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Environmental Code
At the Drovers' Tryst, the organisers are committed to combining our environmental beliefs with the provision of a well run festival. By encouraging sustainable practices, we will ensure that the environment of Scotland can be enjoyed by generations to come.
Adhere to good environmental practice in all business activities
Ensure that the business meets the minimum requirements set by environmental law and fulfils its legal Duty of Care requirements for waste disposal
Achieves sustainable environmental improvement
Continuously reducing polluting activities
Wherever possible, the Drovers' Tryst committee will:
Use recycled paper products, and avoid chemical dyes
Use the internet & email as a resource to avoid unnecessary paper use in the planning process
Aim to promote the Tryst primarily through the internet, linking with other like-minded organizations and websites
Aim to encourage booking of places through the website, and facilitating the on-line processes
Monitoring our consumption of fuel and of our waste throughout the year's planning
Support car sharing, the use of public transport or use of mini-bus to access the walks
Provide information to participants as to how to get to the area, and around the area, by public transport
Provide information on bike-hire etc whilst in the area
Encourage the recycling of paper, cardboard, glass, aluminum (cans and foil) and some plastics, both throughout the planning period, but also assisting participants with awareness of recycling points
Provide information to participants to enable them to buy locally, such as for their packed lunches, and to support local businesses
Programme of walks include environmental awareness and an appreciation of our landscape
Programme of outdoor activities to encourage participation and outdoor exercise, whilst minimizing the environmental impact
Encourage wildlife in the area by increasing public awareness in conjunction with the Perth & Kinross Countryside Ranger and the Loch Lomond & Trossachs Rangers
Travel to and from Crieff & Strathearn in an environmentally friendly way.
Travel to and from Crieff in an environmentally friendly way
To travel to and from Crieff by public transport can be complex, but it can be done. Trains and buses run from both Glasgow and Edinburgh to Dunblane and/or Perth. Some trains do go to Gleneagles station, and either a taxi, or we can collect you.
Stagecoach runs a number 15 bus to Crieff from Perth, and a number 47 bus from Dunblane. The timetables can be found here: Please click here >>
Carbon Offset
We are aware that public transport is not always viable, and therefore we encourage you to off-set the carbon emissions from your car and/or your flight. Through Carbon Neutral,com you can 'balance out' the CO2 associated with your flight by supporting forestry and climate friendly, energy friendly projects which save equivalent amounts of CO2.
The options offered by CarbonNeutral.com offer give you a choice of supporting:
UK forest. Trees naturally soak up CO2, and produce oxygen and wood. Like most of the forestry projects they get involved in, this package helps support indigenous trees within long term woodlands which have public access and which will make real contribution to the local community and wildlife habitats.
An international project such as the solar lighting project in India, which replaces kerosene lamps with clean, good-quality lighting. This not only reduces CO2 but eliminates the health and fire hazard that these lamps pose. Another other project is based in Chiapas, Mexico and provides long-term employment to one of the poorest regions through sustainable orchard planting which also helps to restore the land to its original state.
Futures Portfolio. In going Carbon Neutral, you effectively buy the amount of CO2 which will be saved by a process or technology, and your money then helps to make that process or technology possible. The two projects here - a wind turbine project in New Zealand and an energy efficiency scheme in Jamica - need CO2 money to make them viable.
To offset your car emissions: Please click here >>
To offset your flight emissions: Please click here >>
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