{"id":669704,"date":"2010-02-19T06:38:07","date_gmt":"2010-02-19T11:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"tag:greentechnolog.com,2010:\/\/1.2190"},"modified":"2010-02-19T06:14:15","modified_gmt":"2010-02-19T11:14:15","slug":"u2-promotes-carbon-offsets-on-latest-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/669704","title":{"rendered":"U2 Promotes Carbon Offsets on Latest Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" vspace=\"2\" hspace=\"2\" height=\"112\" border=\"2\" align=\"left\" src=\"http:\/\/t3.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:P0WDpYH3FqMqtM:http:\/\/rockerinfo.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/10\/34_266.jpg\" alt=\"Uw 360 Tour\" title=\"Uw 360 Tour\" \/>U2 has taken a novel approach to getting fans to getting fans to think about the bands carbon footprint and in doing so may help promote the idea of carbon offsets.<\/p>\n<p>U2&#8217;s show uses quite a bit of carbon in getting things set up and moved around the world.&nbsp; They are promoting to fans that they can do their part to help offset the carbon footprint of the concert when they buy tickets &#8230; read on for more.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry\">\n<p>&quot; &#8230; U2&rsquo;s latest 360 tour &#8230; the incredible techno set that is the centerpiece of the show&#8230;. we&rsquo;ve heard little about how much power all those cool screens and moveable bridges are using. I&rsquo;m guessing quite a bit, and now U2 has moved to do its part by offering fans the ability to buy carbon offsets for a project in Turkey when you buy a concert ticket.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&quot; &#8230; what this will do, I believe, is highlight the whole idea of carbon offsets with a totally new audience, literally and figuratively.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Via:&nbsp;<\/strong> SmartPlanet&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smartplanet.com\/business\/blog\/business-brains\/me-too-move-by-u2-which-is-now-hawking-carbon-offsets\/5017\/\"  title=\"SmartPlanet\">LINK<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U2 has taken a novel approach to getting fans to getting fans to think about the bands carbon footprint and in doing so may help promote the idea of carbon offsets. U2&#8217;s show uses quite a bit of carbon in getting things set up and moved around the world.&nbsp; They are promoting to fans that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":728,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-669704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2OdG","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/728"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=669704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669704\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}