News

EAP & DECC

EAP are in discussions with the Department of Energy & Climate Change for more ways to collaborate and get the Act on CO2 message out there ahead of the Copenhagen talks in December, so watch this space.

A Greener Festival Awards

Although the results of A Greener Festival Awards scheme are yet to be announced, founder Luke Westbury has written a great blog on what impressed him at this years IOW Festival. Click here.


 

IOW 2009 Carbon Audit

EAP commission Key Environmental Developments to carbon audit this year’s festival as well as a comparative piece of work which will outline how much carbon festival goers would have possibly used if they had stayed at home. Both of the results of these will be made public post festival.

 

World Environment Day

EAP announce a collaboration with Ed Miliband and the Department of Energy and Climate Change to together promote the Act on CO2 message, ahead of the next round of Kyoto talks in Copenhagen in December. To read the press release please click here.

Eco Winners! Eco Action Partnership have won a Greener Festival Award for their work at the Isle of Wight Festival 2009. Details of the first festivals to be recognised this year were announced this week with the Isle of Wight Festival getting a special mention from co-founder of A Greener Festival, Ben Challis “our auditors have noticed that more and more festivals are starting to work with the audience to promote sustainable lifestyles - the team that came back from the Isle of WIght Festival raved about the really clever initiatives there” http://www.agreenerfestival.com/http://www.agreenerfestival.com/http://www.isleofwightfestival.com/http://www.isleofwightfestival.com/http://www.isleofwightfestival.com/http://www.isleofwightfestival.com/http://www.agreenerfestival.com/http://www.isleofwightfestival.comhttp://www.isleofwightfestival.comhttp://campaigns2.direct.gov.uk/actonco2/home.htmlshapeimage_7_link_0shapeimage_7_link_1shapeimage_7_link_2shapeimage_7_link_3shapeimage_7_link_4shapeimage_7_link_5shapeimage_7_link_6shapeimage_7_link_7shapeimage_7_link_8

10:10

EAP join the 10:10 climate change campaign and commit to reduce their emissions by 10% in 2010. The ambitious but clever campaign conceived by Age of Stupid director, Franny Armstrong encourages individuals, companies, and organisations such as schools and hospitals to unite behind one simple idea, that by working together we can achieve a 10% cut in the UK’s carbon emissions in 2010. This will hopefully succeed where politicians have failed and prove the power people can have on the biggest challenge to face this planet and it’s inhabitants. Sign up to 10:10 today.

Road to Copenhagen

The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has chosen Eco Action Partnership to create an awareness campaign within the culture sector ahead of the global summit on Climate Change in Copenhagen, at the beginning of December.

The result, a series of three gigs in London during October and November, chosen for their diverse audience mix in which to drive awareness of the governments ambitious global deal to succeed the Kyoto Protocol.

The first of these was Franz Ferdinand at O2 Academy Brixton where the audience was engaged by a video booth in the bar area where they could record their own message to Ed Miliband or write messages of support on the graffiti wall in the foyer. The Lion King at the Lyceum Theatre was the next stop on the awareness campaign where two of the bars were branded with the Act on Copenhagen logo and info points manned by DECC employees, on hand to give out relevant climate change information. Details of the next gig will be announced soon.

Outstanding!

As an update to the earlier news story posted telling you that EAP had won an award from A Greener Festival (AGF) for our eco work at the Isle of Wight Festival 2009, it has just been announced that the Isle of Wight Festival is among only ten other festivals in the world to be labelled as ‘Outstanding’ for efforts in making their event more sustainable. The coveted trophy, made out of recycled plastic bottles, crushed CDs and remoulded Wellington boots and featuring the Red Kite logo from AGF, will be awarded on 19th November at the UK Festival Awards at the  02 Arena in London.