Glastonbury Festival 2008 (25th 26th 27th 28th 29th June)

Thanks to everyone who took part in and helped at the Glastonbury Festival and other events this year!

Hello and welcome everyone, we are now recruiting for Glastonbury 2008.....!

Thank you for visiting our Green Police page - this year we have a sparkling new application process for Green Police at Glastonbury. Everything is explained in the downloadable form below. Remember the earlier you get your forms to us the better chance you have of coming. Our closing date for applications is 14th April but we will probably be full well before then, so.....

To apply for 2008 please first download this form:

Application form.doc

Next fill in the application and get all the required documents, cheques, etc, together and send them to SWC as early as you possibly can. We will then check that you have included everything we have asked for. If everything is there we will look at your application form and make a decision, if we think you will make a good Green Police person we will put you on the 'coming to Glastonbury pile' and contact you (usually by email), we will also at this stage confirm your training days. When we have a full team we will then send everybody's documents and forms to Glastonbury. They will then run a check on you to see if you have been before and if you pass their conditions.from coming to Glastonbury.Your cheque will then be cashed, (this usually happens early June, but we will confirm nearer the time).

Part of the application process as usual is the induction and training event - we do like to meet you before we get to Glastonbury! This training takes the form of a two hour talk and then a walkabout at a real live event, where you will put on the Green Police uniform and interact with the public, its a very good practice session and you must attend if we haven't worked with you before.  

Next you will receive a ticket to the event provided your cheque has cleared and you will be allocated a team to work with for the weekend.  You can attend Glastonbury from the Tuesday through to the following Monday but for each day you are there you must complete two three hour shifts or one six shift plus two hours training/meeting.

Green police will be expected to dress up, be playful and happy, get their pictures taken and meet and work as a team.  Experience in performance, walkabout, modelling, flirting, dressing up, talking, conflict resolving and educating are all valuable.  Last year Green Police were photographed and interviewed by many, many journalists and others.  It is a lot of fun!

For more info go to: Frequently asked questions.

If you are accepted as one of the Green Police at Glastonbury team remember, you must:

- Complete a training/try out session if required
- Have a fantastic costume and dress colourfully and funky
- Camp with us in our designated camping area
- Attend meetings, be part of the team and agree to the rules
- Bring Wellington Boot
- Not smoke, drink or have a terrible hangover whilst on duty
- Please be aware Green Police do not advocate the use of drugs, we are role models - any GreenPolice found under the influence will be immediately sacked

If you withdraw your application after you have been accepted by us (unless there are special circumstances) there will be a £30 admin fee + you risk being redlisted from Glastonbury Festival.

If you need to know about anything else, such as the price of childrens tickets, whether to bring a tent (yes!), or have any other questions, please read the Frequently asked questions and download a report of Glastonbury Festival 2007 courtesy of Andrea Height
(Materials recycling weekly). The Glastonbury Festival website is also a mine of information.

Please download and read our Green Police Health and Safety Doc if you have been accepted as a Green Police person.

Green Police at Glastonbury would not be possible without the continued help and support of:
Melvyn Benn
Liz Elliott
Micheal Eavis
Network Recycling
and all the team at Glastonbury

History of Green Police Thank you to everyone who took part in 2007! Despite the absolutely awful weather and horrible muddy conditions, the team was fantastic and really made a difference to the Festival....we hope to see you again this year!

Green Police started in Glastonbury in 1976 to encourage litter picking. Volunteers carried out ad hoc campaigns on behalf of Save the World Club. Spearheaded by alternative comedian and eco activist Professor Kayoss (Des Kay), they successfully distributed recycling bags and collected various items with a performance based approach to social and ecological learning. 

Green Police aims are :

1. To stop people urinating in the water and hedgerows:
By telling them face to face and showing them "the rules" of the festival using humour, sexiness - and accurate information.
2. To make sure people dispose of their cigarette butts properly :
Cigarette butts take 14 years to break down, they pollute the land and poison the water table and the cows eat them if they are not disposed of properly!
3. To encourage litter picking, recycling and better waste management:
By giving out green bags, festival rules leaflets, encouraging litter picking and specifically cleaning the Kings Field each day using the power of persuasion and volunteers only.
4. To leave a legacy of important information regarding festival etiquette:
Issues like wildlife protection, excess noise, litter, pissing and respect for the earth can be learnt, and will create a win-win scenario for everyone who attends.

So the potential of Glastonbury Green Police is that:

* People learn to stop urinating in the water table
* No litter
* Less stress for animals, people, land
* More respect = Less money spent on problems, more on fun
* People think more about the place they have come to have fun and take a greener philosophy home with them