A Greener Scene - How to bring sustainable ideas to life in stage
Event description
Ever wanted to know how to turn your green event vision into a reality? Hear from Tara Medina (Strawberry Fields), Jessica Scheeter (Jack Johnson), Nick Hanlon (The Regent), Simon Prentice (Chapel off Chapel) and Green Music’s CEO Berish Bilander talk about innovative ideas to cut waste and emissions and drive positive change. The zoom link will be emailed out on the day. For more information, visit https://www.greenmusic.org.au/greenerscene
Jessica Scheeter is the Executive Director of the Johnson Ohana Foundation and Non-Profit Coordinator for Jack Johnson’s world tours. She has traveled the globe helping to connect music fans with local non-profits in each city. Jessica is part of the tour planning and label management team responsible for greening every aspect of the tours, and she helped to create Jack Johnson’s All At Once social action network to provide information, tools and motivation to empower individuals to become active in their local and world community.
Tara Medina is the co-founder and producer of Strawberry Fields Festival. A law graduate and former management consultant, her passions are focused not only on the creative side of event production but on continuing to push the boundaries of festivals as a platform for positive cultural and environmental change.
Simon Prentice has been the Head of Technical Production at Chapel off Chapel for more than 14 year, working on innovative strategies to reduce the venues environmental impact through infrastructure and education.
Nick Hanlon has been involved in the music industry for more than 30 years and has an extensive background in event management, promotions, publicity and production. Nick is also passionate about sustainability and has as been involved in various environmental campaigns both locally and internationally. She currently manages the 100% renewable Regent Hotel in Murwillumbah.