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The Centurion

The student newspaper of Bucks County Community College

The Centurion

The student newspaper of Bucks County Community College

The Centurion

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Billie Eilish’s Ecofriendly Tour

17 year old pop star Billie Eilish, announced her world tour, “Where Do We Go?” this past week, and is using her popularity to spread awareness about climate change.
Eilish’s tour will run from March 9 -July 27, starting in Miami,
Florida and ending in London. Eilish hired the climate action company Reverb to help her ensure a eco-friendly tour. There will be no plastic straws at the tour’s venues, all the audience members must bring their own water bottles and there will be recycling cans everywhere
“If something is recyclable, it doesn’t matter unless there’s a recycling can,” said Eilish on the “Tonight Show.”
Eilish continuously promotes climate change awareness to her audience. Last month Eilish and actor Woody Harrelson uploaded a video on social media about climate change. The video is a call to viewers to vote for politicians who advocate for climate change legislation.
“I think it’s a very good thing and I think it will lead to a lot of people being more eco-friendly because she has such a large fan base so it’ll get a lot of attention,” said Sophia Laurence, 17, a communications major from Hulmeville.
When Eilish spoke on “The Tonight Show,” she did not say where the proceeds of her eco-friendly tour would be going which caused some suspicions.
“Billie Eilish really doesn’t care about the environment, she cares about the money she makes about advocating for the environment. How do I know that? Because she could have just had the concert, put out her recycling cans and not said anything,” said Ryan Scott, 19, an undecided major from Langhorne.“With minimal changes like extra trash cans and asking fans to bring their own water, this looks like she is trying to cash in on the environmental craze by depriving her fans and audience members of straws.”
Other Bucks students wondered if it was possible for Eilish to have a completely eco-friendly tour.
“How does she travel by tour bus, I think it’s cool that she’s eco-friendly but if the tour bus is causing pollution. I don’t understand how she is completely eco-friendly,” said Mason Calderbank ,18, an undecided major from Langhorne.
Despite doubts Eilish is attempting to lead by example and following in the trend of young people expressing concerns over the planet’s rising temperatures.
“I think it’s a great effort towards something that the world needs tremendous help with.
Especially since her fan base is so wide and this tour is so huge. She will be sending a great message and most of her audience is people our age which will inevitably be stuck with this issue,” said Jayda Hunt, 18, a criminal justice major from Feasterville.