On Wednesday morning 31st May 2023, we met for the first time as an interdisciplinary team virtually, (the Lead researcher from University of Galway Dr Liz Coleman, Dr Eoghan Clifford, Chartered Civil Engineer and Senior Lecturer and lead on carbon emission methodology for this project, Jeremiah Spillane, PhD in Musicology and Jazz Musician and finally me as an MSc student!, while Jakob Koranyi, Head of the Songs of Travel Project (SOT), and world class cello musician and environmental lead on this project, talked us through the measures taken by Jarna Contemporary Classical Music Festival in Sweden for sustainability https://musicforgalway.ie/songs-of-travel/#:~:text=Songs%20of%20Travel%20SOT%20is%20a%20transnational%20project,access%20to%20and%20circulation%20of%20contemporary%20classical%20music.