EarthFest Singapore
Coordinates: 1°16′46.124″N 103°52′16.26″E / 1.27947889°N 103.8711833°E
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Opening ceremony | 26 September 2015 |
Closing ceremony | 26 September 2015 |
Website | Official Website |
EarthFest Singapore (music festival) | |
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Dates | 26 September 2015 |
Location(s) | Marina Barrage, ![]() |
Years active | 2015- present |
Founded by | Michael Broadhead |
Website | Official Website |
EarthFest Singapore (recurring event) | |
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Genre | Food festival, Music festival and Edutainment festival |
Dates | 1 day, ending second last weekend of September |
Location(s) | Marina Barrage, ![]() |
Years active | 6 |
Founded | 2015 |
Website | Official Website |
EarthFest Singapore is a comprehensive festival celebrating sustainability in Singapore and first took place on 26 September 2015. The second festival occurred on 12 February 2017.
The event is a collaboration between many different businesses and organisations in Singapore with the purpose of encouraging sustainability. The event has components of a food festival - as an international food fair of foods with lower environmental footprints, a farmer's market and bazaar, and a music festival which features live music from local talent, edutainment is covered with a carnival with environmentally themed educational games.
EarthFest also screens documentaries and has talks about sustainability topics given by various experts in Singapore. It is a low-waste festival, incorporating elements of the circular and sharing economies.[1][2][3][4][5]
History[]
Michael Broadhead is the volunteer director of the festival. The event is in collaboration with Marina Barrage.
Venue[]
The festival at Marina Barrage is accessible via Circle MRT line or Downtown MRT line via Bayfront MRT station, by walking and by Bicycle (parking slots available).
See also[]
- Vegfest
- Earth Hour, Earth Day
- Shambala Festival
- The Transition Decade
- Sustainability
- Sustainable living
- Plant-based diet
References[]
- ^ "'Green' message at root of eco festival". Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- ^ "SG Magazine April 2015 Release". Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- ^ "Straits Times". Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- ^ "938Live's Green Agenda". Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- ^ "Secondsguru". Retrieved 17 June 2015.
External links[]
- 2015 establishments in Singapore
- Annual events in Singapore
- Environmentalism in Singapore
- Food and drink festivals in Singapore
- Music festivals in Singapore
- Festivals established in 2015
- September events
- Sustainability in Singapore
- Vegetarian festivals
- Vegetarianism in Singapore