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KINETIC DANCE FLOORS and power bikes are some of the measures that will be in place at Croke Park as part of Coldplay’s pledge to reduce their direct carbon emissions.
Coldplay will take to the stage at Croke Park this evening for the first of four shows, with the others taking place on Friday, Sunday and Monday.
The gigs are part of the band’s Music of the Spheres World Tour.
In 2019, Coldplay frontman Chris Martin said the band would not launch a globe-trotting tour for their then-new album Everyday Life due to environmental concerns.
At the time, Martin said the band needed to “work out how our tour can not only be sustainable [but] how can it be actively beneficial”.
In 2021, Martin announced that the band had come up with ways to tour in a more sustainable way and pledged to cut its direct carbon emissions from show production, freight, band and crew travel by at least 50%.
Coldplay added that the figures have been verified by the Environmental Solutions Initiative at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
In terms of show production, Coldplay has been generating power for their shows by in-venue solar installations, kinetic dance floors and power bikes.
The kinetic dance floors generate power per step that can be used to power the stage, with stationary power bikes also being used by some spectators for the same purpose.
The energy generated by this is enough to power one of the smaller stage areas each night, as well as provide the crew with phone, laptop and tool-charging stations.
A spokesperson for Croke Park told The Journal that the power bikes and kinetic dance floors will be in place for the Coldplay gigs.
The spokesperson added that other measures will also be in place around Croke Park to reduce single use plastics and food waste.
Croke Park added that it will use battery power rather than the grid where possible and that the arena has “worked closely with the tour on this”.
The Croke Park spokesperson added that the stadium will also have its “usual procedures and policies in place when it comes to sustainable event operations in areas such as energy, water, and waste”.
The spokesperson also noted that Coldplay has “implemented a lot more behind the scenes in terms of how they power their tour vehicles and their travel arrangements, so what we’re doing at the venue is only half of it when it comes to Coldplay’s pledge”.
Meanwhile, attendees to the concerts will be given an LED wristband that will be used for the light shows.
These are intended to be returned after the gig and Coldplay has thanked concertgoers who have returned their wristbands for recycling.
Coldplay said that the average return and re-use rate of these LED wristbands is 86%.
The band also plants a tree for every ticket sold and has planted over 7 million so far and has reported a 33% reduction in freight impacts.
Fan travel has not been included in Coldplay’s direct emission figures, but data gathered by the via SAP shows one-third of concertgoers use public transport, while 4% travel on foot or bike.
It added that the average carbon footprint per traveller is 48% lower on this tour than their previous one in 2016-17.
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Fair play young dude
We need to teach coding at a young age. Take religion out of primary school and introduce very basic programming to kids. It should also be availible for junior and leaving cert. I am learning C# at the moment and really regret i have not learnt to code at a younger age.
The poor kid , he is very young to be getting into the dog eat dog. We idolise tech “leaders” so much today , I hope he isn’t chewed up in the cogs
Is there an adult version of coder dojo anywhere? Don’t know if I would like to do it as a career but wouldn’t mind learning the basics. Coder dojo seems like a nice way to do that but don’t wana be shown up by a bunch of ten ye old! ;-)
Plenty of courses you can pay for. I’m not sure how many people will dedicate time to teach adults for free. Although there’s a huge amount of free courses online… Do a google for “mooc” to get started.
Didn’t realise coder dojo was free. Wouldn’t mind paying for a few casual classes but going as far as a night course seems a big commitment considering I know some people who did entire college courses and hated every minute. Will try some of the online options. Cheers.
edx.org have a brilliant free online course from Harvard cs50 i think its what it is called. Also FAS e collage do a great “Changing yyour carer to the I.T sector online. It prepares you to get a MTA qualification in Networking, Software development, or Database analysis. Its free if you are on job seekers and its not too expensive if you are working. I am doing both courses and they compliment each other very well.
Have a look at night classes in your local community schools. Usually quite cheap and no long term commitment. I think usually 8-10 weeks at about a tenner a week.
Best of luck, I really hope it works out for you.
And forget about people who did comp sci and hated it. Massive overgeneralisation here on my part but I find they only did comp sci ‘cos computers are easy’ without knowing what they were getting into. If you have the interest then you already have a much better chance of success than them!
Give this a lash Barry, http://www.codecademy.com
Maybe skip the HTML/CSS course and try the Javascript or one of the others first.
Thanks for all the help. Loads to look at there. Maybe the first thing I’ll do when I’m able to program is create an education comparison site! There’s so much out there, some offering certifications some just the training and knowledge.
In people’s experience if you can show that you can code and write your own programs/apps/websites whatever, do employers look for proof of training? Does someone in the workplace who may be just as able and “self” taught earn as much as someone who has a degree or diploma or does the lack of paperwork hold people back?
It’s helpful to have certifications in order to get the foot in the door but not essential. I’m self-learned and am an engineer in one of the biggest IT companies in the world. But I started at a technician in PC World.
There are also one year conversion courses you can do that might be worth looking into if you already have a level 8 degree in another area and are in the position where you can spend a year in college. As far as I know most of them are being paid for by the government because there’s a skills shortage.
Codecademy.com go learn a language… I bet you enjoy it and I bet you will want to learn more!!
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