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Bob, Envirolution Cooperative co-founder, told The Gaudie<\/em> how he started the platform in 2010 to highlight Manchester\u2019s environmental initiatives, saying:<\/p>\n \u201cThey work [the festivals] because we place them in public green space that people are going to enjoy on nice days anyway. Then they come and have a look at what we are getting up to.\u201d<\/p>\n He said Aberdeen is \u201ca tough nut to crack [because] people are invested in the oil industry [and] a lot of things happening that have pushed communities to the verges.\u201d<\/p>\n Ainhoa, Vice President for Communities, heard about the festival at a climate assembly and decided to bring the initiative to Aberdeen, planning the details for over a year and a half. Describing the event as \u201cby the community, for the community,\u201d Ainhoa was happy with how it turned out after \u201cemailing everyone like crazy\u201d and having \u201cbarely slept.\u201d<\/p>\n When asked about the philosophy behind the festival, Bob said he hopes to foster conversations about possible responses to climate change. The biggest obstacle to climate action is feeling unable to make an impact, he explained, \u201cbut if everybody is joining these groups, having these conversations and exploring ideas, that\u2019s where change is going to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n Last month, environmentalists convened in Seaton Park for Envirolution, Aberdeen\u2019s first environmental festival. The event, designed to help educate, motivate and bring together communities to learn about climate change, offered a selection of family-friendly activities and music. Organised by the Students\u2019 Union and local group North East Scotland Climate Action Network (NESCAN), and several other […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":4469,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","iawp_total_views":16,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[254,357,200,358,356,236,355,354,252,359,207],"wf_post_folders":[181],"class_list":["post-4465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-aberdeen","tag-ainhoa-burgos-aguilera","tag-ausa","tag-bob-walley","tag-climate","tag-climate-change","tag-envirolution","tag-environment","tag-fred-byrne","tag-nescan","tag-seaton-park"],"acf":[],"author_meta":{"display_name":"Fred Byrne","author_link":"https:\/\/www.gaudie.co.uk\/wpress\/index.php\/author\/marketing\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/www.gaudie.co.uk\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Envirolution3-225x300.jpeg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["News<\/a>"],"unlinked":["News<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["Aberdeen<\/a>","Ainhoa Burgos Aguilera<\/a>","AUSA<\/a>","Bob Walley<\/a>","Climate<\/a>","Climate Change<\/a>","Envirolution<\/a>","Environment<\/a>","Fred Byrne<\/a>","NESCAN<\/a>","Seaton Park<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Aberdeen<\/span>","Ainhoa Burgos Aguilera<\/span>","AUSA<\/span>","Bob Walley<\/span>","Climate<\/span>","Climate Change<\/span>","Envirolution<\/span>","Environment<\/span>","Fred Byrne<\/span>","NESCAN<\/span>","Seaton Park<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"0","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 2 years ago","modified":"Updated 2 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on 11 October 2024","modified":"Updated on 4 December 2024"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on 11 October 2024 02:44","modified":"Updated on 4 December 2024 03:01"},"featured_img_caption":"Campaigners dressed to impress | Photo by Fred Byrne","series_order":"","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gaudie.co.uk\/wpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gaudie.co.uk\/wpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gaudie.co.uk\/wpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaudie.co.uk\/wpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaudie.co.uk\/wpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4465"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaudie.co.uk\/wpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4465\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4471,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaudie.co.uk\/wpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4465\/revisions\/4471"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaudie.co.uk\/wpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gaudie.co.uk\/wpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaudie.co.uk\/wpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaudie.co.uk\/wpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4465"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaudie.co.uk\/wpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=4465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Sunlight](\"https:\/\/gaudie.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Envirolution1-300x225.jpeg\")