How to Clean Up Your Act for Sustainable Fun at Music Festivals

This season marks the return of music festivals, which provide millions of concertgoers entertainment, lucrative opportunities for astute promoters and performers, and the potential to seriously disrupt environmental sustainability initiatives. The average festival emits 500 tons of carbon dioxide, which is equivalent to the weight of three single-story houses, according to the Greener Festival research, which examined data from events held in 17 different nations. One festival attendee produced five kilograms of CO2 every day, according to the analysis. Here are three ways that festival planners and attendees can tackle the sustainability issue from a broad perspective.

Increase the sustainability of festival supply chains
Massive music festivals such as Coachella, Glastonbury, Roskilde, and DGTL Amsterdam are constructed with intricate supply systems and are essentially transient little cities.In order to attain zero emissions and waste, festival organizers are reconsidering how they handle the economic, social, and environmental effects of their events in order to make festival supply chains more sustainable. A careful balance must be struck between exceeding attendees' expectations, adhering to health and safety and other standards, and fulfilling cost forecasts.

By using a circular economy approach that takes into account materials, food, energy, mobility, and water, the team behind the DGTL Festival hopes to make it the most sustainable music festival in the world. They are developing a more sustainable supply chain that incorporates organic and locally produced food, reusable cups, bottles, and tableware, as well as renewable energy. In order to exchange expertise and support the development of regenerative projects, festival organizers are collaborating with suppliers and partners throughout the supply chain.

Reduce waste by using eco-friendly tents.
Tents and other abandoned camping equipment make up a sizable portion of the trash from any large festival. At events in Great Britain, up to 80 percent of attendees typically leave their tents; at festivals in Germany, the figure is thought to be about 30 percent. The problem is that because tents are made of such a complicated mixture of materials, recycling them is nearly impossible. The good news is that eco-friendly alternatives like cardboard have been produced by tent designers. At certain festivals, attendees can purchase a pop-up tent to be picked up on-site, with the choice to either sell it back at the conclusion of the event or take it home.

Green energy lowers carbon emissions.
Without a doubt, music festivals require a lot of energy, especially for onstage lights.audio and video production, as well as venue and campground management for employees and concert attendees. In order to conserve fuel and the environment, environmentally conscious festival organizers are increasing energy management efficiency. For instance, in order to better forecast the amount of energy needed and identify solutions to lessen the carbon imprint, some are analyzing the festival's overall power consumption. In certain situations, solar energy is turning out to be a more environmentally friendly choice. Another is kinetic energy, which is used to power the DJ's mixing equipment or stage lighting through people movement.

While going to and from events, artists and festival attendees are also figuring out ways to monitor and cut down on CO2 emissions. Fans can choose more environmentally friendly ways to get to events by using the Coldplay Music of the Spheres World Tour app. The SAP Analytics Cloud-powered app improves the band's engagement with fans while giving them and their crew more insight into the environmental effects of their tour.

Other strategies to make music events more environmentally friendly include data-sharing that records CO2 emissions statistics across the festival supply chain and laws that encourage actions like plastic bans and trash deposits. Festivals may become a happy celebration of music and a more sustainable earth if they are approached holistically, thoughtfully, and inclusively.