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By Nicole Salwan
Forestronika Festival, “The Other Side” Experience Sustainability Through Music & Art In the scenic mountains of Lebanon Since 2008, a festival in the Middle East has been increasingly ripening up into solid foundations for sustainability. It’s mission: A Sustainable Dawn for a Brave Festival.
With the curious mind of an experiential child that never gives up on their dreams, a restless community has been passionately thriving to create a space for music, art and sustainability to co-exist and interweave under one starry sky. A space where environmental protection is key for the sustainability of its culture and its evolution. This is the 6th edition of Forestronika Festival, a global event that celebrates nature. Since 2008, Forestornika Festival has been the meeting point to hundreds of music and nature lovers coming from from Lebanon and all over the region. This year, with a 128
theme titled “The Other Side”, Forestronika 2013 has grown even deeper into its annual agenda to serve you yet another culturally rich and ecologically diverse festival. On its 2013 agenda, a lot of new topics, two international stages, more NGO partnership, art installations, a wonderland location by the river side, along with many self development disciplines and nature activities. “It all started with a chill-out zone during the first years of the festival, but last year, the area was transformed into an alternative stage that hosted live musicians and local talents with a
variety of genres, from experimental to progressive, jazz & blues, rock and reggae,” said Nicole Salwan, the festival’s organizer. “This year the alternative area will be hosting an even wider range of arts like dance and poetry, and instrumental workshops for those who would like to dab in music. We’ve been preparing for an exceptional event and meaning to spread the green awareness as much as possible particularly this year. On the social responsibility level, Forestronika community is working continuously on separate environmental activities Í