Comparative Analysis of Articles on Event Sustainability Policies

This report presents a comparative analysis of two articles focusing on the sustainability of events and festivals. The first article, by Donald Getz, discusses policy implementation and the institutionalization of a new paradigm for sustainable and responsible events, emphasizing the involvement of the public sector and the impact of sustainable practices on various factors like public growth and market efficiency. The second article, by Dianne Dredge and Michelle Whitford, provides a critical response to Getz's work, challenging some of his concepts and focusing on the role of government in ensuring event sustainability. The analysis highlights the variations and similarities between the articles, including their approaches to policy, the role of different stakeholders, and the importance of sustainable practices in the event management process. The report also acknowledges the need for continuous improvement in event planning and the importance of considering various models like customer satisfaction, and the application of appropriate strategies or policies for the sustainable accomplishment of festivals or events.

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Articles based Comparative Analysis of Sustainability of Planning of Events
Events and Festivals play a very important role in the everyday life of a human being,
which can help them in indulging themselves in something creative, entertaining and
inspirational. This acts as the basis of entertainment for some of the people on the other hand
festivals or events act as the art or livelihood for some of the people which concentrate on
bringing enjoyment in the life of other people. Festival or event is said to be phenomena that
happen among human beings which make them come together for celebrating, awarding or
showing something incredible. In order to accomplish a festival or event in a productive
manner, it is important to appoint a management committee which can help in event
management and take care of post-event services as well (Chirieleison, & Scrucca, 2017).
There are many policies also in the market which are enforced by the respective government
or the governing body of that region. These policies and regulations focus on the sustainable
and responsive accomplishment of festivals or events.
Festivals around the world, both smaller and larger, are becoming increasingly aware
of their environmental footprint. Festivals have developed into repositories for environmental
technologies, as seasonal communities of celebration and motivation. Festivals showing how
unsustainable society can promote healthy living. Powerful Thought, a think tank committed
to sustainable energy for festivals, underlines the impact on the environment of both the UK
via the Show Will goes on research. Fest Vision: 2025 were produced as part of the article, to
strengthen the fight against terrorism throughout the industry. More than 40 U.K. Festivals
vowed to create a more prosperous future by halving the pollution and reaching a recycling
level of 50 percent by 2025. Festival Sight: 2025 illustrates the efforts of festivals around the
world to foster conservation and the harm to the environment through all these goals (Dredge,
& Whitford, 2010).
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In the current study, an attempt has been made to analyze two articles which are
related to the sustainable and responsive accomplishment of events. Both the considered
articles are related to the same concept however one article talks about the responsiveness
while another share the response of the initial article. The information shared and theories
discussed in both the articles are different however the concept is the same. In this study, a
comparative analysis of both articles has been done. It is done to analyze the variations and
similarities among them, which can future help in reaching the level where the information
shared in both the articles can be assessed and the decisions can be made about their rational-
ability or relatedness to the particle world. This study also analyzed the correctness of the
applied theories and the right context where these theories or models based on the
sustainability of festivals can be applied by individuals in the future productively.
The involvement in sustainable development amongst festivals has created an
Integrated Standards for Sustainable Digital marketing (ISO 20121) internationally in 2012.
This seeks to provide a systemic basis for addressing the task of creating more sustainable
activities. And increasingly, organizations, most prominently A Greener Festival as well as
the Creative Festival Alliance, have arisen to support events in that region.
Towards this end software programs such as Climate Calculators and the Sustainable
Project management Solution System has been created. Festival organizers can use extensive
online content repositories to "cool" their festivals; consider, for instance, the natural
resources database of that same Australian Center for Project management. Australian events
are not alone in addressing the question of sustainability. A variety of popular festivals
abroad, such as Glastonbury (UK) and Roskilde Fest (Denmark), have established programs
throughout this region well. In the field of sustainable development, the festival industry has
become progressive, although the activities of single events vary dramatically. It's also
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important to remember that the introduction of environmentally sustainable activities does
not automatically guarantee or relate to longevity as the Peats Grade Sustainable Art and
Music Festival, recently decimated (2013), suggests (Linko, & Silvanto, 2011).
The two considered articles are complementary to each other as without one article
another article is of no use, as it discusses the critical points of the previous article. The initial
article is the article written by Donald Getz, where the paradigm of responsiveness and
practicality of festivals and events related to their policies are discussed on the other hand the
article written by Dianne and Michelle presented their responsive reviews about the previous
article in the form of critical analysis. The article written by Donald talks about the
involvement of the public sector in the process of festival or event organization. The article
also discusses the impact of sustainable festivals or event accomplishments on public growth,
return on investment, social equity, psychic benefits, efficiency and the failure of the market.
These factors are considered and on the basis of that, the responsiveness of policies and rules
for the management of festivals or events is considered in this study (Getz, 2009).
Most festivals are encouraging local procurement and healthy feeding, opting for
more sustainable food choices. Sustainable feeding is on the rise, as per a Greener Festival, a
Uk organization aimed at improving the ecological quality of festivals: 80% of the selected
participants prefer to eat humanely as possible raised food, and 83% favor a free-range egg
alternative. Organizers provide a variety of nutritious meals with authentic and natural
sources by local sourcing, reducing harm to the environment. Since animals produce 14.5
percent of greenhouse gases, festivals also include some organic plant-based meals. The UK's
Sunrise Festival, pioneering in food sustainability, wants 85 percent of food products to be
organic, whereas the Shambala festival has excluded meat and fish from their menu entirely.
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The article of Donald discussed the concept on the basis of the TBL approach that is
the Triple Bottom Line approach, where there are three dimensions that are Economic,
social/cultural and environmental. The study discussed these facts on the basis of a paradigm
that is made up of a few parts. In the first art, the scope of the policy implementation in
maintaining the sustainability of festivals is analyzed. In the second step, the justifications
and policies are made to manage the planned events or festivals. In the third part, the events
or festivals are distributed in sustainable ones’, which can systematically bring entertainment
in the lives of people. In the last part, the emphasis has been laid on the implementation of
appropriate strategies or policies for sustainable accomplishment of festivals or events
(Gration, Arcodia, Raciti, & Stokes, 2011).
Festivals are enjoyable experiences-we go to visit friends and family, avoid the
hassles of everyday life, and be exposed to new types of culture or simply entertainment.
Rarely do we recognize the demands our participation places on our climate, yet like all
gatherings of human actions need resources–water, electricity, property, equipment, food
including different types of items. Because many festivals will include thousands of
attendees, even at the local level, these criteria carry with them the potential for negative
impacts on the environment. Many (but not all) government and industry festival organizers
are mindful of the need to reduce or remove the forms of previously noted environmental
consequences.
The desire stems, at least in part, from the demand of an ecologically more literate
population. More broadly, the event industry has also acknowledged the need to address the
environmental sustainability issue directly and acknowledges that initiatives in this area will
minimize operating costs (Zifkos, 2015). On the other hand, the article of Dianne and
Michelle argues about the paradigm shared by Donald’s’ article. It focusses on challenging
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the concepts shared by Donald in his study with respect to maintaining the responsiveness or
sustainability of market values and paradigms.
The article argued that the event policy research is underdeveloped, there is the
possibility to limit the scope of festivals or events to bring suitability in implementation of
appropriate policies, and the last is that the government can possible intuitionalism the events
or festivals within their parameters which can bring sustainability of festivals and events
productively. The article argued that the information shared by Donald in his article was
restricting the role of government in festival planning. Hence this article focused on
explaining the appropriate role of government in bringing and maintaining the sustainability
of festivals and events within the systematic paradigm. This enforced by the two authors with
the help of introducing a slight shift in the paradigm where the role of government is clearly
defined and discussed within the parameters.
As of the U.K. every year, festivals alone consume 4.96 million liters of diesel,
organizers promote renewable sources for reducing energy usage. Several American events,
including Thunder in a Bottle, Bonnaroo, including Lollapalooza, use diesel or solar panels to
fuel their stages while encouraging participants to contribute money to cover consumption.
Fully powered by renewable resources, Shambala stands out in terms of energy efficiency,
rising its emissions from 73 tons in 2009 to 27.5 tons in 2016. Devoted to renewables,
festivals plan to follow the lead of Australia's first entirely solar-powered festival, Off the
Grid.
It can be said that in both the articles the information is shared effectively, however,
there are variations among them. Some of them are appropriately designed and implemented
however some of them are not appropriately implemented. The suggestions also vary to some
extent. The article of Donald talked about the importance of sustainable event planning and
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accompli8sment whereas other articles discussed the role of government in the same
phenomena. It is considered appropriate to some extent, however, there are some drawbacks
to both the articles (Lee, 2016). It is very clear that there is a need for sustainable planning
and accomplishment of events or festivals at a particular place and it is not a one-time
process, whereas it is a continuous process, which leads to other festivals and another one and
so on.
It is considered the responsibility of the management, the people and the government
to bring sustainability in the festival’s management process. Both articles focused mainly on
the role of government in bringing and maintaining the standability of the managing of
events. Whereas there are other stakeholders as well which must be considered by a
researcher while examining the process of policy implementation for the sustainable
accomplishment of an event or festival at a particular place or within the region (Quinn,
2018). There are also variations in the discussion of the timeframes like TBL or the theory of
sustainability of festival accomplishment.
The authors avoided the models related to customer satisfaction or bring motivation
among their employees. The models related to them can influence a wide variety of
populations in a short span of time and effort. Hence it is considered the responsibility of
each and every stakeholder to bring sustainability in the process of event planning and
accomplishment of the same. Future researchers can be inspired form the concept and can fill
this research gap in the most effective and efficient manner.
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