And there are loads of edible greenery; Noma explains that at their venue "greens take up more room on the plate than is common at gourmet restaurants".
The willingness of professional sports leagues to testify about climate change before a Congressional committee reflects an evolving cultural shift in behalf of ecological stewardship, driven in part by the venue greening happening throughout all professional sports leagues (and at many colleges too).
Controversy surrounded the choice of venue, Logie Green in Edinburgh, amid fears it wasn't big enough to handle a crowd in excess of 20,000.
In 2013, Portland Monthly described the venue's green entryway, leading to a ramp lined with adult DVDs and an "indifferent doorman who demands $8.
"We were on the Sesame Street scene back then," joked Alex when I interviewed them after the show in the venue's green room beneath the thumping stage.
With an impressive third album under their belts, Portico Quartet kicked off their UK tour at the 1,100 capacity York Hall, a venue in Bethnal Green more commonly used for boxing.
After our chat in the venue's makeshift green room, I watched him rhyme in a Polish raggamuffin style to a house full of twentysomethings who cheered when they recognized the first bars of his hits.
Jordan Gross, co-founder of Bethnal Green venue Oval Space, suggests that the Metropolitan Police should instead be focusing their efforts on harm reduction and welfare for those attending late-night events, especially given the spate of drug-related deaths due to impure substances like PMA.
Will spectators know they are watching games in the latest green venues?
As for other sporting venues, the Olympic Green Tennis Centre is now used by the Chinese Tennis Association, and several other sports centres are used by universities.
Venues like the Green Door Studios have long been creative hubs for musicians and artists to explore in a collaborative manner, and that sense of kinship strikes me as important to Thompson, H+P, and the acts that circulate around it.
