Green Footsteps and collaborators

Roskilde Festival has the environment and sustainability as an area of focus and interest.  We believe that one’s small eco- friendly actions have a great effect on the environment –  that’s what we call green footsteps.

Because of this, we have collaboration partners who give the audience and ourselves the opportunity to take steps in towards being a more green festival.

If we, our audience and our partners each take green footsteps, we can make a difference.

Energy

Seas-nve

An event like Roskilde Festival requires quite a lot of electricity - about 400.000 kWh. But this year the entire festival is powered by GlobalEnergi sponsored by SEAS-NVE. For every kWh we use, SEAS-NVE will invest in sustainable energy, CO2-quotas and energy from windmills less than two years old. So enjoy the show - it will be climate neutral.
This year energy company SEAS-NVE and EV company ChoosEV have agreed to lend our staff a fleet of new electric cars for the entire festival periode. This makes it possible for us to cover many of our transport needs in a far more climate friendly way, than if we were to use petrol or diesel powered cars.

EXIDE TECHNOLOGY

Exide Technology is one of the world's leading companies on the market for larger batteries. They have great experience in developing new batteries and also develop batteries for electric vehicles with the environment in mind. Exide Technology has sponsored batteries to store the alternative energy Roskilde Festival produces at the power station in the Climate Community, so it can be used when the sun does not shine and the wind is not blowing.

LOVESPRING

LoveSpring is a foundation that collects funds to support humanitarian water projects in developing countries. At the festival, LoveSpring provides green drink cans, which can be filled up with water from established water taps.

Transport

chooseev

Transportation at Roskilde Festival has to be as easy on the environment as possible. ChooseEV is Denmark’s leading operators in electric cars and are renting out 10 smart electric cars to Roskilde Festival. The electric cars provide a low noise environment and run on climate neutral GlobalEnergi from SEAS-NVE when driving at the festival. ChooseVE is a Danish company that leases electric cars, sets up recharging stations in all of Denmark and in general makes sure that it is easy to have an electric car.

 

DSB

Roskilde Festival recommends the use of public transport. With DSB, you can take regional and intercity trains to and from Roskilde. Roskilde Festival and DSB also have trains that run between Roskilde Station and the festival's own station,  located on camping West.

SWEBUS

Swebus Express operates in over 150 places in Sweden and the rest of Europe. You can travel with Swebus Express who run extra buses from Oslo to Copenhagen and the festival site. From other cities, busses run according to the ordinary time tables from Ingerslev Street in Copenhagen.

NGO

Danish Cyclist Federation

Danish Cyclist Federation works towards making it safe to cycle in traffic so it is fun for all. DCF makes campaigns to get more people to cycle. This year, the Danish Cyclist Federation, in cooperation with Roskilde Festival and Greve Municipality, has organized a bicycle trip from City Hall Square in Copenhagen to the festival site as part of the Green Footsteps campaign.

RISØ DTU

Risø DTU is the National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy. The research is directed towards the development of climate-friendly energy technologies and energy systems and contributes to innovation, education and counselling. Risø has large experimental facilities and multidisciplinary research milieus and includes a competence centre for nuclear technology.

 

DanWatch

DanWatch is an in-depth journalistic watchdog, who creates new agendas by documenting the consequences of Danish and multinational companies' investments, spendings, trade and production abroad. DanWatch is managed by a foundation and is independent of any political, governmental or private interests.

Amnesty International

At Roskilde Festival, Amnesty International wants to focus on the conditions for the one billion people all over the world living in the slums. In 20 years the number has doubled, and each year about 30 million people take flight from the consequences of the climate changes.

Many seek shelter in one of the world's 200,000 slum districts, but the governments often choose to solve the problems by demolishing the districts – without offering an alternative. Amnesty demands that they instead take their duties seriously and secure the right to housing, water, safety, health and sanitation, and turn misery into dignity.

GARBAGE

SPEJDER SPORT

Roskilde Festival is continuously working to reduce environmental impact from the festival, including waste at the camping areas. As part of this work, the festival this year made a deal with Spejdersport about the reusing of the thousands of camping chairs that are each year left behind at the camping area, and therefore must be discarded after the festival.

RESIDENCE

BRØCHNER HOTEL

Last year, Brøchner Hotels went CO2 neutral as the world's first hotel chain and created a climate council. This has let to a number of activities, cooperation with green networks and concrete initiatives at the hotels.

VISIBILIITY

EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENT AGENCY

The European Environment Agency (EEA) together with The European Topic Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production (ETC/SCP) are working with Roskilde Festival’s Green Footsteps campaign. The EEA has access to a large amount of environmental information and is able to help Roskilde Festival with much of the background knowledge presented on the festival’s website and during the festival.

 

The Danish Society for Nature Conservation

The Danish Society for Nature Conservation (DN) is the largest nature conservation and environmental organisation in Denmark. With the support of more than 140,000 members we work to protect nature and the environment.

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