Boom Festival Newsletter - October

Autumn is slowly making its way here. After 25 000 people from 85 different countries met at Boom Festival 2008, its now time for renewal – of nature. Boom dismantling is coming to an end and soon everything will be just one great and beautiful memory. But not all will disappear – Boom Radio and Boom Web TV will bring you Boom Festival’s next episodes

Boom 2008 disappears piece by piece

Approximately 20 people are still working everyday at the Idanha-a-Nova lake. Tons of rubbish is being cleaned, structures are being dismantled, decorations put away, and soon the land may be returned to its natural cycles without human presence.
Because most constructions at Boom 2008 were made from organic materials, we see beautiful images unfolding everyday: now the cows are literally eating Boom 2008! The straw bale constructions have become food for these wonderful creatures.

Podcasts From Boom Radio Available Online

Those who didn’t get a chance to tune into FM or listen to Boom Radio emissions through the Internet while at Boom, can do it now. All shows, reports and DJ sets, delicious hours of Boom Radio emissions are available on podcasts linked to the Boom website. This radio station is a cooperative project between Boom Festival and dozens of enthusiasts from all over the world. For more info click here.

Water Treatment in Full Swing On Site

All water from the showers is being recycled. Through our water treatment systems we managed to evaporate 200,000 liters of water from the showers. Now we have 1,200,000 liters of water waiting in a lake for further treatment based on aquatic plants as you can see in the photo. The plants are azolla sp, eichordia sp, lemna sp, typha sp, phragmites sp, juncos sp and cyperus sp. The water will be monitored by a local laboratory and within some months when clean, will be return to the source. This is Booms contribution for a new awareness of water recycling.

New Webisodes From The Boom Web TV

Boom Web Tv started around one year ago. Our Web TV station is both a way to promote Boom novelties and a medium to show new paradigms. We’re preparing new webisodes based on Boom 2008 that will be online until the end of 2008. Keep in sync with the independent media centre of Boom Festival by clicking here. If you want to participate with your own videocasts please contact us: press@boomfestival.org. The Boom Web TV is a citizen-based station. Feel free to join this worldwide network.

Listen

Get some of Boom Radio podcasts by clicking below. All shows are available online.

Anneli DJ Set.mp3
Laughing Buddha DJ Set.mp3
Skillatone dubstep set.mp3
Far to Loud.mp3
Chicago.mp3
Stand up comedy featuring Richard Pryor.mp3

Boom 2008 News

Daily Dragon Available on Digital Edition

It's likely that you got it at Boom. If you don't, the Boom newspaper "Daily Dragon" is now available as a PDf version

Since 2002 Boom has been developing its own newspaper. The "Daily Dragon" is a platform for citizen journalists and the Boom Team to cooperate. The newspaper relates some of the Boom facts, the program and it's an insight into some of the festival dimensions.

In 2008 the "Daily Dragon" had three editions. You can now keep it as a memory of the Boom 2008, by downloading the newspaper in PDF format.

Download:

* Daily Dragon_Edition1.Pdf
* Daily Dragon_Edition2.Pdf
* Daily Dragon_Edition3.Pdf

TV - Boom Indie Media

Having independent media outlets is one of the singularities of Boom. We take a look at 'Daily Dragon', 'Pathways' and 'Boom Radio' on this webisode of the Boom Web TV.

http://www.boomfestival.org/boom2008/