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Best Foot Forward Earlier this year we asked an Oxford company called Best Foot Forward to look at the carbon and ecological footprints of two recent Radiohead tours, with the aim of reducing our carbon output. Touring is very important to us, a large part of the joy and passion of what we do, and we are committed to finding more responsible ways of doing it. We asked Best Foot Forward to compare two different kinds of tours we’ve done recently in America: an out of town ‘big gig’/amphitheatre tour, and a smaller theatre tour in city centres. We wanted to find out which kind of touring has the lowest carbon and environmental impact ‘per person entertained‘. We had lots of information to work out our own carbon footprint, but we had to make some assumptions about the fans’ footprint; how they travel, and how much beer they drink when they get to the show! This is what we found: Fan travel and consumption made up 86% of the Theatre tour and 97% of the Amphitheatre tour. Of the band’s touring impact – Travel and energy use accounted for 60% (Theatre tour) and ~40% (Amphitheatre tour) International travel accounted for a further 34 – 40% of impacts. Short of no-one coming to see us, we’d like to share with our fans some ways of reducing this – our early research suggests that how you come to our shows can significantly reduce the tour’s carbon output. To help achieve better results, we’re trying to play as many shows as possible in city centres because of their better transport links. From the Best Foot Forward report, the rough figures below give you an example of how much of a difference you can make. For the big shows: If average car occupancy increased from 2.2 to 3, the whole tour’s overall CO2 output would be reduced by 22%. Halving fans flying would reduce overall CO2 consumption by 5% And if 10% of car users travelled by bus it would reduce CO2 emissions by 7% Where we can, we will be reducing our own carbon emissions, starting with sea freighting our gear. It’s 93% more efficient than air freighting, and if we ship our equipment to and from America, we save 47 tonnes of CO2. We will be doing this for touring in 2008, along with travelling as little as possible by air, avoiding chartered flights, and investigating more efficient road and rail transportation. You can download the whole report here. We’re aware that this study is tentative and partial, but it’s a start, and we’ll share with you more information as we get it. Love Colin

Ella, ur discbox will come soon! Ive got mine, but my cousin who lives near doesnt have one yet either ;) Just wait :)

^^ ive no idea :) Great drawing Ella! :D

They also put a readme in it, who wrote that readme? Its funny. here's a part of the readme: this CD contains some photos and some pictures. the photos are by jonny & colin. the ones with an SK in the filename are by steve keros. the pictures are by donwood & tchock. all of them were taken/made during the making of this record. here are a few suggestions of what to do with them: 1. use them as a screensaver. 2. make a slideshow of the photos or pictures. play the record at the same time. ?. 3. print them out massive, frame them and hang them above your bed. 4. admire the dynamic artistes at work, as they plunge flailing into middle age. :lol:

:heart: :nice:

Dunno if you guys already noticed but if you put ur cd in the pc and open it YOU WILL SEE RADIOHEAD PICTURES AND ARTWORK!! THEY ARE SO COOL!!! :D:D

My parents never heard a whole song of radiohead,, and theyre still saying its terrible music. *sigh* they dont even try to listen to it :\

Yeah! :D

I showed my dad my discbox. He said: In a few years its a lot of money worth ( Like i want to sell it :rolleyes:) He didnt like the artwork :( Everyone can make it :\ I'd like to listen to my vinyl.

uhm..no. I put on disc 2 very loud :D Who cares about a dog if you got radiohead :P

I got it today!! There was a letter, they said a package was next to the bicycles in the shed..so i run outside when i read it. My dog came after me, he thought i wanted to play. :P And then i saw it.. my discbox :heart: I think they made the right choices about which songs should be on the album. I love last flowers! :nice:

Just read about the next webcast! :dance: DAS update :D Piccies, really nice piccies :blush:

^^ *sighs* :nice:

oh! Lucky you! :bigcry: Im still waiting..

Nina! I like ur picture! :lol: Im almost getting depressed, i still dont have my discbox! :(

New piccies!! :blush:

IVE GOT TWO TICKETS!! (to heaven) :dance:

Argh..ticketservice is too busy now!! I hope i can get tickets!! :worried:

Im gonna order my tickets in 5 minutes :dance:

I still dont have my discbox either! I really want to hear cd2!

Yes stupid fighting about muse, why not fight about sigur ros and radiohead :P Im gonna buy my tickets tomorrow..:nice: I still havent got my discbox! :(

oh my..Im so sorry to hear that! :( He died immediatly or later? Must have been an awful week for you :( I hope you'll get radiohead tickets for some cheering up

Ohh..that sucks! Mayb you can ask your mother to buy first? I hope there will be some roskilde tickets for you!

:wink3: they look good..:wink3: Why dont you got tickets ella?

I wanted to order amsterdam tickets! But i dont have a visa! Now i will order them saturday..i must be on time!! if i cant order them!! I will dieee!!!!!