been a bit of a blessing in disguise as it has bought us more time to look at that a bit more in depth, which is quite hard year-on-year when you’re making incremental changes.”
THE EVENT HAS signed up to Festival Vision 2025, which was conceived as part of the Show Must Go On report, a festival industry response to the 2015 global climate change talks in Paris. All signato- ries undertake a pledge whereby they aim to achieve a 50 per cent reduction in festival-related annual greenhouse gas emissions by 2025. Such tangible measures include reducing waste where possible and aiming for 50 per cent or more recycling rates by 2025 and reduc- ing reliance on fossil fuels where possible and aiming to reduce annual diesel consumption by 50per cent (or more) by 2025. Because much of the pledge
relies on voluntary audience participation, using a range online tools such as a carbon calculator – allowing offsetting and funding of environmental schemes around
Organisers of the music festival in Portree are working hard to reduce its environmental impact
the world – visitors and event organisers alike are very much in for the long haul. Pellegrotti admits that relying on attendees is not “perfect” but “it’s the best solution we have at the moment”.
However, there are contributions organisers can make themselves: ‘diesel’ is a key word contained in the pledge, particularly for outdoor events, where a reliable power supply often requires lorried-in
gas-guzzling generators to keep everything ticking over. As well as pumping harmful pollutants into the atmosphere, impacting on the climate and on people’s health, the generators tend to be inefficient with much, Pellegrotti says, “wasted capacity”. Part of the plan for Skye Live in future will be to try and source a greener energy supply; Pellegrotti says the immediate priority, possibly once the community land buy goes through, would be to secure mains power to the site, which is not far from the village itself, or to explore the feasibility of investing in battery power. “Tere are so many factors to take into consid- eration,” he adds. “But we’re look- ing to the long term so just need to do as much as we can.” Whatever happens Skye Live is looking forward to returning to Te Lump in May next year. n
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