Tori Geehreng
@uprootplasticgrass.bsky.social
🌱🛢️ Our natural spaces need protection — not a layer of planet warming plastic
Sign the petition urging EdFringe organisers to ditch plastic grass for sustainable alternatives at EdFringe 2026: https://www.change.org/DitchPlasticGrassEdFringe2026
Sign the petition urging EdFringe organisers to ditch plastic grass for sustainable alternatives at EdFringe 2026: https://www.change.org/DitchPlasticGrassEdFringe2026
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Let’s celebrate the arts without risking our planet or our bodies to plastic grass pollutants
Sign the petition calling on EdFringe organisers to replace the plastic grass covering festival venues with a sustainable solution by EdFringe 2026 🌱🛢️
Petition link here: www.change.org/DitchPlastic...
Sign the petition calling on EdFringe organisers to replace the plastic grass covering festival venues with a sustainable solution by EdFringe 2026 🌱🛢️
Petition link here: www.change.org/DitchPlastic...
Plastic grass laid down over concrete pavers at #EdFringe Hunter Square outdoor seating serves no function other than aesthetics
Aesthetics aren’t worth the #plasticpollution and #climatecost 🌱🛢️
Aesthetics aren’t worth the #plasticpollution and #climatecost 🌱🛢️
August 13, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Plastic grass laid down over concrete pavers at #EdFringe Hunter Square outdoor seating serves no function other than aesthetics
Aesthetics aren’t worth the #plasticpollution and #climatecost 🌱🛢️
Aesthetics aren’t worth the #plasticpollution and #climatecost 🌱🛢️
Reposted by Tori Geehreng
Thanks Newy Council for backing the community and supporting climate justice, and to the councillors who spoke and voted in our favour.
This is a powerful reminder that people power works.
This is a powerful reminder that people power works.
August 13, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Thanks Newy Council for backing the community and supporting climate justice, and to the councillors who spoke and voted in our favour.
This is a powerful reminder that people power works.
This is a powerful reminder that people power works.
A key part of EdFringe’s #climateresiliency should be mitigating its existing #climate impacts
One easy area to improve is to replace the hundreds of metres of plastic grass laid on the festival venues with #sustainable alternatives like jute/sisal outdoor carpets or reusable permeable paver mats
One easy area to improve is to replace the hundreds of metres of plastic grass laid on the festival venues with #sustainable alternatives like jute/sisal outdoor carpets or reusable permeable paver mats
Oh hey, today seems like a good day to revisit this blog post I wrote a while back for the @edinnovations.bsky.social team on mitigating climate risks to Scotland's festivals... edinburgh-innovations.ed.ac.uk/case-studies... Stay safe out there, folks! #EdFringe #Scotland #Festivals
Mitigating Climate Risks for Scotland’s Festivals
In recent years, environmental sustainability has become a vital part of strategic planning for the cultural sector and tourism industries in Scotland. Through the work of a variety of organisations, ...
edinburgh-innovations.ed.ac.uk
August 13, 2025 at 8:50 AM
A key part of EdFringe’s #climateresiliency should be mitigating its existing #climate impacts
One easy area to improve is to replace the hundreds of metres of plastic grass laid on the festival venues with #sustainable alternatives like jute/sisal outdoor carpets or reusable permeable paver mats
One easy area to improve is to replace the hundreds of metres of plastic grass laid on the festival venues with #sustainable alternatives like jute/sisal outdoor carpets or reusable permeable paver mats
Reposted by Tori Geehreng
While you're sipping on a cool drink and waiting for a show today, think about signing this petition to get rid of horrible plastic 'grass' from our festival!
www.change.org/DitchPlastic...
www.change.org/DitchPlastic...
Sign the Petition
Ditch the plastic grass for sustainable alternatives at Edinburgh Fringe 2026
www.change.org
August 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM
While you're sipping on a cool drink and waiting for a show today, think about signing this petition to get rid of horrible plastic 'grass' from our festival!
www.change.org/DitchPlastic...
www.change.org/DitchPlastic...
Well over 12% of global micro- #PlasticPollution originates as plastic grass fibres and infill crumb.
Stop replacing withering #nature with plastic imitations.
It’s not just the grass that suffers
Stop replacing withering #nature with plastic imitations.
It’s not just the grass that suffers
Meanwhile, this #PoisonedPlanet continues to choke on #PlasticWaste and #PlasticPollution.
And our own bodies fill with it
www.ft.com/content/5ddd...
And our own bodies fill with it
www.ft.com/content/5ddd...
UN plastics treaty is being hampered by climate obstruction tactics
Conflicting interests are coming to a head as countries attempt to end the scourge of pollution
www.ft.com
August 13, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Well over 12% of global micro- #PlasticPollution originates as plastic grass fibres and infill crumb.
Stop replacing withering #nature with plastic imitations.
It’s not just the grass that suffers
Stop replacing withering #nature with plastic imitations.
It’s not just the grass that suffers
A study by Ryan-Ndegwa et al. (2024) links the chemicals of concern (COCs) leached from plastic grass to ‘endocrine, cardiometabolic, and neurological toxicity’
🌱Sign the petition urging EdFringe organisers to ditch the plastic grass at EdFringe 2026 : www.change.org/DitchPlastic...
#edfringe
🌱Sign the petition urging EdFringe organisers to ditch the plastic grass at EdFringe 2026 : www.change.org/DitchPlastic...
#edfringe
Sign the Petition
Ditch the plastic grass for sustainable alternatives at Edinburgh Fringe 2026
www.change.org
August 13, 2025 at 8:07 AM
A study by Ryan-Ndegwa et al. (2024) links the chemicals of concern (COCs) leached from plastic grass to ‘endocrine, cardiometabolic, and neurological toxicity’
🌱Sign the petition urging EdFringe organisers to ditch the plastic grass at EdFringe 2026 : www.change.org/DitchPlastic...
#edfringe
🌱Sign the petition urging EdFringe organisers to ditch the plastic grass at EdFringe 2026 : www.change.org/DitchPlastic...
#edfringe
Let’s celebrate the arts without risking our planet or our bodies to plastic grass pollutants
Sign the petition calling on EdFringe organisers to replace the plastic grass covering festival venues with a sustainable solution by EdFringe 2026 🌱🛢️
Petition link here: www.change.org/DitchPlastic...
Sign the petition calling on EdFringe organisers to replace the plastic grass covering festival venues with a sustainable solution by EdFringe 2026 🌱🛢️
Petition link here: www.change.org/DitchPlastic...
August 12, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Let’s celebrate the arts without risking our planet or our bodies to plastic grass pollutants
Sign the petition calling on EdFringe organisers to replace the plastic grass covering festival venues with a sustainable solution by EdFringe 2026 🌱🛢️
Petition link here: www.change.org/DitchPlastic...
Sign the petition calling on EdFringe organisers to replace the plastic grass covering festival venues with a sustainable solution by EdFringe 2026 🌱🛢️
Petition link here: www.change.org/DitchPlastic...