There is a growing awareness of the importance of delivering and hosting
environmentally sustainable major events (Marquardt et.al 2007).
Sustainability, is defined as considering the social, economic and
environmental impacts to meet present needs without compromising the ability of
future generations to meet their own (Kates, Parris and Leiserwoitz, 2000).
Environmental sustainability, the focus of many events is described as
an event that has successfully minimized its impacts
on the natural environment (Marquardt et.al 2007).
Actually, when you talking about environmental sustainability, for my perspective three issues that are very much linked to one another: 1) fossil fuel depletion, 2) climate change due to CO2 emissions, and 3) the increasing costs of energy and water.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that Environmental sustainability means minimising the impacts of the event/product on the natural environment, which includes taking fossil fuel depletion, climate change (one of the ways which is done by reducing the carbon footprint) and taking into consideration the increasing costs of energy and water.
ReplyDeleteFossil Fuel Depletion:
Dependence on Fossil Fuels--Ever since that first oil well punched into the earth in 1859, demand for crude oil has equalled supply. The more oil that was pumped worldwide (an average 2-5% more each year), the more got used. The oil-using life-style made consumers feel richer and more comfortable—more pharmaceuticals, more plastics, more transportation, more heat, more cooling, more entertainment. Most of the planet's current population of 6 billion people prefer the industrialized life-style. Also, most are now dependent on fossil-fueled agriculture to eat.
(http://www.carlaemery.com/fossil-fuel.htm)
The Glastonbury Festival is trying to reduce the dependence on Fossil fuel depletion, through their environmentally sustainable initiatives, such as making sure that the products used are recyclable, (ie. cutlery) as I've described in the Waste Management Practices.
With Climate Change, the festival is already working on reducing the carbon footprint, by encouraging festival goers with the green traveller, making sure that a lot of what is needed for the festival is produced on site, instead of having it delivered (as described in the Glastonbury Festival: transport and travel post)
With the increasing costs of energy and water, the festival has employed the use of solar energy and the building of water reservoirs on site.