Posted on February 22nd 2008
From IQ. Issue 16: Q1 2008, p. 9.
The first extensive body of research to examine the environmental impact of the UK’s music industry will be revealed at a conference at the Royal Geographical Society in London on 18 April.
Run by music industry greening group Julie’s Bicycle, the conference will call on delegates from the music […]
Posted on February 10th 2008
From Music Week. 9.2.2008, p.2.
The music industry’s green bandwagon is gathering pace, with the MCPS-PRS Alliance inviting environmental group Julie’s Bicycle to carry out its largest carbon audit to date.
Julie’s Bicycle was launched last year to undertake a major environmental review of the whole music industry - currently being conducted by Oxford Environmental Change Institute […]
Posted on December 10th 2007
Music Week, Friday December 7, 2007. By Ben Cardew
The MCPS-PRS Alliance is partnering with music industry environmental group Julie’s Bicycle to reduce its carbon footprint.
The organisation has joined Julie’s Bicycle’s working group, which will preside over an industry-wide framework for carbon measurement and energy reduction and is providing accommodation to the Julie’s Bicycle team at […]
Posted on December 6th 2007
From Music Week, Monday December 3, 2007. By Robert Ashton
Music Week backs environmental campaign to encourage a greener approach across the music industry
Music Week has thrown its weight behind an extensive campaign aimed at encouraging the music industry to go green. Over the next few months Music Week will link with the industry’s foremost environmental […]
Posted on October 18th 2007
The single most important thing you can do this year is an environmental audit of your business; find out how many tons of CO2 you currently release into the atmosphere. With that knowledge you can work out the best, most cost effective ways of reducing it and building the new, low carbon economy.Julie’s Bicycle has […]
Posted on September 27th 2007
M Magazine, M25, September 2007
Jazz Summers on why the music industry has to pay attention to climate change.
Just before Christmas I watched Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth. For the first time the phrase ‘climate change’ meant something to me personally. The heroic efforts of early pioneers like James Lovelock had passed me by, but […]
Posted on September 25th 2007
Music Week, Monday September 17, 2007
It has not been an easy year for music retailers, but some good news emerged last week, as the autumn season kicked into gear for the first time.
Kanye West, 50 Cent and KT Tunstall helped usher in one of the busiest weeks for retailers since the spring.
Of course, there is […]
Posted on September 20th 2007
Music Week, 15 September 2007
Music businesses are being asked to assess their own carbon footprint, as part of the industry’s efforts to address issues of climate change.
Music industry environmental association Julie’s Bicycle has written an open letter to the music business, calling upon companies to commission an assessment of their environmental impact.
The letter, signed by […]
Posted on September 1st 2007
NESTA Published August 2007
by Michelle Millar
The need to reduce our carbon footprint is no longer a subject of debate, warns founder of Julie’s Bicycle, Al Tickell. We’ve passed the tipping point, she says, and it’s time for the music industry to take matters into its own hands.
The current state of affairs
The music industry (including the […]
Posted on August 1st 2007
Music Week, 2007 July, By Christopher Barrett
With many of the most influential figures in the music industry brought together to judge a selection of categories for the second Vodafone Live Music Awards this September, Music Week asked key members of the panel to discuss the challenges facing their burgeoning business, with at times controversial results.
There’s […]