A Festival with Purpose
SustainFest serves as a platform to highlight sustainable products, services, and practices while building meaningful connections between businesses, educators, and environmentally conscious consumers.
Festival participants enjoyed the opportunity to:
- Showcase their eco-friendly products, services, or initiatives to a diverse and engaged audience.
- Connect with like-minded businesses, community groups, and organisations who share a passion for sustainability.
- Engage with attendees through hands-on workshops, live demonstrations, and informative exhibits.
Sustainability in Action
- Live performances from student rock bands of all ages on our solar-powered stage.
- Attendance from both the Wokingham and Town Mayors, showing their support for our cause.
- The use of our school’s reusable crockery and cutlery to eliminate single-use waste.
- Handmade bunting created by our Year 9 students using reclaimed fabric from local charity shops—offering them a lesson in batch production and quality control while creating decorations that can be reused year after year.
- Fabric napkins made to replace disposable ones and reduce landfill waste.
We also took an important step in tracking our environmental impact by weighing all waste generated during the event. This data will help us set sustainability benchmarks and improve future festivals.
Looking Ahead
The Global School Alliance is passionate about supporting schools to embed sustainability into the heart of the ethos, empowering staff and students to take meaningful action for the planet. Our campaign ‘Schools United for Climate Action’ is designed to help schools in England meet the Department for Education’s requirement to have a Climate Action Plan in place by the end of 2025. Join today to get involved!
