Green Touring Guide A guide for musicians, agents, tour managers, promoters, venues, and booking agencies Jan Christian Polania Giese Julian Butz 0 Text and editing: Jan Christian Polania Giese, Green Music Initiative Julian Butz, kollektif Project workshop “Green Touring”, Popakademie Baden-Württemberg: Zora Brändle Johannes Dam Anastasia Fischer Vivian Joana Al Jabiri Daniel Lenk Tom Ulrichs Published by: Popakademie Baden-Württemberg University of Popular Music and Music Business Tina Sikorski Hafenstraße 33 | 68159 Mannheim (Unesco City of Music) www.popakademie.de
[email protected] In cooperation with: Green Music Initiative c/o Thema1 GmbH kollektif EnergieAgentur NRW 1 This guide was written for Performers, Agents, Tour managers, Booking agencies, Promoters, Venues, and all persons involved in the organization and execution of a tour. Chapter legend Mobility Venue Catering Hospitality Merchandise Communication Quick guide to measures Low-cost implementation: 1 Quickly realized: 2 High communicative impact: 3 High environmental impact: 4 1 Icons made by Freepik from Flaticon is licensed by Creative Commons BY 3.0 2 Icons made by Freepik from Flaticon is licensed by Creative Commons BY 3.0 3 Icons made by Daniel Bruce from Flaticon is licensed by Creative Commons BY 3.0 4 Icons made by Freepik from Flaticon is licensed by Creative Commons BY 3.0 2 Table of contents 1 FOREWORD ............................................................................................................................ 5 2 GET STARTED NOW — SEVEN