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Compost your cutlery and avoid campsite ‘Armageddon’: how music festivals are going sustainable

Compost your cutlery and avoid campsite ‘Armageddon’: how music festivals are going sustainable

Warmer weather in Australia heralds the peak of the outdoor music and festival season. Compared with securing a ticket, reducing your festival footprint is easy Change by degrees offers life hacks and sustainable living tips each Saturday to help reduce your household’s carbon footprint Got a…

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Most fans heading to Strawberry Fields next weekend won’t need to drive.

The multi-day music, arts and wellbeing festival on the banks of the Murray River, near Tocumwal in New South Wales, is a three-hour drive from Melbourne and seven from Sydney. But instead of 16,500 people descending in their private vehicles, participants can catch one of more than 118 charter buses across New South Wales and Victoria, or travel via a combination of public transport and shuttle.

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