Name: ツーリングバンドと気候変動6分間の英語 (Touring bands and climate change: 6 Minute English)
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Hello. This is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning

Rob, I've been reading about ways to protect

Good for you, Neil! And flying less can also

Right. Flying and driving less are two good

ways to combat climate change because they

The idea of reducing carbon emissions is catching

on in the music industry too. Bands and artists

who go on tour around the world generate large

So recently some music groups like Massive

Attack and Green Day started thinking about

ways to reduce the impact their tours are

Ha! Green Day – what a good name for a band

Today we'll be finding out about bands and

musicians who want to continue going on tour

environmental impact. And of course we'll

be learning some related vocabulary on the way.

So, it seems like the days of rock and roll

stars flying around the world in private jets

Indeed, Rob, and that brings me neatly to

my quiz question. One British band recently

announced they would stop going on tour until

they were 100% carbon neutral, but which band?

Was it: a) The 1975, b) The Rolling Stones,

The Scientist, and we are talking about carbon

Good thinking, Rob! We'll find out the answer

artist concerned about her carbon impact.

Fay Milton is the drummer of the band Savages

and co-founder of the climate pressure group

Music Declares Emergency. She spoke to BBC

This year I have actually turned down a tour.

My income comes from touring so it has put

me in a bit of a precarious situation but

I actually feel quite good about it – it

feels like the right thing to do in this moment.

Even though Fay earns a living as a drummer

by going on tour, she has started to turn

them down – meaning to reject or refuse

Losing the income she usually gets from touring

puts Fay in a precarious situation – a situation

where things could become difficult, in this

case financially difficult, because she isn't

But she still wants to do the right thing

– in other words, do what is most fair,

ethical and just. For Fay, fighting climate

doing what she loves – going on tour with

be so committed as Fay. But if bands stopped

see gigs – or live concerts and hear the

Well, that's an interesting point because

it might be possible for bands to carry on

touring and also reduce their environmental

impact at the same time. Bristol band, Massive

Attack, want to do exactly that. Their singer

We're working with an electric bus company.

We're going to look at all the energy being

create will go back to the grid, so we're hoping

Swapping tour planes for trains and encouraging

fans to travel to gigs by bus are two good

ways to reduce the total carbon footprint

And by using renewable energy, the gig can

create power. This can then be put back into

the national grid, called the grid for short

– the network supplying electrical power

Well, Massive Attack are certainly ticking

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