You’re here! You’re already part of this creative, compassionate, climate-conscious, community! Well done and thank you. But during your adventures, (and when you get back to reality!) – here’s some things you can do to help champion green causes…

+ Your water bottle, we don’t sell disposable plastic anything.

+ Your hot-drink mug, if you are a tea/ coffee /chai fiend like us – as we’ve done away with disposables here too.

+ Show-stopping, second-hand frocks! Bring in some creativity and avoid fast fashion.

+ More wholefoods and less packaging – we do have a zero-waste snack truck + organic produce stall on site too!

+ Glitter – all that glitters is… unfortunately pretty damaging for the environment. Even the ‘eco’ or ‘bio’ stuff isn’t much better, so we advise Shambalans swerve it altogether. 

+ Face wipes – 11 billion wet wipes are used annually – even ‘biodegradable’ are bad news. We recommend using reusable pads with oils, to remove make-up ecologically. It works. And your skin feels great.

+ Disposable vapes – 2 disposable vapes are thrown away a second. They are utterly impossible to recycle. Please bring only reusables this year. Disposables are banned at Shamabla, and illegal in the UK from next year!  

+ Disposable costumes – Please do craft your costumes from second hand or recyclable materials. We are literally blown away by all the creativity of your wild lunatics every year. We love it!

+ Plastic packaging – Please try to avoid bringing too many snack attacks in plastic. We find lots of un-eaten crisps, bread and squished bananas. We have a plastic-free snack truck, and organic produce.

+ Smokers – Avoid plastic tips and switch to biodegradable for your roll ups. You can purchase these from our tobacco kiosks on site.

Menstruators – heaps of menstrual products are riddled with plastic, which are environmentally damaging – and reusable alternatives are much kinder on your body too. Check out this amazing guide to learn about eco-friendly alternatives for or visit the Red Sea Travel Agency on site for more information.

Here’s some of our top tips:

+ Clothing – We make over 8 billion items a year, and human rights and ecology continue to suffer. Can you shop more second hand to avoid high street and fast fashion.

+ Banking – Can you switch your bank to avoid the high street 5 who collectively fund over £30 billion for fossil fuels and the destruction of our planet. It is so easy to do, honest! Visit switchit.green for advice.

+ Food – It’s such a huge issue, food is so deeply entrenched in our cultures. But global farming practices and undeniably nightmarish, in general. More local, plant-based produce really will help safeguard our future on Earth.

+ Energy – Can you investigate switching your home energy to a green tariff? If you are able to, this is a huge move to help support the energy transition we so desperately need.  

+ Travel – The magic of travel is so unique, try keeping it local, or grounded, or shared wherever and whenever possible.

+ Materials – We’re drowning in stuff. The less of everything we buy new, the more we pass on, and reuse, revamp and recycle the better.

+ Community – It gets us through the hard times, and makes the good times! Lean into your community and share the word on lifestyle changes to prevent further destruction to our beautiful planet!