echoes of earth 2022 indias most sustainable music festival will be held in bengaluru on december 3 and 4 at embassy international riding schoolbethel a small town in the southern foothills of new yorks catskill mountains is what one would call the cradle of festival culture that is where more than half a century ago in 1969 around 400000 music fans and hippies gathered to celebrate the woodstock music and art fair the festivals legacy is still romanticised and cherished but few speak of the amount of waste it left behind bottles beer cans discarded sleeping bags broken tents plastic sheeting newspapers and human waste all of which still haunts the terrain after all these yearsin india too the lack of sustainability reflects in most aspects of our lives including huge gatherings this bothered a few people and roshan netalkar was one of them the festival director of echoes of earth indias greenest music festival and a pioneer in sustainable lifestyle events says the idea came to us sometime in 2015 the plan was to conduct a music festival that brings together indian and international artistes but we wanted it to be something more than that we became aware that such gatherings use plenty of natural resources he saysand thus echoes of earth was born in 2016 the festival has since then grown bigger and better after a brief lull of two years they are returning even bigger in 2022 featuring acts like the yussef dayes experience on the musical front and a largerthanlife zerowaste concept circle of life in the organisational frontghanaian singersongwriter andrew ashong in 2017sustainability is a journeybut is echoes of earth achieving 100 per cent sustainability it is a long journey from the moment we put our finger on it to the execution but i like to believe that our concept is creating a certain ripple effect within the country and industry we have brought about this conversation on sustainability now we see more brands collaborating more such initiatives taking place i think creating this culture is most important says roshan full circle on recyclingthe circle of life concept is rather commendable over 80 per cent of this years festival production stages art installations and the generic festival build is made up of recycled upcycled repurposed and junked media sourced mostly from the previous festivals it will have a solarpowered stage to ensure renewable energy efficiency circle of life focuses on living life in moderation we aim to rethink the use of our natural resources and to be mindful of the life that exists around us this years festival hopes to elevate the experience weve created in the past through conversations education and circular design that encourages recycling of our previous years assets and finally to move towards becoming a carbon negative festival roshan says circle of life focuses on living life in moderation we aim to rethink the use of our natural resources and to be mindful of the life that exists