The clear-up at the Glastonbury festival revealed about 1% of tents, roughly 4,000, were abandoned. Besides tents, numerous blow-up mattresses and sleeping bags were left, although half of the waste is recycled or reused. The Shangri-La stage introduced an initiative focusing on nature and community solutions by presenting allotments and providing plants and seeds for attendees. Activities included art installations and an immersive garden that allowed visitors to engage with nature's sounds. Additionally, a plot of land was acquired for ongoing nature-based projects.
One stage in the southeast corner of the festival went one step further this year in a bid to create a vision for an alternative future: one that prioritises nature, community and practical solutions to some of the crises we are facing as a planet.
We wanted to return to the feeling of experiencing collective real-life joy, of being present, and discovering something new with wonderment and awe.
Dotted around the Shangri-La field were works of art and performances: there were 'Telly-Shrubbies' in cabbage costumes, and a juke box that deposited seeds to take home every time a song was paid for.
The work was a collaboration with the charity Sounds Right, which recognises Mother Nature as an artist and provides the Earth with royalties.
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