Pescueza, in Cáceres, one of the smallest municipalities in Spain, has closed the edition of its Festivalino exceeding 12,000 visitors. The event combined concerts with a reforestation initiative in the local pastureland, planting trees to offset the ecological footprint and revitalize the town's natural environment.
How reforestation logistics integrate into rural events 🌳
The organization used a system of geolocated plots to coordinate the planting of native species such as holm oaks and cork oaks. Each attendee could register their tree using QR codes at the festival's checkpoints, synchronizing the data with a municipal app. This allowed real-time monitoring of the number of plantings and their location in the pastureland, optimizing subsequent irrigation with soil moisture sensors connected to a LoRaWAN network.
The tree you were too lazy to plant 🌱
The most viewed thing at Festivalino was not the musical lineup, but the line to take a selfie with the hoe. Some attendees, after two beers, mistook the hole for the tree for a goblin's grave and asked for a moment of silence. Others, more practical, used the QR tags to order food delivery from the pastureland, thinking it was a catering service.