Here at Kambe Events we firmly believe in the festival industry’s power to encourage positive change. Our flagship event Shambala Festival is a leader… Read more 25k25: a new campaign to inspire positive action
Written by Sid Sharma, Co-founder and Creative Director My Superpower Is The Ability To Fly “Dad, what would your superpower be?” Came the now… Read more What’s Your Superpower?
An industry wide appeal and crowdfunder was launched this week by our very own Chris Johnson. The crowdfunder will build on the research of… Read more Festival Vision: 2025
Last month the Shambala team spent a weekend in the countryside, at the permaculture farm Three Pools in Abergavenny. The setting was an inspiring… Read more Growing a people garden: Shambala’s team weekend away
On May 8th over 60 independent festivals in the UK launched a campaign to tackle the culture of tent disposability, which is the scourge… Read more Independent Festivals launch ‘Take Your Tent Home’ campaign
Earth Day 2018 saw the widespread announcement of the ‘Drastic on Plastic’ campaign, where a group of over 60 independent festivals across the UK… Read more Independent Festivals Get Drastic on Plastic
The revised Smart Energy For Festival and Events guide was launched yesterday at the Green Events and Innovations Conference, in London. Kambe’s Chris Johnson… Read more Out now: Smart Energy Guide ’17
Can you combine hedonism with purpose? The way the world seems to be heading at the moment, event organisers in my mind, have a… Read more Experiments in real-world change
At Shambala, we have always endeavoured to find ways to reduce the environmental impact of our festival. Over our 17 -year history, we’ve ditched… Read more Behind the Scenes with ‘Meat and Fish Free Shambala’ in 2016
Events are a core part of most cities tourism revenue stream, however when events pop up in a city, the existing litter bins and… Read more How can city events improve litter and recycling rates?
With the public increasingly interested in the narrative of food, sustainably sourced fish, locally sourced veg and Fairtrade are becoming the minimum standards requested… Read more How sustainable event catering is good for everyone
Many festivals may be pleased to read that their waste management contractors report recycling rates of between 80 and 100%. . But has that… Read more Getting to grips with festival waste