Updated: Mar 5
Implementing eco-friendliness in any music community is easier said than done. While awareness for human impacts on the environment is widely discussed, sufficient funding and research for green technology has yet to be allocated for the entertainment industry to lessen its carbon footprint. It is easy to get caught up in the moment, as well as lose track of how certain situations can result in harmful consequences. Take responsibility for what creativity leaves behind by gradually taking steps to make art an eco-friendly experience. Here is a summary of how each step of the music process can affect environmental sustainability, plus links in paradigm to green the scene from the studio to shows to listening at home:
Why Going Green Gives Your Business a Competitive Advantage
How Music Festivals are Going Green
1. Production
Building an Eco-Friendly Recording Studio
2. Distribution
3. Consumption
Ways to Make Music Collections More Eco-Friendly
What is the Most Environmentally Friendly way to Listen to Music?
4. Live Performances
Environmental Impacts from Events
5. Litter Ablation
Trashed Music Festivals are Environmental Disasters
6. Transportation
7. Marketing
8. Factors Affecting Progress in Sustainability
Musicians Communicating Problems
Encouraging Sustainable Behavior
9. Going Green in the Music Scene
Musicians and Festivals go Green
Every step of the way artists walk the line between entertainment and expression, awareness and learning, emotions and logic. With the right resources, creators can influence their audience for the better by demonstrating (along with giving opportunities to produce) environmentally friendly experiences. Fuck the stigma that one cannot advocate for change while having a good time. It is possible to take care of responsibilities and still party.