Last updated:
September 2, 2022
Regarding sustainability, Light Up Trails recognises that it has a responsibility to the environment beyond legal and regulatory requirements. We are committed to reducing our environmental impact and continually improving our environmental performance as an integral part of our event planning and infrastructure, with regular review points. We encourage artists, designers, suppliers, customers, sponsors, and any other stakeholder to do the same.
The Light Up Trail has been designed by experienced lighting and event designers who are not only very experienced but have also developed ways of working in a range of outdoor landscape settings. We want to encourage visitors to reconnect with nature and the natural environment. The best visual work is sensitive to light pollution and we aim to take advantage of the darkness to reduce the overall brightness of our installations. We encourage audiences to adjust to the darkness as they walk through the trail. We try to avoid continuous lighting of trails and paths and will only use audience lighting where it is necessary to do so and to comply with Health and Safety regulations. The LED lighting products we use on the trail are 90% more efficient than traditional bulbs, enabling us to use as little energy as possible. The equipment has been installed using professionally recommended methods and the installations are curated to integrate within the site. We do not foresee any adverse effect on wildlife, and we also consider future generations.
Our partners have strong sustainability plans, ensuring that they farm and/or look after their land responsibly, taking a holistic approach across their venues.
Sound installations are created to provide atmosphere to the light installations and are therefore contained within these specific areas. There is no other noise pollution apart from the natural sound levels created by the audiences as they walk through the trail. We are also mindful of our neighbours who live in the immediate vicinity.
We factor in power requirements at every stage of the planning process in order to reduce fuel consumption. The use of fuel and wattage is kept to a minimum for all our installations.
Single-use plastic bottles and drinking straws are not used on site. We encourage our traders to provide FSC-assured wood cutlery and recyclable or biodegradable takeaway packaging.
We prioritise local, seasonal, sustainable, street traders and suppliers as well free range and vegetarian / vegan stalls.
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