Thursday 13 September 2007

The Green Festival








These photographs were taken at the Green Festival this summer in Newcastle. The Newcastle Community Green Festival is the UK’s biggest free community environmental festival and a celebration of the environment, arts, music and more, beginning in 1990. The festival strives to raise awareness for environmental issues. Over the years the festival has grown into a flagship environmental event in the region. In 2006 the festival became entirely powered by renewable energy sources, including wind, solar, pedal and bio-fuel power. They also aim to recycle 100% of the waste created through the festival.


I had a fantastic day when I went to the Green Festival, set in Leazes park in the centre of Newcastle, the festival is spread out around a small lake. There was so much to do, live music, book stalls, vegetarian and vegan food stalls, art tents etc.


In one corner of the park there was a tree, a wish tree. Where people were writing their wishes on pieces of cloth and tying them to the tree. I found it really interesting reading people’s wishes and the whole thing quite magical.

1 comment:

Nada said...

I liked the fact of the wish tree, think that you can do a music video for environmental cause such as global warming perhaps. And show different people wishes on the trees.