Panel 15.01

Emma Cavendish and Alex Brookes [presenters] personal introduction

The environmental impact of the music industry has been neglected over the past two decades.

There is hardly any research in to the damage caused by touring, CD/Vinyl production, events and venue use, merchandise.

Digital platforms for downloading music have of course grown over recent years, but so have festivals and accessibility to world tours.

Introduce the panel

Charlie [Urthly Sourced]- opportunity to talk about your background, what you do etc

DJ Trieste, Kristian — what you’re involved in musically, what you are currently working on etc, playing at the event

Ella Solomon [artist and musician]- Your involvement in art and music. Your current projects, your work in the venue after the panel. Explain what you have done and the process etc.

Emma and Alex

Tonight, the money raised from ticket sales will be donated to Julie’s Bicycle. A London based charity which supports creatives to monitor carbon levels and be more sustainable in their work. They have worked with other organisations such as Extinction Rebellion and Latitude. They work closely with Music Delares Emergency- a group of musicians, organisations and members of the industry to declare an environmental emergency and collaborate in a central community. Bonobo, The Foals, Loose Theories has signed up- everyone hear should- it’s on Music Declares Emergency Website.

Trieste, how aware are you of your environmental impact when you are working?

• Is it easy to track or even know your impact?
• What challenges do you face that stop you from being sustainable?

Ella, what about you?

• Is it harder to be environmentally friendly with visual art or music?
• Are you doing anything currently to track your environmental impact? If so, why not?

Charlie, what current solutions would you suggest to small businesses in the film/TV industry or across all the arts sectors that would enable environmental sustainable practice?

Ella, Trieste do you think these solutions can be applied what you do?

This section is open to audience if anyone wants to add to the discussion

Do you think environmentally, and in other ways, the music industry, and other artistic industries, aren’t regulated like other work sectors?

• Trieste, pricing caps with venues, events, festivals, promoter costs
• Ella has this effected you?
• Charlie, how do you feel about these points? How is the environment affected by this?

To everybody- What part of your career impacts the environment the most?

Let’s talk about festivals

2016 Show Must go on report highlights:

80% of Carbon emissions from UK festivals is the festival goers transport (not including artists, equipment etc)

Out the 23,500 tonnes of waste on 32% is recycled

Excluding travel UK festivals create 19,778 tonnes of co2 per year

To everybody: How essential are festivals to the industry?

Another figure in the report said only 5% of UK festival organisations hold green awards. However, Latitude and Glastobury are taking big steps in environmental awareness alongside Shambala festival. Latitude have switched to LED lights, zero waste campsites and reusable cups.

Julie’s Bicycle have said an updated report is being published in 2020.

Charlie, what does the future of the arts industries look like right now?

Trieste, for you?

And Ella?

To everybody- What can we do to improve the future?

• Sign Music Declares Emergency
• Go to venues like Village Underground and green festivals
• Host green events
• Work with other arts to be environmentally sustainable

Thank you- DJ Peach in the basement at 8.30 followed by Maleekaveli and Trieste

Ella’s animation in this room from 9