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Environmentally friendly

Environmentally friendly (also eco-friendly, nature friendly, and green) are synonyms used to refer to goods and services, laws, guidelines and policies considered to inflict minimal or no harm on the environment.To make consumers aware, environmentally friendly goods and services often are marked with eco-labels. But because there is no single international standard for this concept, the International Organization for Standardization considers such labels too vague to be meaningful.
Energy Star is a program with a primary goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.Energy Star has different sections for different nations or areas, including the United States, the European Union and Australia.The program, which was founded in the United States, also exists in Canada, Japan, New Zealand, and Taiwan
Green Festivals is wide term which can mean either events which promote green living and sustainability which may or may not have elements of entertainment incorporated into the festival and secondly music and arts events which are primarily there to entertain but have a basic green ethos and use music and entertainment to educate and inform the audience on green issues. In the UK the Big Green Gathering and Camden Green Fair are classic example of the former approach and the world famous Glastonbury Festival is an example of the latter.

In the USA Green Festivals are festivals that happen annually to promote environmentally friendly ideas and products and there are usually featured speakers. The Sustainable Living Roadshow toured the US in 2008 and visited San Francisco and Denver amongst other cities and initiatives included a solar stage, bike-powered stage, biofuel powered stage, the Conscious Carnival, green markets, Eco-Info Zone, local farmers market, a green developers exhibit, the clean energy showcase, a health and healing area, beer garden and Eco-Carnival Games.

Across the world numerous music and arts festivals promote environmentally friendly practices, sustainability and a green ethos. In the USA The Bonnaroo Festival has concession food served with biodegradable wraps, has plates, cups and cutlery manufactured from a renewable resource and a festival wide recycling and composting program as well as solar stage and sound system. The new Rothbury Music Festival has fast become a beacon of green excellence. In Australia a number of leading festivals have been instrumental in promoting sustainability including The Peats Ridge Festival, Bluesfest and West Coast Blues n Roots. Bluesfest, Bonnaroo, Peats Ridge and Glastonbury have all won the Prestigious Greener Festival Award from independent website.

In Australia the Sustainable Living Foundation (SLF)is a community based not-for-profit organization committed to creating major platforms to help accelerate the uptake of sustainable living. SLF brings together values, expertise and resources to inform and inspire the wider community about sustainable living. The Sustainable Living Festival showcases a huge range of exhibitors, talks, workshops, art, films and performances celebrating and inspiring sustainable communities

Many festivals now link up with organizations such as Yourope, the European festivals organization , campaign and advice group A Greener Festival, ReverbRock in the USA (now the Green Music Group) and/or Julies Bicycle, the UK's cross music industry initiative on climate change to make meaningful changes to their events to reduce their impact on the environment and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Yourope run a 'Green and Clean' Awards scheme for their member festivals, A Greener Festival runs the Greener Festival Awards scheme for festivals around the world and Julies Bicycle have developed the IG (Industry Green) mark which evidences sustainable practices, not only for live events and festivals but also for venues and CD packaging.

Environmentalism is a broad philosophy and social movement regarding concerns for environmental conservation and improvement of the state of the environment. Environmentalism and environmental concerns are often represented by the color green.

Sustainability is the capacity to endure. In ecology, the word describes how biological systems remain diverse and productive over time. Long-lived and healthy wetlands and forests are examples of sustainable biological systems. For humans, sustainability is the potential for long-term maintenance of well being, which has environmental, economic, and social dimensions.
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