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Host city
  
Closing ceremony
  
26 September 2015

Opening ceremony
  
26 September 2015

Website
  
Official Website

EarthFest Singapore

EarthFest Singapore celebrates the first comprehensive sustainability festival in Singapore and takes place on September 26, 2015. The event is a collaboration between many different businesses and organisations in Singapore with the purpose of encouraging sustainability. Basically 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 (a mix of organic / non-organic foods) and a Music festival which features live music from local talent, Edutainment is covered with a carnival with environmentally themed educational games. It also includes a documentary screening of The End of the Line: How Overfishing Is Changing the World and What We Eat and talks and is a low-waste festival, incorporating elements of the circular and sharing economies. The event will be held at Marina Barrage and free tickets are available.

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History

The idea about this event came from Michael Broadhead who is currently also the Organizer of the first edition of EarthFest in September 2015.

Venue

The festival at Marina Barrage will be accessible via MRT Circle MRT Line or Downtown MRT Line via Bayfront MRT Station, by walking or also by Bicycle (parking slots available).

Sponsors

  • Marina Barrage where the event is held
  • Vegetarian Society (Singapore), VSS supporters of Vegetarianism
  • VeggieThursday.sg, supporters of Meatless Monday
  • References

    EarthFest Singapore Wikipedia


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