Greener music industry the focus of new environmental guide

Sound Country is a step-by-step guide for musicians and bands keen to reduce their carbon footprint and bring fans along on the journey.

A new guide aims to provide musicians and bands with practical, step-by-step solutions to help them reduce their carbon footprints and the environmental impact of gigging and touring.

Launched in Melbourne on Monday night, Green Music Australia’s Sound Country: A Green Artist Guide is a comprehensive resource for musicians at any stage of their career, from garage bands to commercially successful artists embarking on stadium tours.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts