I was reading up on the news today, and I stumbled across an article about the Live Earth concerts. At first thought, I believed that what their points that they were trying to get across would seem hypocritical, due to the amount of energy that it requires to put on a huge concert.
So I decided to do some research on their website, this is from their green policy about the performances:
All electricity that powers the shows will be from renewable sources, either through utility supplied renewable energy, biodiesel generators, or renewable energy credits.
Concessionaires will be encouraged to use and directed to suppliers of agricultural/ biodegradable plastics (i.e. made from corn). Also, concessionaire waste will be minimized through a comprehensive recycling and reuse system organized at the venue.
Venue offices, walkways, etc will be optimized to use as little electricity as possible.
The entire production design will follow sustainable light design principles. Production lighting will include the use of LED light bulbs, signage will be produced from recycled or agricultural materials, and some tickets will be integrated with public transportation access and green messaging.
Live Earth staff and artist air travel will be offset through carbon credits.
Ground travel will be hybrid or high-efficiency vehicles, where possible.
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Heres the link to the whole green policy http://www.liveearth.org/green_policy.php
Even though they are doing all these things, I still find what they are doing hypocritical. They will "Production lighting will include the use of LED light bulbs" , so there's a chance that they will only use the LED's for their screens, and possibly their cyc lights. As well the energy that they are using could be used to power many other things.
As with their showing the concerts via tv/internet, will have people in their homes watching the performances, with their stereo system turned up to enjoy the music, and their a/c running to keep them cool.
But at the end of it, I guess it might be an advancement for lighting technology if the do a full LED lighting, and hopefully companies will start switching over to it before its too late.
Razzy
So I decided to do some research on their website, this is from their green policy about the performances:
All electricity that powers the shows will be from renewable sources, either through utility supplied renewable energy, biodiesel generators, or renewable energy credits.
Concessionaires will be encouraged to use and directed to suppliers of agricultural/ biodegradable plastics (i.e. made from corn). Also, concessionaire waste will be minimized through a comprehensive recycling and reuse system organized at the venue.
Venue offices, walkways, etc will be optimized to use as little electricity as possible.
The entire production design will follow sustainable light design principles. Production lighting will include the use of LED light bulbs, signage will be produced from recycled or agricultural materials, and some tickets will be integrated with public transportation access and green messaging.
Live Earth staff and artist air travel will be offset through carbon credits.
Ground travel will be hybrid or high-efficiency vehicles, where possible.
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Heres the link to the whole green policy http://www.liveearth.org/green_policy.php
Even though they are doing all these things, I still find what they are doing hypocritical. They will "Production lighting will include the use of LED light bulbs" , so there's a chance that they will only use the LED's for their screens, and possibly their cyc lights. As well the energy that they are using could be used to power many other things.
As with their showing the concerts via tv/internet, will have people in their homes watching the performances, with their stereo system turned up to enjoy the music, and their a/c running to keep them cool.
But at the end of it, I guess it might be an advancement for lighting technology if the do a full LED lighting, and hopefully companies will start switching over to it before its too late.
Razzy