Time to reflect, but also look into the future: We've reached the final episode of this series of Sounds Like A Plan.

During this season-ending podcast your hosts Fay Milton and Greg Cochrane unpack some of the topics, guests and moments we've shared over the past 10 weeks. We thank all of our guests: from AURORA to Nick Mulvey, Jaspher Ewany to Nicky Hawkins, discussing themes as varied as making a carbon neutral album to offering vegan food at gigs.

This episode also takes a look ahead, and plug you into some climate/music action happening in the coming months (more info and links below).

Until next time we meet, thank you to all of our fantastic listeners. We hope you've got lots of inspiration from tuning in. 

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Sounds Like A Plan series 3 is supported by Festival Republic. They put on events including those in Gunnersbury Park, London, this summer. Tickets are available now on Ticketmaster. 

Rex Orange County plays his only London show of the summer on August 13th. 

https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/rex-orange-county-london-13-08-2022/event/37005C39E7E04F7A

Rufus Du Sol, Jon Hopkins, Georgia and some of the best names in electronic music join forces for a show on Saturday 20 August. 

https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/rufus-du-sol-london-20-08-2022/event/37005C3A92E44539

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Upcoming notable events in music and climate:

Billie Eilish’s OVERHEATED at the O2

https://www.imoverheated.com/

Winner announcement of the Environmental Music Prize

https://environmentalmusicprize.com/

Glastonbury Festival – Leftfield line-up

https://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/line-up/line-up-2022/

Coldplay’s Music Of The Spheres world tour reaches Europe

https://sustainability.coldplay.com/

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AURORA is one the leading voices when it comes to the topic of music, nature and our climate crisis. 

Hosts Fay Milton and Greg Cochrane met up with the Norwegian singer + songwriter in London to talk about the restorative power of nature, why she thinks activism needs to be reframed as "sexy" and how she's gone from feeling like an outlier discussing climate in music to feeling surrounded by community. AURORA also discusses her hopes for the future, including the role of individuals – "we don't all need to be Greta Thunberg" – and the type of world she would like to be writing songs about in 10 years time. 

Before we leave, Fay and Greg will also share with you some recommendations (more info below). 

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Sounds Like A Plan series 3 is supported by Festival Republic. They put on festivals including Electric Picnic, taking place at Stradbally Hall, Ireland, between 2-4 September 2022. Keep an eye on Ticketmaster for returned tickets.

https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/search?aid=30690&user_input=electric%20picnic&q=Electric+Picnic&tm_link=tm_header_search

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Links to things discussed in the podcast:

AURORA – The Gods We Can Touch 

https://www.aurora-music.com/

Green Events & Innovations conference 

https://www.agreenerfestival.com/green-events-innovations-conference-gei/

'The Climate Stripes' on the cover of Greta Thuberg's forthcoming book of essays 

https://www.reading.ac.uk/news/2022/Research-News/Greta-Thunberg-book-warming-stripes

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This episode's recommendations:

Fay recommends:

Gabrielle Walker: What you need to know about carbon removal 

https://www.ted.com/talks/gabrielle_walker_what_you_need_to_know_about_carbon_removal?language=en

Greg recommends:

TedxLondon's Climate Curious podcast 

https://tedxlondon.com/podcast/

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Fay Milton

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Greg Cochrane

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Studio Richter Mahr is a multi-arts space recently opened by world-renowned composer Max Richter and award-winning visual artist Yulia Mahr. What they call their "art factory in the wood". 

20 years in the planning, the space is carbon negative and created with sustainability at its heart – initiatives include generating their own clean solar energy to a kitchen garden serving food in the on-site cafe.

Max and Yulia speak to hosts Fay Milton and Greg Cochrane about the design of the Oxfordshire studio, how they're opening it to emerging artists and the challenge of creating art that's themed around the climate emergency.

As always, we'll also leave you with some recommendations.

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Sounds Like A Plan series 3 is supported by Festival Republic. They put on festivals including Reading Festival, taking place at Richfield Avenue, between 26-28 August 2022. Weekend passes are now sold out, but keep an eye on Ticketmaster for any returned tickets which become available.

https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/reading-and-leeds-festival

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Links to things discussed in the podcast:

Studio Richter Mahr official website

www.studiorichtermahr.com

For photos of the studio, check out our podcast Instagram @soundslikeaplanpodcast

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This episode's recommendations:

Fay recommends:

Heart Wisdom podcast, with Jack Kornfield

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/heart-wisdom-with-jack-kornfield/id923017416

Greg recommends:

Billie Eilish's OVERHEATED event at The O2, London, June 10 onwards

https://www.imoverheated.com/

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Fay Milton

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Greg Cochrane

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Chances are you've probably not given much thought to the power supplying your favourite local venue or festival. It is, however, an area that's absolutely vital when it comes to live music forging a more sustainable future. 

This week we're joined by live music energy consultant Tim Benson - Smart Power, ZAP and Powerful Thinking - to hear about where and how venues get their energy, the adoption of technology in live events and how measuring a production's electricity use is key to bringing down its environmental impact. He's also worked on Coldplay's current Music Of The Spheres world tour, and discusses their much-discussed kinetic dance floor and the transformative role sustainable technologies can play in creating culture change if they're incorporated into the audience experience at a concert. 

Hosts Fay and Greg also leave you with some recommendations. More detail below. 

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Sounds Like A Plan series 3 is supported by Festival Republic. They put on festivals including Leeds Festival, taking place at Bramham Park, Leeds, between 26-28 August 2022. Tickets are available now:

https://www.leedsfestival.com/tickets

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Links to things discussed in the podcast:

Tim Benson's work with Smart Power, ZAP and Powerful Thinking 

https://www.agreenerfestival.com/speakers-gei13/tim-benson/

Survey report: 'Music fans care more about climate change' 

https://www.gla.ac.uk/news/headline_849057_en.html

Coldplay's kinetic dance floor 

https://nypost.com/2021/10/14/coldplays-eco-friendly-tour-to-run-on-fans-dancing/

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This episode's recommendations:

Fay recommends:

Climate of Change podcast with Cate Blanchett and Danny Kennedy 

https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Climate-of-Change-with-Cate-Blanchett-and-Danny-Kennedy-Podcast/B09WFBG7SM

Greg recommends:

Live event: Sounds Like A Plan x Outrage + Optimism, The Podcast Show, London, Wednesday 25th May 2022 

https://www.thepodcastshowlondon.com/speaker-line-up?&azletter=C&searchgroup=AE8A92A2-speakers

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Fay Milton

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Greg Cochrane

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Green Is The New Black is something special – a new, impact documentary film that follows the story of a band confronting their environmental impact, and, crucially, doing something about it. 

The band are the Australian metalcore outfit In Hearts Wake, and this time on the podcast we're joining by the band's vocalist and director of the movie, Jake Taylor. Green Is The New Black follows their journey to make a carbon neutral album. 

Jake joins hosts Fay Milton and Greg Cochrane to walk about why the band wanted to share their story, the challenges of "carbon neutral recording" and the inspiring signals the documentary can send to the broader music community. 

Before we sign off, Fay and Greg will also leave you with some recommendations [details below]. 

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Sounds Like A Plan series 3 is supported by Festival Republic. They put on festivals including Wilderness Festival, taking place at Cornbury Park, Oxfordshire, between 4-7 August 2022. Tickets are available now:

https://www.wildernessfestival.com/tickets/

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Links to things discussed in the podcast:

Green Is The New Black trailer 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9NwCw9OF8Y

Green Is The New Black – official website

https://greenisthenewblack.film/

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This episode's recommendations:

Fay recommends:

No Music On A Dead Planet playlist on Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4dBO958KosdjNFQ1OzsqBA?si=4b717939c89445a9

Greg recommends:

REIMAGINING IBIZA – dreaming big 

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1OnHXHUgtDq6OjpeRrN1J5?si=89a472d84c4d4d58

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Fay Milton

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Greg Cochrane

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As the dust settles, your hosts Fay Milton and Greg Cochrane take a look back Earth Day 2022. It was an extraordinary one for music responding to the climate crisis – we take at look at some of the highlights. 

Meantime, in our on-going pursuit to look at all the ways the music community is responding we welcome two guests onto this week’s episode: rising Manchester singer Pip Millett and vegan chef and YouTube star Rachel Ama. Together the friends are the co-creators for Pip & Rachel’s Vegan Food Truck, a project they brought to life at one of Pip’s concerts in 2022. That opens up a discussion about the rise of vegan food at gigs and festivals, and how food and music both play an essential role in our physical and mental wellbeing. How they both make us feel good. 

As always, Fay and Greg also leave you with some recommendations.

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Sounds Like A Plan series 3 is supported by Festival Republic. They put on festivals including Latitude festival, taking place at Henham Park, Suffolk, between 21-24 July 2022. Tickets are available now:

https://www.latitudefestival.com/tickets/

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Links to things discussed in the podcast:

Pip Millett’s latest single 'Ride With Me'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdadFmZWl5I

Rachel Ama’s One Pot: Three Ways

https://www.rachelama.com/new-page-31

Rachel Ama's appearance in Seat At The Table

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gxs_I_VnFrY

Earth/Percent X Bandcamp campaign - 123 songs released for climate 

https://earthpercent.bandcamp.com/

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This episode's recommendations:

Fay recommends:

Bosh! – Henry Firth and Ian Theasby

https://www.bosh.tv/book/bosh-the-cookbook

Greg recommends:

The Environmental Music Prize

https://environmentalmusicprize.com/

And… Edwina Flock from The Environmental Music Prize guesting on the Outrage + Optimism podcast

https://www.outrageandoptimism.org/episodes/earth-day-special-the-environmental-music-prize-edwina-floch?hsLang=en

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Earth Day is here – one of the busiest periods of the year when it comes to climate action and music. There is some incredible stuff planned for Friday 22 April 2022. 

Your hosts Fay Milton and Greg Cochrane plug you in to all the best stuff happening – including a preview of Earth Percent's Bandcamp campaign which will see everyone from Coldplay to The Weather Station, Declan McKenna to Anna Calvi – around 100 artists – release new music this week for Earth Day.

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Sounds Like A Plan series 3 is supported by Festival Republic. They put on festivals including Wireless Festival, being held outdoor at the NEC, Birmingham on 8-10 July. Tickets are available now:

https://birmingham.wirelessfestival.co.uk/tickets/

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Greg and Fay's Earth Day recommendations:

Earth Percent x Bandcamp for Earth Day 

https://earthpercent.org/earthday/

Go Local for Earth Day 

https://www.musicdeclares.net/gb/events/golocal-with-music-declares-emergency-and-music-venues-trust

Resolution Song x Earth Day 2022

https://www.youtube.com/planetresolution

Love Ssega's Home-Zero at National Gallery 

https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/events/love-ssegas-home-zero-performance-by-love-ssega-22-04-2022

Reverb – favourite Earth Spots 

https://www.instagram.com/reverb_org/?hl=en

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Greg Cochrane

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When we talk about 'preservation' in the context of our increasingly volatile climate, we're not just talking about land, soil or oceans – but culture; the stories, practices and traditions that make us who we are. Many indigenous cultures are under threat with places becoming increasingly uninhabitable because of extreme weather or the effects that a changing climate has on basics like food and water supplies. 

This week's episode is dedicated to someone working on the frontline in communities directly dealing with this – Ugandan rapper, lyricist, youth community organiser and self-proclaimed "Hip-Hop Practitioner" Dealrafael Jsp-E (Jaspher Ewany). Jaspher's the founder of Lango Indigenous Hip-Hop, an organisation who engage, educate and inspire local people using the power, joy and unity of music. By doing that, he's also preserving and creating indigenous stories, knowledge and culture. He also tells hosts Fay Milton and Greg Cochrane about what it means to be a "true Hip-Hopper!" 

As always we'll also leave you with some recommendations. Thanks for joining us. 

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Sounds Like A Plan series 3 is supported by Festival Republic. They put on festivals including Wireless festival, taking place at Finsbury Park, London, 8-10th July 2022. Tickets are available now:

https://finsburypark.wirelessfestival.co.uk/tickets/

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Links to things discussed in the podcast:

The Guardian: It's now or never to starve off climate disaster 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/apr/04/ipcc-report-now-or-never-if-world-stave-off-climate-disaster

Lango Indigenous Hip-Hop

https://langoindigenoushiphop.org/

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This episode's recommendations:

Fay recommends:

Following these two hashtags on your social feeds #Juststopoil and #Nomusiconadeadplanet 

Greg recommends:

Climate Solutions Bookclub 

https://www.getrevue.co/profile/ClimateSolutionsBookClub?via=twitter-card&client=MobileWeb&element=publication-card

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Fay Milton

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Greg Cochrane

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It’s been a privilege to welcome some major names in music onto the podcast so far – on the flip side, Prof. Ed Hawkins MBE is one of the great modern figures in climate science. Not only is he one of the lead authors on multiple IPCC reports, he’s also creator of the world-famous Warming Stripes graphic. The striking visual charts our heating planet since 1850, and has crossed over into music, art, fashion and beyond. For example, former guests on this podcast Enter Shikari use the artwork in their live show.

Ed joins hosts Fay Milton and Greg Cochrane to discuss the extraordinary impact of the Warming Stripes, the role of public engagement in climate action and give an assessment on the latest science, and what action we can all take next. 

Our hosts will also leave you with some recommendations (more info below).

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Sounds Like A Plan series 3 is supported by Festival Republic. They put on festivals including Wireless Festival, being held at Crystal Palace, London on July 1–3 2022. Tickets are available now:

https://crystalpalace.wirelessfestival.co.uk/tickets/

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Useful links to things discussed in the podcast:

Download and use The Warming Stripes

https://showyourstripes.info/

Enter Shikari and Ed Hawkins at COP26 in Glasgow, 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rh6QtbeiDEM

Tesla car decorated in the Warming Stripes

https://electrek.co/2018/07/27/tesla-model-3-wrap-climate-change-awareness/

This episode's recommendations:

Fay's recommendation

Welsh language Music Declares T-shirt 

https://www.musicdeclares.net/gb/shop

Greg's recommendation

Deep Time Walk 

https://www.deeptimewalk.org/

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Greg Cochrane

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The podcast is back! Series 3 of Sounds Like A Plan starts right here. Ten new weekly episodes coming your way. 

We begin by welcoming Nicky Hawkins, communications director at On Road Media, onto the podcast. On Road are all about media storytelling around the climate crisis and other social issues, working with TV producers, documentary makers and – most relevant to our podcast – musicians. 

She joins your co-hosts Fay Milton and Greg Cochrane to discuss how language and storytelling creates progress in the climate emergency, the role of "framing" around those messages and what a "Don't Look Up" moment in music culture could look/sound like. 

Greg and Fay also round up some major climate/music headlines from while they've been away, preview what's coming up on this series of the podcast and leave you with some recommendations (more info below). 

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Sounds Like A Plan series 3 is supported by Festival Republic. They put on festivals including Download Festival, being held at Donington Park, Leicestershire on June 10–12th 2022. Tickets are available now:

https://downloadfestival.co.uk/tickets/

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Useful links to things discussed in the podcast:

On Road Media 

https://onroadmedia.org.uk/about/

Six ways to change hearts and minds about climate change 

https://onroadmedia.org.uk/2020/09/15/six-ways-to-change-hearts-and-minds-about-climate-change/

Don't Look Up

https://www.netflix.com/tudum/dont-look-up

This episode's recommendations:

Fay's recommendation

Music Declares Emergency x Music Venue Trust – Go Local Earth Day project

https://www.musicdeclares.net/

Greg's recommendation

TOPIA Magazine 

https://worldoftopia.com/

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Greg Cochrane

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