The Day Glastonbury Went Green

Part One

A picture record

23 February 2007, Town Hall, Glastonbury

Photos and captions by Palden Jenkins

I was invited to photograph Glastonbury Goes Green and here's what happened.
Captions do not constitute an official policy statement on behalf of the organisation.

Glastonbury on Sea
Roll up!

Site of the incident

Oh Yeah!

Oh Yea! Check out my natty green outfit!


Somerset, back in 2007

Password?

Your password and grandmother's maiden name?


Verifier from HM Ministry of Responsible Behaviour


Hang on, why was it we came?


Quick committee meeting


Unaccustomed as I am to public speaking...


The floor came all the way from Brazil


High interest rates


I wandered, lonely as a cloud...


Loitering with intent


Plotting to take over the world


Oh no! Not more tree-planting!?


Listen, they only have fair trade chocolate here...


Prince Harry needs one of these


Yes, four million miles per gallon!


Time for breakfast


Not made in China (I hope!)


Wasn't me, guv!


You'd never believe it...


Aspiring to power


But what happens with the effluent?


Shanks' Pony, that's the answer


High-powered, professional elephant poo rustlers


Determined to turn Windmill Hill into a compost heap


With broadband, you can live your life from a seat - cool, huh?


Broadband's no page-turner for us


Oh look! You won't get that in Clarks Village!


Listen, this is no joking matter...


Inaugurating the Glastonbury Rapid Defence Force


Looking after the world - again


Who cares? - especially on a Friday night!


Broadband opens your crown chakra!


Psycho-degradable balloons


Can't be right - there must be a catch somewhere


Fundamentalist tree-huggers - Glastonbury Conservation Society


Spreading democracy worldwide - for their own good


Caught, feeding his face


Why is this buying and selling still going on?


They want me to use only wooden credit cards


It's true, they're going to make the Abbey a multifaith temple!


Communist sympathisers planning the Big Takeover


Don't drink me - it's all crazy enough already


Disgusting!


Broadband Resistance Movement strikes again


Green Tax dodges and absolutions for sale!


Make Glastonbury totally traffic-free? Wow!


They haven't cracked the problem of gravity yet


Wait a minute, that's my future you're talking about!


Yes, mum, but do electric buses get you to Strode on time?


Practising literacy to please Uncle Tony?


Grave issues


Well, not as grave as all that...


How do we get those dratted Masonic fuddy-duddies on our side?


Scrap the Unofficial Secrets Act, that's how


Out of the belfry


Peek-a-boo! I saw ya!


That woman from the Ministry again


Now, about this town plan business...


Not so sure about that


But stained glass, doesn't that contribute to global warming?


Golly, what pills did he take this morning?


Hot air recycling


Green Time moves slowly or fast, depending on your viewpoint


Listen, I'm banking on you...


Now this has just got to stop!


With regret, we're planning to dig up the High Street


It says here that Northload Street will have to be evacuated


Hey, amazing, on this planet you get hands!


High-profile terrorists, scheming...


Or perhaps this is a den of spies


It's much easier to stick chemicals on it. No one'll notice!


Wholefood conspiracy


What do you think Gwyn ap Nudd would say about all this?


Winner of the 2038 general election


Don't you believe me?


But listen, fairtrade chocolate is okay really...


What's the betting on the 3.15 this afternoon?


Where did I leave my marbles?


Oh, no!

To complete the story, click here or see: Glastonbury Harvest Fair 2008


The Day Glastonbury Went Green

A picture record

23 February 2007, Town Hall, Glastonbury

Photos taken by Palden Jenkins

More pictures:
General Collection
In Praise of the Tree
Autumn in England
The Sahara Desert
Bethlehem & the West Bank
Glastonbury market
Spiders' Webs
The Somerset Levels
The Brecon Beacons