We were very happy to be presented with The Greener Festival Award in 2009 and this year we aim to make the festival even more environmentally friendly with your help.
Share It
If you are seeking a lift or if you have to drive your car please sign up for FestivalBUDi. If you have spare seats in your car and if you’re driving an average sized petrol car, having four people in it will bring your CO2 emissions per person to less than travelling by train! So it really does make a difference if you fill up all the seats.
Why use FestivalBudi?
- Free to use you simply share the travel costs
- Links drivers and passengers together online
- Part of the largest car sharing scheme in the UK
- Reduces the pollution and congestion on our roads
- Priority Car Parking Permit
Here are 4 easy steps to register and qualify for a priorty parking permit:
- Register your journey and activate your account
- Search for matches and contact those you wish to share with
- Once you have received a reply from your matches and agreed to share, go to 'my contacts' and click YES to confirm you are sharing!
- Click back to your FestivalBudi home page to view and print your parking permit.
Use Public Transport
If you live locally why not use the local bus service to get to and from the festival? www.islandbuses.info If you need to use a taxi please plan in advance and make sure you fill it up! There are festival shuttle buses to and from all ferry ports that are reasonably priced and very regular, please use this service as much as you can. For more info see the TRAVEL section.
Coach Travel from Southern Vectis
Coaches from 30 towns and cities from £49 - £59 return inclusive coach and ferry travel. Click here to find out more.
Get On Someone's Bike
An even greener way to get to the festival is by bike and with safe and secure bike racks available there is no excuse not to get on two wheels. Haven’t got your own bike? Well we’ve thought of that too and are again offering a bike hire scheme on site thanks to our partners London Bicycle Tour Company. You can hire a bike by the hour or for the whole weekend making it easy to pop out and replenish supplies when it suits you.
No Glass
No glass is allowed on site, please decant wine/spirits etc into plastic bottles before you arrive or they will be confiscated at the gates. Please use the recyling bins provided it takes a bit longer to think about which one to use but it is well worth it!
Please don't waste water
When you've finished showering, please make sure you turn it off.. if you're using one of the water stand pipes around the site to fill bottles please don't leave it running.
Did You Forget Something?
Last year it took us ages to take down all of the tents left behind after the festival and more importantly we narrowly missed sending them all to landfill. Most of the tents will not be taken by relief missions to overseas trouble spots, as they are not big enough or strong enough, therefore we have no choice in most cases to send them to landfill.
Luckily last year we managed to find homes for most of them but this won’t be the case this year so please, please, please have a conscience and take them home ready to use again next year.
Eco Action Partnership Ltd.