SUSTAINABILITY

AN INCLUSIVE & SUSTAINABLY MINDED FESTIVAL

Love Saves the Day is our love letter to music and its community. We take a lot of pride in producing a high quality, inclusive festival that nourishes Bristol’s grassroots music scene.

We believe we need to act urgently and fairly on the climate and nature emergency, so reducing our impact is a priority in every element of the festival. We want future generations to experience the joy of listening, chatting and dancing together at a festival.

We hope everyone arrives at Love Saves the Day with an attitude of care towards each other, our nature rich home at Ashton Court, and the wider environment. After all, there is No Music on a Dead Planet.

LOVE SAVES TOMORROW

YOUR PLEDGE:

SAY NO TO FAST FASHION

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The fast fashion industry is hugely harmful for its workers and the environment, and an estimated 7.5 million single-use outfits are purchased for festivals each year.

What can you do instead?

Build your skills! Attend a repair or upcycling event at Sparks, The Love Inn or The Canteen with Weaving Change, or look for events in your area
Upcycle clothes you already own
Borrow from friends, or host a clothes swap
If you’re going to buy, shop second hand or local

WALK, CYCLE, OR TAKE THE LOVE BUS

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Travel is typically responsible for up to 80% of a festival's total emissions. Ouch!

We recommend taking the Love Bus, a safe and easy way to get here as a group. Tickets for the Love Bus will be available closer to the event.

Each year we balance transport emissions from the event build and break, our crew, and the Love Bus, via our partner onboard:earth, donating money to projects that help protect and restore nature.

NO excuse for single use

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Some of Britain's rarest wildlife live at Ashton Court, like the Green-flowered Helleborine, Marsh Tits and Skylarks!

Plastics release toxins which pollute and damage their home, so please don’t bring them (yes that includes single use vapes and glitter).

Reusable water bottles are always welcome, you can fill them up all day for free.

LEAVE NO TRACE

You helped achieve a 60% recycling rate at Love Saves 2026!

We can do better each year if you:

Use the bins
Reuse your cups
Compost your plates
Bin your butts - free portable ashtrays at the Info Point & Shop

Compost your plates

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All food serveware at Love Saves is compostable, which diverts around 1 tonne of festival serveware from general waste each year.

Give your plates, napkins and cutlery a new life as compost, by popping them in the food recycling bins once you’re done.

Treat each other and the site with respect and care

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our pledge

We’ve taken the Vision 2030 Climate Pledge, working alongside festivals across the UK to cut sector emissions by 50% by 2030. Find out more about it here.

Love Saves the Day’s pledge is to: