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- Music has a critical role to play in the transition towards a culture of sustainability. Music is essential to human survival and human development. Contrary to popular opinion, it is not an ‘add on;’ instead, it is the life-blood of culture and individual and collective identity and strengthens our bio-culture.
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Jul 1, 2020 · “Music, which is deeply part of our culture, our individual and collective identity, can inspire a shift to living more sustainably and the industry itself can play a part by reducing its footprint though minimizing waste, lowering CO2 emissions, increasing awareness and motivating action.”
Apr 24, 2022 · Live music is thought to be a large contributor to the climate crisis the Earth is facing today. Recent research suggests that it releases approximately 405,000 tons of greenhouse gases each year. Artist and fan transportation is thought to be the most environmentally taxing part of live music events.
Nov 17, 2016 · Analyzing sustainability across five carefully defined domains, the book identifies pathways to strategies and tools that may empower communities and other stakeholders to sustain and revitalize their music heritage on their terms.
Nov 1, 2016 · Is music – here in its organizational meso-aggregation – a product of dominant (un)sustainable societal structures and processes, or is it a potentially powerful tool that can be used to shift us and our environments towards more sustainable societies and cultures?
- Sacha Kagan, Volker Kirchberg
- 2016
Nov 17, 2016 · It presents a possible model for understanding music sustainability by approaching music cultures as ecosystems, offers a mechanism for documenting change in the vitality of genres over time, and proposes an instrument to assist communities to forge musical futures on their own terms.
May 19, 2021 · “It is the most expansive, global, and far-reaching guide to music and the sustainable development goals ever written.” Covering each of the 17 Global Goals, this guide offers examples, guidance & a new framework that merges our global language – music – with the global language of sustainability.
Feb 1, 2022 · Indeed, music is often used to help address specific problems, especially within health and wellbeing. The problem of climate change is becoming increasingly well-established in public discourse, and yet individuals frequently fail to act in an environmentally-friendly manner.
