Climate Change Gig - Nov 28th@ The Cavern

[ciara88]

Three of Hong Kong’s hottest bands, and a new ensemble HOT AIR will ‘for fun’ will be raising the heat, and spreading the “Act on Climate Change” message on November 28th from 8-11pm at the Cavern in Lan Kwai Fong.

Hot Air are original rock funk with climatic climaxes rather than Climate Gospel – and if you want to catch this special one off performance then turn up by 8pm. This evening has been organised by Eden Ventures with the support of The Underground.

Where: The Cavern in Lan Kwai Fong
When: Saturday, November 28th – 7:30 til 11pm
Ticket: HK$150. Buy at door. Your ticket price will buy you a tonne of carbon and offset the gig

Other bands playing include:
Thinking Out Loud - Female-fronted alternative pop rock with a spicy kick of sax
Absolut CraHK - Classic funky rock grooves
Nightflight - Rock and pop hits old and new that will keep you on the dance floor

[PDLM]

Featuring Tony Tyler, the CEO of Cathay, on guitar, according to the SCMP last weekend...

Could you explain a little more about the mechanism by which the $150 will be used to buy a tonne of carbon offset? Thanks.

[ciara88]

Hi there,

Yes indeed its the same gig.

Carbon Care Asia will be handling the offsetting side. This starts with an energy audit of the Cavern and its energy used by 4 bands in one night. As it will be too complicated to work out everyone's C02 travel footprint to and from the gig - Carbon Care Asia have agreed to buy in advance 300 tonnes of Voluntary Emission Reductions. 1 VER represents 1 ton of carbon dioxide not emitted into the atmosphere.

Carbon Care Asia only purchases VER projects following internationally recognized standards such as the Gold Standard® and VCS standard.
It is likely that the gigs carbon offsets will fund the Baicheng Wind Power in Jilin Province of northeast China. This wind farm is located in the Chaganhao Tourism and Economic Development Zone in Baicheng City of Jilin Province. It involves the installation of 40 wind turbines with a total capacity of 30MW. The project is grid-connected, whereby renewable energy thus generated is sold to the Jilin Provincial Power Company to reduce its reliance on coal-fired energy common in northeast China.

By producing clean energy, the wind farm helps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Moreover, the project also creates green jobs and avoids work casualties during coal production. The offsets are VERs in a CDM project registered with the UNFCCC.

I hope this has answered your question.

Thanks

Ciara

[emmie]

Other bands playing include:
Thinking Out Loud - Female-fronted alternative pop rock with a spicy kick of sax

That's one KICKIN' band, indeed - with riveting raspy vocals when appropriate and serious sax.

~ Recommended ~

[PDLM]

Yes indeed - thanks very much for the detailed response.

Some links to save people some Googling:

http://www.carboncareasia.com/

The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (of which the "Kyoto Protocol" is part) registration for the windfarm:
CDM: Jilin Baicheng ChaganHot Wind Power Project

[PDLM]

Just a reminder for this gig tonight since it seems to be in a good cause...