Go Green at this years Pride Festival

• Mar. 11 by zara bokhari (1)

After succesfully gaining backing  from the Environment Agency this years annual Pride festival held in Birmingham is going from its tradional pink to a green colour scheme.

Last year, over 80,000 people attended the larger than life annual event held for Birmingahms gay community, and this year’s number is set to be even greater with the event taking place on the 23rd and 24th of May.

Regular pride attender Twiggy commented to the BBC:

” It’s a great way to publicise the cause, meaning we get to stand up and be counted as members of society and not just be seen as a gay community. We have semi-equal rights but are still forgotten about or left out when it comes to areas being developed in gay villages.”

The aim of uniting with the Environment agency and implementing a change in colour scheme is to help raise more awareness in the fight to reduce the environmental impact and of our individual carbon footprints especially when holding events like these. Reducing the green affect of this event and its carbon footprint is the perfect start.

Birmingham’s Pride festival is the Midlands annual event and it is aimed to celebrate the gay, lesbian and trans gender community. The Pride festival is held over the Bank holiday weekend and takes place in the heart of Birmingham’s gay village which is largely based around Hursh Street, Bromsgrove Street and Essex Street.

Regional Director Mark Sitton-Kent of the Environment Agency commented to the Birmingham Mail:

”We’re proud of our track record in the midlands and we want to send out a clear message to our staff and customers alike that the Environment Agency is a diverse and inclusive organisation. Sponsoring this event will give us both the opportunity to spread a green message to thousands of  festival-goers  and marks our commitment in the village to go from pink to green”.

Pride organisers are eager to hear your suggestions for a greener festival and help make this year’s festival better than ever, so if you want to join in with fun suggestions or maybe you want to sponsor the event log on to the website and make your mark.