I’m Sunny Luwe, a proud Weilwan woman and pop soul artist living on beautiful Kombumerri Country (Goldy) and I really care about the environment.
“How can I make my music with minimal impact on the environment?”
This is a question I sit with a lot and what ultimately inspired me to create a carbon offsetting guide for musicians to offset their next single.
The crazy part is, I discovered carbon offsetting is a lot more affordable than most of us realise (whilst also purchasing a high-quality carbon credit.)
Most musicians could probably offset their next single for less than a carton – a metric most Aussies are familiar with.
A lot of us are aware of the state of the Earth, the climate crisis, increasing temperatures, rising oceans – and these issues and crises often become the muse for many musos. Writing and singing about the challenges our society and Earth faces.
However it is near inevitable now, when you create, fly somewhere, create a music video, have your music streamed (a buttload I hope) that you will contribute to carbon emissions.
This is where carbon offsetting can come in.
In an ideal world we would perfect practises so they have minimal emissions – powering our recording spaces with renewable energy, travelling with electric vehicles, flying with SAF – sustainable aviation fuel, however at a grassroots stage of a music career these things might be out of your reach financially.
Carbon offsetting allows us to offset our emissions, and by following the guide I created you can purchase high quality carbon credits through Rainforest 4 – a conservation project in Nth Qld that is buying back blocks zoned for development, in the Daintree and preserving them.
Like anything, the quality of carbon credits can vary, and by offsetting with Rainforest 4 you are choosing a high-quality carbon credit and helping to preserve the world’s oldest rainforest.
I have included some steps to offset your next project, and also the carbon I generated with my latest release, 'Fly Like A Bird'. The full guide can be accessed on my website.
Happy creating and offsetting!
Sunny x