Hundreds of thousands have seen the concerts by Ärzte and Toten Hosen at Tempelhofer Feld over the past two weekends. Both bands played at the former airfield in the middle of the capital – and have proven that such large concerts do not necessarily have to be held at the expense of nature. The three shows were made available for the so-called “Templehof Laboratory” in order to test products, processes and innovations in implementation that are as climate and resource-positive as possible.
Go from talking to action
The project was brought to life by the organizers, who, according to their own statements, were not yet concerned with perfection. It was much more important to them to find out how major concerts can be implemented in a “recyclable” way in the future – or, if that is not possible, at least “as sustainably as possible”. The aim is that in the future events of this dimension with a positive impact on people and the environment will become the standard – in order to “move from talking (finally) to action and thus also be an inspiration and impetus for other bands (and the entire industry)”. , according to the initiators.
Beautiful, green world
Specifically, all three concerts were operated with 100% green electricity – with the exception of the light poles. These were fueled with a fuel that results in 70-90% less emissions than traditional diesel. In addition, an increased vegan-vegetarian gastronomy offer is said to have saved millions of liters of water. Something else pleases nature: part of the human excrement was recovered for fertilizer and processed into hummus. In addition, a treatment plant diverted the water from the hand basins into the toilet flushing system. And: Most of the crockery used was biodegradable.
Farin Urlaub commented on these efforts himself on stage on Sunday evening. In essence, he said that a lot of people had worked on it for a very long time and that the fun wouldn’t have been cheap, but hopefully useful.