What do the bands AnnenMayKantereit, Seeed and Die Ärzte have in common? They all want to make their concerts more climate-friendly and environmentally friendly. After all, most of the CO₂ is generated during the arrival and departure of the fans. That's what Sarah Lüngen and Katrin Wipper from the sustainability agency The Changency found out.
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World star Taylor Swift during her current »The Eras Tour«
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The two founders are considering strategies to make concerts and festivals more climate-friendly and are collecting scientific data for this purpose. Is there really any point in integrating the public transport ticket into the concert ticket? How do you convince organizers and fans of vegan gastronomy? And whyisn't it so easy to provide free water for everyone to protect fans from the heat?
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