The artists will perform on a five metre high solar stage, hooked up to a state-of-the-art battery bank to power the event from day through to night. Every aspect of the festival will be environmentally sound. 100% of the profits will go towards building a renewable power plant in the city of Melbourne, and there will be a zero waste policy—recyclable stuff will be recycled, organic stuff will be composted, and leftover stuff will be turned into an artwork (rather than just being dumped in landfill) to be auctioned off.
“The language of renewable energy has been lost in elitism to confuse and delay change,” says Banoffee. “This festival is a step towards a different type of communication. We need to start leading by example and show people how tangible this change is.”The smart people behind OFFtheGRID are a group called Finding Infinity. They started out with a battery bank operated party in a London basement, took the concept to Mexico, and then back to London to hold a party in collaboration with fashion royalty Vivienne Westwood—all solar powered, of course.
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