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Mud, Music and Manpower - IOW festival
Climate Squad volunteer Louise heads to the Isle of Wight festival 2010 for some…
Mud, Music & Manpower
By Louise Groom, Climate Squad Steering Group volunteer
What I was up to
I was lucky enough to head to the Isle of Wight last weekend for Climate Squad with V Inspired’s Summer of Give festival tour to talk to people about Climate Squad and all the cool (and free!) stuff young people can get from it such as skills training, certificates, fun times as well as meeting new people in their area and feeling good about cutting carbon and protecting our environment.
Pedal faster people
We went with Global Action Plan’s energy bike which you pedal (like a normal exercise bike) and generate energy to power various appliances such as your iPod or charge your phone which went down REALLY well at the festival! Loads of young people loved the bike (especially feeling the difference between powering old and new light bulbs) and once we got talking everyone was really keen to find out more and generally chat about climate change and cutting carbon. This was really motivating but meant I was knackered and lost my voice by the end of the festival! Late nights and screaming to the likes of the Strokes probably didn’t help….
PHOTOS: Check out Charlie from Kiss fm on the energy bike and some other awesome people I met:
Amazing skills
As we were with V’s big purple bus, we got to see all the incredibly talented volunteers playing around on the decks, mics, bass6 (amazing beatboxer - check him out) as well as superhuman football tricks, very bendy cheerleaders and some awesome bands!
PHOTOS: Some of V’s amazingly talented volunteers entertaining and showing how volunteering can be fun and help develop & support skilled young people (www.vinspired.com)
Big thanks and why it’s important
Overall, I had a wicked weekend and it really made me realise how so many young people want to be involved with projects such as Climate Squad and how important it is that we get out there and help them get involved, build up their CV and also…enjoy!!
Big thanks to V inspired for the great tunes & entertainment and Climate Squad for giving me the opportunity to go to a fantastic festival!
Get involved in festival fun
Climate Squad and V will be all over the place this summer so come and see us or if you’re interesting in volunteering with us, take a look at our opportunities or get in touch with climate.squad@globalactionplan.org.uk:
★ T4 On the Beach on 4th July
★ Y Not, Peak District - 30th Jul-1st Aug
★ Relentless Boardmasters, Newquay - 3rd-8th August
★ Celtic Blue Rock, South Wales - 6th-8th Aug
★ Relentless Boardmasters on 4th - 8th August
★ V Festival Chelmsford and/or Weston-Under-Lizard - 20th - 22nd August
★ Creamfields on 28th - 29th AugustFestivals we’ve been at:
Camden Green
Festival of Nature
Isle of Wight festival
Charlie from KissFM
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