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Author: Maxime Gueugneau
Picture Credit: Maurice Mikkers
Ah, observed from here, how beautiful tomorrow's world seems. It will be ecological, egalitarian and hedonistic, that's for sure. Covid-19 will have swept away our dirty habits and all our afflictions will have vanished. And then, in a meadow of flowers in bloom, humans and animals will join hands in a round dance honoring mother nature. How delightful, you may think.
Only there's just a little bit of work left to do and a few inner workings to adjust. And the world of music is not the least concerned. A study carried out by the Clean Scene collective indicates that, taken together, the one thousand DJs who tour the most produce 35,000 tonnes of CO2 per year as a result of their travels (that's how much 20,000 households consume in electricity, or the equivalent of producing 25 million records).
The Polish Unsound Festival had the Aeris Futuro Foundation estimate its carbon emissions, which came to 1,040 tonnes per year. So it's time to go on a diet. Limiting capacity, implementing carbon offsetting, forming brainstorming groups and even completely rethinking the projec...
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