith Sustainable Sidekicks 
• ‘PLANT A SEEED’ Sustainability of major events in urban environments report 
• Case Study: OpenAir St Gallen discount public transport tickets to cut travel emissions.

February 2023

• Industry Green Leader Q&A with Wiebke Schumacher at Futur 2 Festival, an 100% off-grid event in Hamburg, Germany
• The Green Code for Events receives funding from the EIF to support Vision: 2025’s development of sustainability best practice and standards for the outdoor events industry 
• Powerful Thinking blog on National Grid policy for renewable energy and the future of energy storage systems
• Guest Blog: Green Events NL on tackling the environmental impact of food and drink at events
• Sign up to the Waste Data Reporting project for events to support progress in 2023
• Upcoming event sustainability dates for your diary: The Event Production Show, The AFO Conference & #GEI15 
• Sustainable Suppliers: Arena Group reduces waste through collaboration with local communities
• Behaviour Change Principles Workshop for environmental and climate changemakers
• DGTL Festival release documentary about their road to becoming the world’s first circular festival

January 2023

• Industry Green Leader Q&A with Selina Donald, Founder of Event Sustainability Consultancy, The Bulb
• Outdoor Events Industry Green Survey for 2022: The results have landed. 
• Powerful Thinking blog: Event Power Efficiency 101
• Events: Vision: 2025 at AIF Congress, The AFO Conference and The Event Production Show.
• Shambala Festival shares their 2022 Sustainability Impact Report
• ecolibrium, the charity tackling travel impacts in the industry doubles reach and impact in 2022
• Sustainable Suppliers: Cube Modular and White Light share their news and updates

December 2022

• Industry Green Leader Q&A with Anna Johnson, Sustainability and Environment Officer for Involved Group
• End of year round up blog by Chris Johnson, Chair of Vision: 2025, looking at some of the key achievements and developments in event sustainability in 2022
• Guest blog: Carbon labelling as sustainability legacy at Birmingham’s Commonwealth Games 2022
• Resource Spotlight: ‘From carbon footprints to cultural influence: Engaging live music audiences on travel choices’ 
• Last chance to take the Vision: 2025 Industry Green Survey! 24 hours left to help shape Vision’s resources next year 
• Join the International Festival Sustainability Lab with Green Events Nederlands and Partners
• A round up of the sustainable suppliers we’ve highlighted for their best practice in 2022
• Green Festival Stories: Dive into twenty green festival stories compiled by European project Future Festival Tools
• Julie’s Bicycle case study on greener carnivals with the New Carnival Company

November 2022

• Industry Green Leader Q&A with Jed Dowling, Festival Director at Pride Dublin
• Vision: 2025 launch the 8th annual Outdoor Event Industry Green Survey
• Powerful Thinking blog by Tim Benson on Greening Green Park for the Platinum Jubilee 
• Julie’s Bicycle at COP27: co-leading sessions for the ‘Arts, Culture, Heritage and Antiquities’ theme in the Resilience Hub
• Join ecolibrium’s Community Lunch & Learn Webinar to find out how the charity can help event’s tackle travel emissions
• New report launch ‘From carbon footprints to cultural influence: Engaging live music audiences on travel choices’ 
• Supplier Feature: instagrid showcase portable power systems at Secret Garden Party 
• Future Festival Tools: Green Festival Stories + register to test the self assessment tool

October 2022

• Full programme for the Sustainable Events Summit released: Sessions & Timings
• Who’s in the Room? Find out what organisations will be attending this Summit this year 
• Speaker Bios: Get to know the panel hosts and what expertise, research and resources guests will be bringing to share
• Individual session announcements: UK Beta Launch of the Future Festival Tools: reducing environmental impacts from Travel, Waste and Energy at events will be covered plus the chance for delegates to have their say in a proposed UK-wide Green Code for Events  

September 2022

• Green Leader Q&A with Kristine Barenholdt Bruun, Head of The Circular Lab, Roskilde
• Guest Blog by City to Sea on their new refill guide 
• Vision: 2025 get set to launch UK-wide Green Code for Events 
• Guest blog with betternotstop on implementing sustainability strategy at Kendal Calling 
• Vision: 2025 & Future Festival Tools: Sustainable Event Summit programme 
• Zero Waste Festivals project launch waste survey for UK event organisers
• ADE Green Conference: first glimpse of the 2022 programme
• Julie’s Bicycle announces speakers for the national summit ‘We Make Tomorrow’ 
• Case Study: Power Logistics implement an Energy Management Solution for Extreme E motorsports

July 2022

• Green Leader Q&A with Chris Johnson, Sustainability Lead at Shambala Festival
• Guest Blog on Circular Systems at Body & Soul Festival, Ireland
• Vision: 2025 Sustainable Event Summit programme highlights revealed
• Julie’s Bicycle and Vision: 2025 launch Zero Waste Project
• Tim Benson, Chair of Powerful Thinking demystifies generator redundancy and shares advice for optimising power back up plans
• Helen Freudenberg shares sustainability plans for a city-centre event in Birmingham set in a plant-filled super garden this September.
• Acoustech Director, Sophia Livett, shares her experience of switching to an electric vehicle for the season
• Julie’s Bicycle launch their annual national summit ‘We Make Tomorrow’ 
• Jamal Chalabi, Sustainable Tour & Production Manager joins ecolibrium as trustee
• Join the AFO and Bakers Basco campaign to cut event catering waste

June 2022

• Green Leader Q&A with Zak Avery, Assistant Director, Medicine Festival
• Guest Blog on Green Hydrogen for Outdoor Events with PlusZero
• Festival Republic and Music Declares Emergency partner to bring renewable grid energy to UK outdoor events
• New tool ‘The Networked Condition’ designed to help understand the carbon footprint of livestreamed events
• Green supplier profile on Sunbelt Rentals’ clean energy solutions 
• UK Music survey on workforce diversity 
• New resource ‘More than Music’ report by betternotstop 
• Selected news, jobs, events and comment from across the live events industry and beyond.

May 2022

• Green Leader Q&A with Rob Van Wegen, Sustainability Coordinator for Eurosonic Noorderslag 
• Powerful Thinking blog with Tim Benson exploring portable battery solutions for low wattage applications
• A ‘How to’ guide to measuring event emissions by Chris Johnson, Chair of Vision: 2025
• A host of new resources go live: from ecolibrium, Music Declares Emergency, Julie’s Bicycle and Event Industry News
• The Future Festival Tools, free event sustainability training tools, get set to launch at ADE Green
• Green supplier case studies with Ronald Britton’s Bioglitter and IDE Systems
• Selected news, jobs, events and comment from across the live events industry and beyond.

April 2022

• Green Leader Q&A with Jo Blick, freelance event waste reduction specialist
• Powerful Thinking’s Tim Benson reports live from Coldplay tour (Mexico) on people powered dancefloors
• This months blog – FAQ on Net Zero for event organisers
• Music Declares Emergency Turn up the Volume campaign this Earth Day 2022
• Greener Events and Innovations Conference (GEI) announce key notes and speakers.
• Spotlight on resources: How to reduce & dispose of PPE waste more responsibly
• Sounds Like A Plan series 3 launched, the podcast for all things music for climate action
• Green Events NL interview Basecamp Festival to talk about regenerative events

February 2022

• Green Leader Q&A with Nathan Jackson, Head of Production at Walk The Plank
• Guest blog from NCASS on the EighthPlate food salvage scheme with A Greener Festival  
• Green supplier focus: One Planet One Chance reusable cup system cuts waste at Lost Village Festival
• ecolibrium members tackle the carbon emissions from 6 million miles of event-related travel 
• New ACE briefing by Julie’s Bicycle on the role of the cultural sector in changing our food systems 
• Spotlight on resources: case studies, guides and reports to support the reduction of food waste impacts

January 2022

• Green Leader Q&A with Helen Harland, Events Manager at Manchester City Council
• Guest blog on energy efficient audio with Danley soundsystems from Iain Mackie from A Live sound Ltd 
• Powerful Thinking blog on energy efficient outdoor lighting
• Update on the Green Code of Conduct consultation for UK outdoor events
• How event sustainability will feature at The Event Production Show, The Association of Independent Festivals Congress and The Association of Festival Organisers
• Green supplier focus: Event Wine Solutions
• Creative Climate Justice webinar with Julie’s Bicycle.

December 2021

• Green Leader Q&A with Ben Robinson, Director at From the Fields (Bluedot & Kendal Calling)
• Guest Blog on campsite waste with Chris Mastricci, founder of EcoWarriorz and F.W.R.D. 
• Vision: 2025 launch Green Code of Conduct for UK outdoor event industry consultation
• Industry Green Survey 2021 results and analysis + prize winner announced
• Vision: 2025 curated panels at The Event Production Show 2022
• Green supplier focus: Nordic Wristbands Ecobox22 and Cube Modular’s ‘event hotel’
• News, links and save the dates from across the industry. 

November 2021

• Green Leader Q&A with Ben Street, Director at The Wild Paths
• Vision: 2025 Conference round up – an insight into panels and discussion at The Showman’s Show event last month
• Mitchell van Dooijeweerd, Sustainability Coordinator at DGTL talks to Green Events about circular economy at Elrow Town, Amsterdam
• Resource Spotlight: Reusable Cups at Events: Why it matters and how to do it
• Julie’s Bicycle and Native Events launch the Creative Green Tools for Ireland
• Powerful Thinking’s Tim Benson reviews the festival campsite power panel at the Vision: 2025 conference
• News and events from across the industry – with a focus on COP26. 

September 2021

• Megan Best at Native Events and Body & Soul Ireland takes our Industry Green Leaders Q&A
• Guest blog: Vision Nine’s Kevin Moore shares this years innovations at Boardmasters
• Vision: 2025 announce Showman’s Show conference details.
• The 2021 Industry Green Survey is launched in partnership with the AIF and AFO
• Tyndall Centre x Massive Attack publish the Super Low Carbon Music report
• Round-up of event sustainability training from across the industry
• Event Buyers Live set to tackle travel emissions with ecolibrium
• Powerful Thinking set to launch of Guide to Sustainable Power for Campsites.

• May 2021:
• Using space technology to convert pee into a delicious cup of tea – In our Green Leaders Q&A with DGTL Festival’s Mitchell van Dooijeweerd.
• Co-author of Clean Scene’s ‘Last Night A DJ Took A Flight’ report talks dance music and travel impacts.
• EarthPercent launch ambitious funding plan for music industry climate action.
• Event Production Show ‘Sustainability Matters’ panel update.
• Final #WeMakeTheFuture series webinar ‘Speak Up & Out to Lead Change’ with Frances Fox (Climate Live) available for playback.

• April 2021:
• Q&A with inspirational youth climate leader Frances Fox
• Get involved with Music Declares Emergency’s ‘Turn Up The Volume’ for Earth Day
• Get the lowdown on sustainable signage options from DECORDIA in this month’s guest blog
• Track + balance you travel emissions with ecolibrium’s new #TravelCarbonApp
• Catch up on news, events and reports from across the sector
• In this month’s Powerful Thinking blog, Tim Benson makes the case for transitioning to battery technology

March 2021:

• New media partnership with Access All Areas launched
• Meet Victoria Chapman (Live Nation) in the Green Leaders Q&A
• New Release – #WeMakeTheFuture webinar recordings
• Guest Blog – Pauline Bourdon shares Team Love’s impact report for 2020 event Breaking Bread.
• Without Walls launch a new Green Production Lab
• Pulp Friction: Delve into the world of power from waste, in Tim Benson’s latest Powerful Thinking blog

February 2021: This month we highlight a bunch of online events focused on sustainability for you to join, and delve into managing uncertainty with festival pioneers Green Gathering. We welcome Sarah Bird in the Green Leaders Q&A, representing Wild Rumpus, who bring art, events and sustainability seamlessly together through their events.

We also hear from Charlie at Vision: 2025 about developing a green supplier directory, and from ecolibrium on the positive impacts of their climate solutions programmes in 2020.

January 2021: This month: We’re pleased to have Chris Rutherford, Boomtown founder to kick off the Green Leaders Q&A, a guest blog exploring the significance of festivals in societal behaviour change, an opportunity to join the hydrogen revolution, the latest research in reusable cups, and [fanfare] the launch of the Circular Festivals website and toolkit.

December 2020: In this bumper December edition there is so much to share: Find out the headlines from this years’ Industry Green Survey and event organisers’ optimism and plans for 2021; meet this month’s Green Leader, Lara Deffense (Barbican) and all eight of 2020’s featured leaders; join our Christmas appeal to support the youth-led Climate Live global concerts; sign up to the the third and final webinar in the #WeMakeTheFuture Autumn series; read our guest blog about how Pytch Events supported Greta Thunberg with solar power, and meet the new members of Vision:2025.

November 2020 : As the chaos around us continues, we bring you another monthly burst of positive sustainability news. This November we feature Massive Attack’s pioneering plans, a plethora of free events for event professionals to stay engaged and inspired; our Industry Green Leader Q&A #7 with We Love Green’s Marie Sabot; plus speakers are announced for the #WeMakeTheFuture Autumn webinar series, and a Powerful Thinking Blog on Hydrogen Fuel Cells at events.

October 2020: From the Vision: 2025 team this month comes the launch of an autumn webinar series and the new Vision: 2025 Green Supplier Directory to support #GreenRecovery + Powerful Thinking’s monthly blog from Tim Benson. We dedicate this jam-packed issue (every issue in fact) to the vital role our industry can also play for the environment, with two guest blogs; one on delivering sustainable events in a covid landscape and the second on applying the theory of adaption to the event industry, plus our monthly Q&A with Hay Festival Sustainability Coordinator Andy Fryers, and our picks of the month.

September 2020: As an industry we would be starting to reflect on the year, but right now, many are still doing their best to survive and plan in a climate of uncertainty. In the absence of a season’s sustainability efforts to share, learn and be inspired by, we have dedicated this month’s newsletter to looking at practical solutions to Covid-19 event management that may contribute to #BuildBackBetter (greener!) – in the below: save the date for the 4th annual Vision: 2025 sustainability conference now digital with The Showman’s Show; meet this month’s inspirational Green Leader Abena Poku-Awuah; check out a new guide to sustainability, PLUS read blogs on sustainable face masks, practical covid solutions, and innovative approaches to carnival power.

August 2020 : In this month’s newsletter we focus on the potential environmental impacts of digital events: our monthly Q&A features Kaye Dunnings, a leading figure in the Lost Horizons VR event that attracted 4.2m viewers; we host blogs about the significance of the environmental footprint of online events vs. physical events, and e-waste. Plus: Exciting news about industry project Powerful Thinking’s restructure and leadership; A Greener Festival members collaborate to create a better future; ecolibrium launch a music industry app to track travel emissions, and our monthly picks from around the web.

July 2020 : In this month’s newsletter: fill out the annual Vision: 2025 Event Industry Green Survey, meet the founder of the internationally renowned Red Rebel Brigade (XR), read an interview with Event Industry Forum Chair, Steve Heap, on Covid and sustainability. The focus slants towards ‘travel’ in the form of a guest blog that considers the impact of drive-ins and the latest in electric plant for events in the Powerful Thinking blog – and of course our news picks from around the web.

June 2020 : In this month’s newsletter we meet AEG’s award winning European Festival Director Jenny Hamada; dive into the topic of plastic with a guest blog about ‘plant plastic’ and a comment-piece on reuse vs. single use from RAW Foundation; find out how Bournemouth Arts by the Sea transformed their sustainability planning, and catch up on green news from the live events industry and beyond in our monthly picks.

May 2020 : Building a community of resources and inspiration in a time of unprecedented challenge: The first Vision: 2025 newsletter as we transition from being the Powerful Thinking Steering Group. With Q&A with Mary Corfield, Greenbelt Festival.