Events have an image of a hedonistic, resource gulping and garbage
producing model but have the potential to change this image into one of a
harmonious balance between human activity, resource use with minimal
environmental impact (Jones). Some have even began to set the standard for
sustainable events.
More and more festival organizers believe that their festivals
environmental credentials have an influence on ticket buyers as 48% would pay more for a greener event,
59.4% stating it was an important factor when considering which event to go to
and 36% state green as an important factor when buying a ticket and that it is
the festival-goers opinions that are encouraging the
move towards greener festivals rather than artist pressure (O’Neill, 2009).
Sorry Saarika, this sentence “Events have an image of a hedonistic, resource gulping and garbage producing model”, I was a little confused about this, would you mind do some explain and give an example.
ReplyDeleteBecause organize events need a lot of resource and sometimes people make a mess after they left from events.
DeleteHi Jing,
DeleteBasically broken down it means that Events are known to be there just for the pursuit of pleasure, to use a lot of resources and produce a lot of garbage/ rubbish/ trash without any consideration of the effects.
An example would be the following link, which shows what the after effects of an Event looks like..
http://alloveralbany.com/images/tulipfest_garbage.jpg
I believed a good event management skill will make sustainable and events combine harmonious. For instance, Olympics games have a large impact on the communities, so a good event management team will be necessary.
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