It’s festival season! But are festivals any good for the environment? This week Chanté chats to Lewis Jamieson of Music Declares Emergency and the Grammy-nominated House DJ Jayda G about how festivals can become more sustainable and why the music industry can be an important voice in the fight for climate justice. Jayda G’s documentary Blue Carbon can be watched here
This is the Guardian.
We are in peak festival season and though those ticket prices may be high, is the cost to the climate higher.
So as we know, we got to do a better job of taking care of our planet that we say that we love so much.
You're listening to pop culture with me, Shantae Joseph for the Guardian.
Last week it was Glastonbury.
Glastonbury.
Can't believe it's taken me 22 years.
To actually be here.
Wow.
Now, I am not a massive camping festival girly.
But I went to my first Glastonbury last year.
After getting our passes, we got into our tent, which wasn't that bad.
I thought it was going to be World War II, but it's okay.
It was an experience for sure.
As much as the lack of showers wasn't for me, I have to admit it was pretty spectacular.
All of the structures, sound systems and stages were incredible to experience.
And this got me thinking, how do they put on something so massive?
There must be so much waste and it must use so much electricity.
I looked it up and Glastonbury has 200,000 people traveling from all over the UK and the world to get there, and that can't be good for the environment, right?
And this must be the same for festivals and live gigs all over the world.