{"id":1824,"date":"2021-04-27T09:31:53","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T09:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/juliesbicycle.com\/news-opinion\/julies-bicycle-meets-novo-amor\/"},"modified":"2022-01-18T14:13:55","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T14:13:55","slug":"julies-bicycle-meets-novo-amor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juliesbicycle.com\/news-opinion\/julies-bicycle-meets-novo-amor\/","title":{"rendered":"Julie&#8217;s Bicycle meets Novo Amor"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[16,46,58],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Julie&#039;s Bicycle meets Novo Amor - Julie&#039;s Bicycle<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"As part of Music Declares Emergency\u2019s Turn up the Volume campaign, highlighting the incredible sustainability work taking place across UK music, JB\u2019s Chiara Badaili talked to Novo Amor, the Welsh producer, multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter about environmentalism and music. You can find a snippet below and watch the full interview here.       [embed]https:\/\/twitter.com\/iamnovoamor\/status\/1385241804933668868?s=20[\/embed]     Julie\u2019s Bicycle and Ali John Meredith-Lacey - AKA Novo Amor - have collaborated in recent years and in their talk, they touched on the steps Ali has taken to reduce his environmental impact. \u201cI guess the first step is just considering your options and recognising where there\u2019s room for change\u201d, Novo Amor explained.  He reflected on how JB has helped him to take creative climate action in his career, starting with making his touring rider much greener. Ali began requesting that venues cleaned backstage areas with eco-friendly products and that plastic water bottles were replaced with refillable ones on tour, calculating that before the switch, his band and crew could be using around 1600 plastic bottles when touring for 40 days. He also asked for plastic packing and disposable cutlery to be removed from catering supplies.  Ali and Chiara discussed the need for the music industry, particularly within touring, to become much greener and reduce its emissions. Chiara explained that, \u201cWe want to imagine what the music industry could be like. The dream is that you\u2019d have your venues powered by renewable energy, we would have public transport systems that work. We might be shifting the way we put on shows, working with local audiences, travelling less far, touring slower as well.\u201d  Ali talked about how switching to sustainable merchandise was both environmentally impactful and creatively rewarding. \u201cUsing recycling has become artistic,\u201d he explained, describing the process of how his records are made from recycled vinyl pellets using offcuts that get remelted down and pressed. \u201cEach vinyl is completely unique, it\u2019s a really cool idea and I think the fans really like that.\u201d Where did Novo Amor\u2019s sustainability journey start? Novo Amor has built a narrative around issues like ocean plastic and pollution within his music. \u201cYou\u2019re linking the story you\u2019re telling with how you\u2019re running your career,\u201d Chiara suggests. But where did it all start?  \u201cI was raised generally very mindful of the environment, thanks to my parents,\u201d Ali explained. But starting out in the music industry, when you don\u2019t have any money, meant he was choosing cheaper, less sustainable merchandising options.  That all changed when director, Sil van der Woerd, pitched Ali the idea for his &#039;Birthplace&#039; music video (below). Featuring a life-size humpback whale suspended in the sea and made of recycled bamboo and plastic waste, which eats the film&#039;s protagonist, it raises awareness of the plastic pollution emergency in the oceans and aims to inspire others to become a part of changing the tide. Filming of Novo Amor&#039;s &#039;Birthplace&#039; The Birthplace video was screened during Julie\u2019s Bicycle\u2019s Creative Green Awards in 2019 at Curzon Bloomsbury cinema, London, with an exclusive behind-the-scenes introduction from Director Sil van Der Woerd, made for the Creative Green community, which you can see in full below.  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GGQ5f0aXl44&amp;t=6s[\/embed] - Director Sil van Der Woerd introduces Novo Amor&#039;s Birthplace music video for the Creative Green Awards 2019    \u201cTo see them doing something so artistic and poignant was incredible and it was like, why am I not doing more like this myself.... The video was too good not to say yes to and I loved the message of it. I\u2019ve always thought that once you remove yourself from the music and the videos there\u2019s less room for ego and more room to create a narrative, or a story, and I think it just works so well.\u201d  - Novo Amor, in conversation with JB&#039;s Chiara Badiali   From that point onwards, Ali wanted to make everything he did in music sustainable. Check out Novo Amor\u2019s new album in full: &#039;Cannot Be, Whatsoever&#039; which was released in 2020.  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FjtjX6pudhM[\/embed] - Watch more on the making of Novo Amor&#039;s music video, Birthplace.   - Header image: still from Novo Amor&#039;s music video, Birthplace. 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[embed]https:\/\/twitter.com\/iamnovoamor\/status\/1385241804933668868?s=20[\/embed]     Julie\u2019s Bicycle and Ali John Meredith-Lacey - AKA Novo Amor - have collaborated in recent years and in their talk, they touched on the steps Ali has taken to reduce his environmental impact. \u201cI guess the first step is just considering your options and recognising where there\u2019s room for change\u201d, Novo Amor explained.  He reflected on how JB has helped him to take creative climate action in his career, starting with making his touring rider much greener. Ali began requesting that venues cleaned backstage areas with eco-friendly products and that plastic water bottles were replaced with refillable ones on tour, calculating that before the switch, his band and crew could be using around 1600 plastic bottles when touring for 40 days. He also asked for plastic packing and disposable cutlery to be removed from catering supplies.  Ali and Chiara discussed the need for the music industry, particularly within touring, to become much greener and reduce its emissions. Chiara explained that, \u201cWe want to imagine what the music industry could be like. The dream is that you\u2019d have your venues powered by renewable energy, we would have public transport systems that work. We might be shifting the way we put on shows, working with local audiences, travelling less far, touring slower as well.\u201d  Ali talked about how switching to sustainable merchandise was both environmentally impactful and creatively rewarding. \u201cUsing recycling has become artistic,\u201d he explained, describing the process of how his records are made from recycled vinyl pellets using offcuts that get remelted down and pressed. \u201cEach vinyl is completely unique, it\u2019s a really cool idea and I think the fans really like that.\u201d Where did Novo Amor\u2019s sustainability journey start? Novo Amor has built a narrative around issues like ocean plastic and pollution within his music. \u201cYou\u2019re linking the story you\u2019re telling with how you\u2019re running your career,\u201d Chiara suggests. But where did it all start?  \u201cI was raised generally very mindful of the environment, thanks to my parents,\u201d Ali explained. But starting out in the music industry, when you don\u2019t have any money, meant he was choosing cheaper, less sustainable merchandising options.  That all changed when director, Sil van der Woerd, pitched Ali the idea for his &#039;Birthplace&#039; music video (below). Featuring a life-size humpback whale suspended in the sea and made of recycled bamboo and plastic waste, which eats the film&#039;s protagonist, it raises awareness of the plastic pollution emergency in the oceans and aims to inspire others to become a part of changing the tide. Filming of Novo Amor&#039;s &#039;Birthplace&#039; The Birthplace video was screened during Julie\u2019s Bicycle\u2019s Creative Green Awards in 2019 at Curzon Bloomsbury cinema, London, with an exclusive behind-the-scenes introduction from Director Sil van Der Woerd, made for the Creative Green community, which you can see in full below.  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GGQ5f0aXl44&amp;t=6s[\/embed] - Director Sil van Der Woerd introduces Novo Amor&#039;s Birthplace music video for the Creative Green Awards 2019    \u201cTo see them doing something so artistic and poignant was incredible and it was like, why am I not doing more like this myself.... The video was too good not to say yes to and I loved the message of it. I\u2019ve always thought that once you remove yourself from the music and the videos there\u2019s less room for ego and more room to create a narrative, or a story, and I think it just works so well.\u201d  - Novo Amor, in conversation with JB&#039;s Chiara Badiali   From that point onwards, Ali wanted to make everything he did in music sustainable. Check out Novo Amor\u2019s new album in full: &#039;Cannot Be, Whatsoever&#039; which was released in 2020.  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FjtjX6pudhM[\/embed] - Watch more on the making of Novo Amor&#039;s music video, Birthplace.   - Header image: still from Novo Amor&#039;s music video, Birthplace. 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He also asked for plastic packing and disposable cutlery to be removed from catering supplies. Ali and Chiara discussed the need for the music industry, particularly within touring, to become much greener and reduce its emissions. Chiara explained that, \u201cWe want to imagine what the music industry could be like. The dream is that you\u2019d have your venues powered by renewable energy, we would have public transport systems that work. We might be shifting the way we put on shows, working with local audiences, travelling less far, touring slower as well.\u201d Ali talked about how switching to sustainable merchandise was both environmentally impactful and creatively rewarding. \u201cUsing recycling has become artistic,\u201d he explained, describing the process of how his records are made from recycled vinyl pellets using offcuts that get remelted down and pressed. \u201cEach vinyl is completely unique, it\u2019s a really cool idea and I think the fans really like that.\u201d Where did Novo Amor\u2019s sustainability journey start? Novo Amor has built a narrative around issues like ocean plastic and pollution within his music. \u201cYou\u2019re linking the story you\u2019re telling with how you\u2019re running your career,\u201d Chiara suggests. But where did it all start? \u201cI was raised generally very mindful of the environment, thanks to my parents,\u201d Ali explained. But starting out in the music industry, when you don\u2019t have any money, meant he was choosing cheaper, less sustainable merchandising options. That all changed when director, Sil van der Woerd, pitched Ali the idea for his 'Birthplace' music video (below). Featuring a life-size humpback whale suspended in the sea and made of recycled bamboo and plastic waste, which eats the film's protagonist, it raises awareness of the plastic pollution emergency in the oceans and aims to inspire others to become a part of changing the tide. Filming of Novo Amor's 'Birthplace' The Birthplace video was screened during Julie\u2019s Bicycle\u2019s Creative Green Awards in 2019 at Curzon Bloomsbury cinema, London, with an exclusive behind-the-scenes introduction from Director Sil van Der Woerd, made for the Creative Green community, which you can see in full below. [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GGQ5f0aXl44&t=6s[\/embed] - Director Sil van Der Woerd introduces Novo Amor's Birthplace music video for the Creative Green Awards 2019 \u201cTo see them doing something so artistic and poignant was incredible and it was like, why am I not doing more like this myself.... The video was too good not to say yes to and I loved the message of it. I\u2019ve always thought that once you remove yourself from the music and the videos there\u2019s less room for ego and more room to create a narrative, or a story, and I think it just works so well.\u201d - Novo Amor, in conversation with JB's Chiara Badiali From that point onwards, Ali wanted to make everything he did in music sustainable. Check out Novo Amor\u2019s new album in full: 'Cannot Be, Whatsoever' which was released in 2020. 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You can find a snippet below and watch the full interview here.       [embed]https:\/\/twitter.com\/iamnovoamor\/status\/1385241804933668868?s=20[\/embed]     Julie\u2019s Bicycle and Ali John Meredith-Lacey - AKA Novo Amor - have collaborated in recent years and in their talk, they touched on the steps Ali has taken to reduce his environmental impact. \u201cI guess the first step is just considering your options and recognising where there\u2019s room for change\u201d, Novo Amor explained.  He reflected on how JB has helped him to take creative climate action in his career, starting with making his touring rider much greener. Ali began requesting that venues cleaned backstage areas with eco-friendly products and that plastic water bottles were replaced with refillable ones on tour, calculating that before the switch, his band and crew could be using around 1600 plastic bottles when touring for 40 days. 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But starting out in the music industry, when you don\u2019t have any money, meant he was choosing cheaper, less sustainable merchandising options.  That all changed when director, Sil van der Woerd, pitched Ali the idea for his 'Birthplace' music video (below). Featuring a life-size humpback whale suspended in the sea and made of recycled bamboo and plastic waste, which eats the film's protagonist, it raises awareness of the plastic pollution emergency in the oceans and aims to inspire others to become a part of changing the tide. Filming of Novo Amor's 'Birthplace' The Birthplace video was screened during Julie\u2019s Bicycle\u2019s Creative Green Awards in 2019 at Curzon Bloomsbury cinema, London, with an exclusive behind-the-scenes introduction from Director Sil van Der Woerd, made for the Creative Green community, which you can see in full below.  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[embed]https:\/\/twitter.com\/iamnovoamor\/status\/1385241804933668868?s=20[\/embed]     Julie\u2019s Bicycle and Ali John Meredith-Lacey - AKA Novo Amor - have collaborated in recent years and in their talk, they touched on the steps Ali has taken to reduce his environmental impact. \u201cI guess the first step is just considering your options and recognising where there\u2019s room for change\u201d, Novo Amor explained.  He reflected on how JB has helped him to take creative climate action in his career, starting with making his touring rider much greener. Ali began requesting that venues cleaned backstage areas with eco-friendly products and that plastic water bottles were replaced with refillable ones on tour, calculating that before the switch, his band and crew could be using around 1600 plastic bottles when touring for 40 days. He also asked for plastic packing and disposable cutlery to be removed from catering supplies.  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Novo Amor has built a narrative around issues like ocean plastic and pollution within his music. \u201cYou\u2019re linking the story you\u2019re telling with how you\u2019re running your career,\u201d Chiara suggests. But where did it all start?  \u201cI was raised generally very mindful of the environment, thanks to my parents,\u201d Ali explained. But starting out in the music industry, when you don\u2019t have any money, meant he was choosing cheaper, less sustainable merchandising options.  That all changed when director, Sil van der Woerd, pitched Ali the idea for his 'Birthplace' music video (below). Featuring a life-size humpback whale suspended in the sea and made of recycled bamboo and plastic waste, which eats the film's protagonist, it raises awareness of the plastic pollution emergency in the oceans and aims to inspire others to become a part of changing the tide. Filming of Novo Amor's 'Birthplace' The Birthplace video was screened during Julie\u2019s Bicycle\u2019s Creative Green Awards in 2019 at Curzon Bloomsbury cinema, London, with an exclusive behind-the-scenes introduction from Director Sil van Der Woerd, made for the Creative Green community, which you can see in full below.  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GGQ5f0aXl44&t=6s[\/embed] - Director Sil van Der Woerd introduces Novo Amor's Birthplace music video for the Creative Green Awards 2019    \u201cTo see them doing something so artistic and poignant was incredible and it was like, why am I not doing more like this myself.... The video was too good not to say yes to and I loved the message of it. 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You can find a snippet below and watch the full interview here. [embed]https:\/\/twitter.com\/iamnovoamor\/status\/1385241804933668868?s=20[\/embed] Julie\u2019s Bicycle and Ali John Meredith-Lacey - AKA Novo Amor - have collaborated in recent years and in their talk, they touched on the steps Ali has taken to reduce his environmental impact. \u201cI guess the first step is just considering your options and recognising where there\u2019s room for change\u201d, Novo Amor explained. He reflected on how JB has helped him to take creative climate action in his career, starting with making his touring rider much greener. Ali began requesting that venues cleaned backstage areas with eco-friendly products and that plastic water bottles were replaced with refillable ones on tour, calculating that before the switch, his band and crew could be using around 1600 plastic bottles when touring for 40 days. He also asked for plastic packing and disposable cutlery to be removed from catering supplies. Ali and Chiara discussed the need for the music industry, particularly within touring, to become much greener and reduce its emissions. Chiara explained that, \u201cWe want to imagine what the music industry could be like. The dream is that you\u2019d have your venues powered by renewable energy, we would have public transport systems that work. We might be shifting the way we put on shows, working with local audiences, travelling less far, touring slower as well.\u201d Ali talked about how switching to sustainable merchandise was both environmentally impactful and creatively rewarding. \u201cUsing recycling has become artistic,\u201d he explained, describing the process of how his records are made from recycled vinyl pellets using offcuts that get remelted down and pressed. \u201cEach vinyl is completely unique, it\u2019s a really cool idea and I think the fans really like that.\u201d Where did Novo Amor\u2019s sustainability journey start? Novo Amor has built a narrative around issues like ocean plastic and pollution within his music. \u201cYou\u2019re linking the story you\u2019re telling with how you\u2019re running your career,\u201d Chiara suggests. But where did it all start? \u201cI was raised generally very mindful of the environment, thanks to my parents,\u201d Ali explained. But starting out in the music industry, when you don\u2019t have any money, meant he was choosing cheaper, less sustainable merchandising options. That all changed when director, Sil van der Woerd, pitched Ali the idea for his 'Birthplace' music video (below). Featuring a life-size humpback whale suspended in the sea and made of recycled bamboo and plastic waste, which eats the film's protagonist, it raises awareness of the plastic pollution emergency in the oceans and aims to inspire others to become a part of changing the tide. Filming of Novo Amor's 'Birthplace' The Birthplace video was screened during Julie\u2019s Bicycle\u2019s Creative Green Awards in 2019 at Curzon Bloomsbury cinema, London, with an exclusive behind-the-scenes introduction from Director Sil van Der Woerd, made for the Creative Green community, which you can see in full below. [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GGQ5f0aXl44&t=6s[\/embed] - Director Sil van Der Woerd introduces Novo Amor's Birthplace music video for the Creative Green Awards 2019 \u201cTo see them doing something so artistic and poignant was incredible and it was like, why am I not doing more like this myself.... The video was too good not to say yes to and I loved the message of it. I\u2019ve always thought that once you remove yourself from the music and the videos there\u2019s less room for ego and more room to create a narrative, or a story, and I think it just works so well.\u201d - Novo Amor, in conversation with JB's Chiara Badiali From that point onwards, Ali wanted to make everything he did in music sustainable. Check out Novo Amor\u2019s new album in full: 'Cannot Be, Whatsoever' which was released in 2020. [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FjtjX6pudhM[\/embed] - Watch more on the making of Novo Amor's music video, Birthplace. - Header image: still from Novo Amor's music video, Birthplace. 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