Music Streaming and its environmental impact
EarthSonic Sustainability Report: 2026
Researcher and author: Ellie Ruby
EarthSonic is conducting an exploration of the technical, industrial, and ethical sides of digital music streaming. We’re created a catalogue of info docs which demonstrate the ways streaming impacts the planet.
What’s our goal?
We aim to raise awareness of music streaming’s place within the discourse around climate change.
We are considering the long-term changes that need to be made to improve sustainability. This involves engaging both the industry and music listeners to think about how technology affects climate change.
Research informed by professionals
We are speaking to people from many areas of expertise to understand this complex topic. Our research covers several different areas of digital music streaming to help identify where we need to act.
