Grumblings (what else?) on the backchannel about some aspects of the Climate Change Festival for example: Pigsonthewing: “at least one climate-change festival exhibitor is giving away plastic carrier bags” (he mentioned that he thought it was Network West Midlands). They may be the most environmentally friendly bags available and stuffed full of things that will change people’s perception forever, turning them into eco-warriors, but it doesn’t _look good_ does it?. Always eager to try a bit of proper journalism, I contacted the CCF team and was told very quickly: “I was disappointed to note that they were giving away materials which looked somewhat unsustainable – mousemats, shiny paper, plastic pens (not plastic bags, however) – and both I and Friends of the Earth challenged them on it. They couldn’t tell us the provenance of their materials, which suggests to me that yes, they probably weren’t great… we ensured that all of our paper was recycled, and printed using the waterless offset printing process. We also obtained an ethical statement from our t-shirt producers. We’re working exceptionally hard to make sure we practice what we preach (in all of our projects, not just this particular festival), and encourage others to...
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