Music industry vs the environment

[sean]

Here’s a thread with some data on streaming in case you’re interested - thought maybe best to separate physical and digital discussions

The impact of music and technology on the environment

Currently doing some digging into this to try to get my head around it and this just blew my mind [image] Source: How BTS and Blackpink Spotify streams add to climate-change problem – the energy used generates annual carbon emissions so big, whole forests need planting to offset them And yeah I know carbon footprint was a marketing thing from oil companies… but still! This was a really great read from last year New Statesman data analysis shows the carbon footprint of Spotify streams…