Sustainability

Earth Frequency Festival celebrates connection and intention as much in our relationship with the land as within the community we bring together. We aim to act with awareness and respect for the Earth, educating and engaging our community in environmentally friendly behaviors while upholding the same values in all stages of the event. With a focus on nurturing a culture of responsibility and kinship, Earth Frequency is investing in existing and new initiatives to create a more sustainable festival for the future.

Earth Frequency is committed to minimising our impact in everything from watching our energy consumption to choosing green printing suppliers, continuing carbon offsets programs, creating stronger recycling and composting systems, and enforcing green purchasing policies for stall holders. New systems will also better measure our impact to identify ways to reduce our footprint in the future, concentrating on key areas of waste management, energy use, water use and preserving biodiversity. To build an enduring green culture we are engaging crew, stall holders and the greater community through developing an environmental policy and a growing eco-arts and education program, working to actively promote the co- creation a greener Earth Frequency festival.

While the Earth Frequency team works toward better environmental outcomes behind the scenes, the sustainability of the festival relies equally on the actions and attitudes of it’s people. We ask you to be conscious of what you can do to help, to share your eco-sense with friends and festival neighbours, and to remember to reduce, reuse and recycle.

Planning tips:

• Be mindful of what you bring, plan your meals and reduce the amount of packaging you take to the event
• Bring refillable water containers and refill from the bulk water provided at the festival
• Bring a reusable cup for your coffee and juices to reduce the number of disposable cups used by stalls
• Do not bring anything to the site that you are not prepared to take home (camping gear, seats, couches and packaging bound for landfill)
• Connect with old and new friends and carpool to the event, reducing your carbon footprint

Festival tips:

• Camp only in designated areas
• Take your campsite rubbish home with you where possible
• Keep recyclables separated in your camp and use the recycling bins and skips provided
• Use the bins provided in the event area, being mindful of what you can and can’t recycle
• If you are a smoker, bin your butts in a portable ashtray, or in the butt bins provided in the event area
• Uphold community values and encourage other festival-goers to dispose of their waste appropriately

We hope to continue to improve our environment and sustainability practices and we welcome your feedback, ideas and participation. Please contact us if you have anything to share.