Climate Wave Enterprises

Eco-Logical Event Solutions

  • Home
  • Event Management
    • What is Sustainable Event Management?
    • Sustainable Event Management Services
    • Checklist to a Sustainable Event
  • Eco Challenge
    • Take the Eco Challenge!
  • About
    • Cookie Policy
    • FAQ
    • Mission-Vision Statement
    • Service Providers
    • Sustainability Policy
    • Testimonials
  • News
  • Contact
  • Log In

Summer festival season 2018/19

composting at events

Wow, what a summer festival season 2018/19! It all started with a photo of a Bin Fairy.

Here at Climate Wave we call our waste/resource management crew in Queensland, Eco Angels, so when I saw the Bin Fairies I just had to
contact B-Alternative and speak to Jason Rahilly the visionary and creator of this innovative organisation.

This all happened in 2017 and I met Jason over a delicious vegan lunch which he was late to but I didn’t mind at all once I heard his ideas for the company and settled into discussion that only like minded souls can have. So one of the many subjects breached was me coming to Victoria to work as a Bin Fairy for the 2018/19 season.

Let me just reiterate WOW… so the season is over for me anyway, back to Queensland with a smile on my face a great crew of new friends (Fairies) and a new business plan.

B-Alternative’s system which works so well involves offering compostable options to food vendors if they don’t have their own. This way you know exactly what system needs to be set up and can divert the maximum amount of resource away from landfill and B-Alternative’s amazing statistics prove Jason’s method works, better than anything I’ve seen in the world.

campground education at festivals

B-Alternative crew at Rainbow Serpent Festival

Here’s a quote from Tim Landells, Head Environmental Consultant at B-Alternative “composting at festivals instead of sending this waste/resource to landfill, has stopped a lot of methane from going into the atmosphere (huge contributor to global warming). We have stopped 108563 kg’s of CO2 equivalent (the effect other greenhouse gases have on global warming in comparison to CO2) from going into the atmosphere. To put this into perspective, it’s the same as:

  • Not driving a small car around Australia’s coastline 20 times
  • Not flying a Boeing 747 to Hawaii and back 29 times
  • Turning off the power at 15, 4-person American houses for a year

These results are purely from us composting and not putting waste in landfill. It’s from what gases are released when composting compared to landfill. There are so many other factors to include that will increase the greatness of these results by a mile!”

take your shit with you

Educating campers at Unify Gathering

Another major role we performed was that of Campground Education which was a real eye opener! There are a lot of young folk that it’s their first big festival and whether they go over the top at home or not they get very messy at these events. Our role was to remind patrons that they are obligated to keep a clean campsite and most of all take their shit home with them, oh & most importantly #partywiththeplanet

These are the events that I worked on but there were others that were serviced by the amazing dedicated B-Alternative crew during the summer.

Cowrie Markets (Torquay)
Queenscliff Music Festival
Warralily Christmas Spectacular
Surf Coast Kite Festival
Bentleigh Markets
Falls Festival (Lorne)
Nightjar Torquay (each Thursday in January)
UNIFY Gathering
Rainbow Serpent Festival
Nightjar Geelong (each Friday in February)
Day by the Bay

If you have an interest in these remarkable results & practices you can follow B-Alternative’s path in their social media, it’s definitely a path worth following. And love to all the Fairies 🙂

Facebook

Instagram

Posted: April 6, 2019

+61 (0) 414 939 942

In a nutshell

Climate Wave Enterprises deliver events that comply with sustainable standards. We work with the planet for positive, ethical and social outcomes, and provide a holistic recreational event experience that engages all stakeholders in a journey that will reduce environmental impact whilst having fun.

Click to read more about Climate Wave

Google reviews

Climate Wave Enterprises
Climate Wave Enterprises
5.0
Based on 1 reviews
powered by Google
See All Reviews

Contact us

Climate Wave Enterprises
3/12 Wagawn Street,
Tugun, QLD, 4224
Phone: +61 (0) 414 939 942

Email: info@climatewave.com

Connect with us

Recent posts

  • Tip single use plastic items out of your events
  • Why should you certify or accredit your events?
  • Aiming for zero waste at local markets

How can we help?

Copyright © 2021 Climate Wave Enterprises

This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. Accept Reject
Cookie Policy

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience.
Necessary
Always Enabled

Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.

Non-necessary

Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.