Together for a greener future: Milky Chance will open the Greentech Festival 2022 on June 22nd with an exclusive Telekom Street Gig. ROLLING STONE and Telekom will bring the music highlight to the stage together. In the Kraftwerk Berlin, the Folktronica duo will play not only the biggest hits but also new songs. Telekom will broadcast the show live from 7 p.m. on the #dabei channel on MagentaTV. Fans can also experience the performance in the free live stream on MagentaMusiker. At this point we portray artists who have made a name for themselves through their green commitment.
Born in Angeleno, Billie Eilish grew up surrounded by exhausting rush hours, street noise and smog. The fact that this is part of a structural problem that is bringing us an impending climate crisis is only now becoming apparent to some, as the topic is becoming more of a global focus. However, Billie Eilish belongs to the generation that currently sees her future in jeopardy. A real fear, because with climate change and its effects, the existence of many people is also at stake.
A video on the subject recorded with Woody Harrelson went viral in 2019: Both called for people to follow Greenpeace and Fridays for Future, strive for political change and put their own diet to the test. “Our planet is getting warmer and our sea levels are rising,” Eilish said. “Extreme weather is destroying the lives of millions of people.” And Harrelson emphasized: “Ultimately, we only have this one home.”
Billie Eilish has been vegan since 2014. Before that, she had been vegetarian for many years. “I don’t eat meat because I have very personal reasons for not eating meat. I have my personal beliefs and personal feeling that I want to save animals and our planet,” she said in a previous radio interview. “I don’t want to force anyone to do it because I don’t want to be forced to do anything either. But that doesn’t mean I won’t try to make the world a better place.”
Billie Eilish deals intensively with the question of how to use plastic when touring or how to recycle it even better. At every performance, she wants to set up an “eco-village” where fans can find out how they can help to improve the climate. In addition, her team works with the non-profit organization Reverb to offset the CO2 generated by touring.
Eilish believes Greta Thunberg paves the way for a more climate-friendly world. Together with the Swedish activist and 1,000 other young people, she has already demonstrated near her home. Eilish has also received the German Sustainability Award for her commitment. On October 23, 2021, she also took part in the YouTube event “Earth Day”, where well-known climate activists, artists and celebrities spoke about how a more sustainable life is possible.