Car sharing is a big action we can take to take climate action….
…. because last year, our footprint from Audience, Crew and Artist travel was nearly 500 tonnes of CO2e, over 50% of the festival’s impact.
There were approximately 3.08 people in each vehicle.
Can we challenge you to fill your car with 4 people?
If each of those vehicles seated 4 people instead – emissions would drop by over 200 tonnes of CO2e.
We understand not everyone can travel in shared transport, or fill a car easily. But if you are able to, give it a try!
As sharing your car journeys has the potential to reduce the festival’s carbon footprint considerably.
How to find people to car share with…
Thankfully there is a slick and easy-to-use car sharing site!
LiftShare are linking up thousands of passengers with car drivers, meaning everyone can get where they need to go, sharing time, cost, sandwiches, music – and of course saving CO2. It’s a great way to save money if you are driving, or find like-minded people who are offering lifts and travel with them.
We use it often, and once got a lift in a convertible, door to door, Bournemouth to London….. for free!
How to join LiftShare
⚠️ If you already have a LiftShare account please LOG OUT. Unfortunately you will have to join this new Festival Liftshare community with:
⚠️ Either a new email or delete your account (Account Settings > scroll to Remove Account).
- Follow this link to Festival LiftShare.
- Sign up with your email or facebook.
- Open the authentication email.
4. Back at Festival Liftshare: scrooooll down to Join the “Festival Liftshare“
5. Click Add a Journey – either offering or requesting!
6. Type your origin of travel…..
7. And “Shambala Festival” in your destination.
⚠️ Scroll down to find Shambala Festival. Ignore it saying “No results”.
How long does it take to drive?
Here are some distances, to help you gauge your journey:
- From Birmingham it is only 45 miles and takes a ridiculous 47 minutes.
- From Bristol it is 120 miles and takes a very manageable 2 hours.
- From London it is 80 miles and takes a very do-able 2 hours.
- From Sheffield it is 95 miles and takes a measly 1 and half hours.
- From Penzance it is a long way – but it’s well worth it!
Balance your carbon with our partners Ecolibrium by calculating the carbon associated with your journey. They donate to thousands of trees being planted by charities and conservation projects around the world.