Our efforts for a more sustainable festival organization are slowly bearing fruits. The environmental authority of the city of Vienna (MA22) has approved our plans for the 2020 festival and recognized us as an official eco-event.

The label does not, of course, refer to the Online Edition, but rather confirms our submitted concept for the originally planned festival edition 2020, which included more environmentally friendly travel to and from the festival, waste prevention and energy-saving use of equipment during construction and dismantling, as well as regional, seasonal and fair-trade catering and sustainably produced printed materials and give-aways.

The efforts to create a sustainable festival have been in place for several years, but have been intensified in the course of the festival's new compliance guidelines. “As a festival, we are aware of our responsibility for the environment, we want to make sensible use of the limited resources of our living space and set an active example in the fight against climate change,” says festival coordinator and concept developer Laura Hörzelberger. “Together we can do it!”

News 6.5.2020