Green Police! 

We need your email contact details. I've sent out an email to all GP volunteers and about half the email addresses bounced. It's about registering for Glastonbury Festival next year. If you want to participate in 2013, then please email me your name, telephone and email to nicola@savetheworldclub.org before 30th April!

Currently the Trustees of Save the World Club who manage the Green Police volunteer participation roles are undertaking a number of strategic changes to the Charity which will be fully realised in late 2012/early 2013. As a result, Save the World Club have decided that it is best practice to postpone the green police programme until the strategic activities are complete.

We hope to have a new Green Police co-ordinator in post later this year, and if you indicate your interest now for next year, they will be be in touch once they have begun their role.  We would be grateful if you could let us know if you are able to participate with Green Police in 2013, as we will be renewing links with Glastonbury Festival later this year to do this.  You can find out more about Green Police on our website here:   http://savetheworldclub.org/greenpolice.htm

We will be contacting all Green Police volunteers to explain the situation. In the meantime, we recommend that interested Green police volunteers contact the Go Kingston organisation (previously Kingston Volunteer Centre) to arrange alternative volunteering opportunities within the Olympic in London this summer. More information about this can be found here:  http://www.kvc.org.uk/our-projects/gk2012-team/

Thank you for your continued interest with Green Police!

THERE WILL BE NO GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL IN 2012

Thank you for your interest in the Glastonbury Green Police. You can apply for a place from February 1st 2012 by downloading the application form here and by becoming a member of Save the World Club charity..
For more general Green Police info please go first to: Frequently asked questions .

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

- 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 Boots
- 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 Green Police 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 cheat on your ticket by not working.

If you need to know about anything else, such as 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, especially about travelling to and from the site.

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

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Two special Green Police films to watch:
Green Police founder Des Kay 2008
Green Police 2008 stone circle tidy up

History of Green Police

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