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How Operas Are Going Green During the pandemic, some houses have continued finding ways to make their spaces and performances more environmentally sustainable. La Scala in Milan is now using LED bulbs and smart lighting.Credit...Alessandro Grassani for The New York Times By Rebecca Schmid May 10, 2021 The coronavirus pandemic has challenged day-to-day norms in the opera industry. But while addressing those challenges, some houses have found new ways to tackle another crisis with potentially broader implications: climate change. One of them is La Scala, in Milan, which will install solar panel...

The program includes a 15-point climate charter. IMPALA is launching a program to help make the European independent music industry more sustainable, the trade body announced today. The sustainability program is based on a package compiled by a task force initiated and chaired by  Horst Weidenmüller, CEO at Europe-based label group !K7. The package includes a 15-point climate charter that sets a goal of a climate positive membership by 2030, with an interim net zero target for 2026. Though the targets are voluntary, IMPALA will provide access to guidance and training for members to assist t...

THREE UK-Malaysia climate change projects received support from the British Council in the form of grants totalling RM166,000. One of the partnerships that secured the A.R.C. Challenge Malaysia Grant are KLIMA Action Malaysia and Students for Global Health from the UK. Their “Weaving Hopes for the Future” project is an arts and culture response to climate degradation with a focus on empowering Orang Asli youth about climate change and climate action. Another grant recipient are partners neOOne Associates and SEA International CIC in Scotland. Their “Visioning the Future & Story Telling ...

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 5): Three UK-Malaysia partnerships have received grants worth RM166,000 for climate change projects. In a statement yesterday, the British Council said the A.R.C. Challenge Malaysia Grant aims to create dialogue and contextualise climate change, youth and cultural rights between the UK and Malaysia. It said A.R.C. stands for "Awareness, Resilience and Collaboration" in response to climate change. The virtual event yesterday was attended by British High Commissioner to Malaysia Charles Hay along with Professor Dr Joy Jacqueline Pereira from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, and...