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Founder of the pan-European Green Music Initiative, Jacob Sylvester Bilabel is also one of the Faces of We are Europe. Paying attention to current trends in the field of the music industry when it comes to sustainability, he was invited, alongside many other cultural actors, at the latest edition of Elevate Festival (2020) to discuss the theme of the event, "Human Nature".
We met him in Graz at Forum Stadtpark to exchange about his platform, how the cultural sector can tackle the issue of climate change through reducing energy consumption, localism, avoiding greenwashing and being part of networks.
We are Europe: Hello Jacob, thank you for answering our questions! Could you start by presenting yourself?
Jacob Bilabel: My name is Jacob Sylvester Bilabel, I am the founder of Green Music Initiative. We are based in Berlin (Germany) and we are a pan-European research and innovation network for the music and entertainment industries.
Can you tell us more about the Green Music Initiative and explain what’s its role?
The role of the Green Music Initiative—we call it GMI, it is easier—is that we are a res...
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