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St. Patrick's day is here, and with the plastic shamrocks popping up in stores everywhere, it got me thinking about the real plant, which grows everywhere around the world, and is under attack with a vengeance by the city...

From encouraging bike riding and compostable plates to better recycling, organisers have diverted 98% of waste from landfill – and they want to do more

Everyone looks forward to outdoor music festivals, but most large scale gatherings contribute a staggering amount of waste. That's why every year Happy Valley, Oregon hosts The Pickathon Music Festival, one of the world's...

Oxalis, Sourgrass, Wood Sorrel, Bermuda Buttercup, Shamrock - these are just a few names for a wildly prolific edible plant (aka "weed") which grows everywhere around the world...

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Mountain stage photo It’s that time of year again and Pickathon Music Festival is just around the corner! As the only waste-free, plastic-free, and eco-conscious outdoor concert festival in the United States, the music...

The brilliant annual event is a public-private collaboration between the municipality, the cultural sector and numerous businesses started by Felix Guttmann and Rogier van der Heiden—chief designer at Philips Lighting...

Glow shines annually on the second week of November in the southern city of Eindhoven, dubbed The City of Light because is where Philips was born. The festival is an opportunity for worldwide creatives to present light art...

Somewhere between a dusty Americana and West African groove lies the soulful grit and instrumentally diverse folk-rock sound evoked from The Barr Brothers...

Frack Free NT Alliance says oil and gas company sponsorship undermines the integrity of the festival and investment from the renewables sector should be sought instead

Musicians have sung about environmental stewardship and preservation forever. Think about Woodstock back in the 70's and now the more recent Bonnaroo festival held in Tennessee every summer. Amount of garbage at music festivals...

Read the rest of Loopcamp: Giant Musical Recycled Paper Cylinders Rise From The Dusty Desert Plain at Burning Man Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Black Rock City, Black Rock Desert, Burning Man,...

Read the rest of Loopcamp at Burning Man: Giant Musical Recycled Paper Cylinders Rise From The Dusty Desert Plain Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Black Rock City, Black Rock Desert, Burning Man,...

The design world hits high-voltage this week, with flash openings at historic houses, electric cars racing to the future and RIBA unveiling the British pylons of tomorrowLondon Open House takes place this weekend, allowing...

Michael Eavis has installed 1,116 solar power panels on his cow shed at Worthy Farm, the site of the Glastonbury festivalIf U2 or the Rolling Stones had been performing on his cow shed roof, the Glastonbury Festival supremo...