Tropfest Canberra a Seriously Green Event

Nice to see the majority of punters here agree that the whole green/sustainable issue is a “great big tree hugging hippie piece of crap” (thank you Eric Cartman).

SES should have got donations in buckets without having to fill water bottles for hippies.

I understood the water tanker thing was a fundraiser for the SES.

As for those who complain – what did you do to help the Festival become greener?

I gave it a big miss. No attendance = no environmental impact.

Once again most of the comments here are negative. I went to Tropfest and was impressed at the biodegradable cutlery and plates etc being used.

Of course things could be a lot better but I congratulate the organisers for having a stab at being sustainable – there are plenty of festivals (and retailers) who don’t.

As for those who complain – what did you do to help the Festival become greener?

That’s funny, I hear only crickets chirping 😛

The supposed ‘Green’ effort was a token at best. Seriously, if you’re going to make an effort to ensure all the rubbish is going to be collected, correctly sorted and disposed of put the collection points where they are accessible to the majority of those in attendance, not put the one single point tucked away in an obscure corner where the majority of people had great difficulty getting to. That’s why there were piles of rubbish all the place after it finished.

Hot tip for being ‘green’ with your power. Step 1, use less! Leave all the spotlights that are shining up into the trees off until it gets dark. A spotlight sucking down a few hundred watts is doing nothing during the day you peanuts! I was there around 3pm and most of the spotlights were on then.

It smacks of yet more pointless green ranting by the ACT Government in an attempt to pat themselves on the back me thinks. But hey, Kevvy and Garret would be proud!

As for the film that won, yep, loved it 🙂

A seriously token effort. It would be more accurate to advertise it as a ‘greenwash’ rather than it having any valid environmental credentials.

In Canberra our electricty comes from baseload power generated via coal fired power stations and peak load from the Snowy Mountains Scheme (whichin itself is an environmental disaster) with about a half of a poofteenth from the various so-called ‘renewable’ sources. Bottom line: you just pay more for the fuzzy feeling.

What’s with trucking water in? I’d love to compare the carbon foot print of that versus just turning potable water taps on.

Grrrr said :

“GreenChoice renewable energy” – isn’t that just the same old power that everyone else is getting, except you pay more for it in order for them to invest in some “green initiatives”?

GreenPower FYI

GreenPower is renewable energy sourced from the sun, wind,water and waste and produces no greenhouse gas emissions.

GreenPower uses less water as renewable energy generators use much less water than coal and gas powered stations.

Do you still think that there is ‘nothing special about it’?

GreenChoice? More like GreedChoice.

Public transport on Sunday evenings, ha!

This kind of greenwash always make me laugh. These initiatives are all based on saving money for the organisers in one way, or maximising their profits in another. A ‘gold’ coin donation for water, how many thousands will they rake out of that? Yeah, bring your own rubbish home, why should the organisers have to foot the bill from their inflated profits? Another green joke foisted on the ACT.