Eco-Nightclub Launches: Dancers Generate Electricity
Fri, Jun 20, 2008
Image by Steve&Sara
With a bouncing floor and a series of power generating blocks, the first eco-nightclub in Britain will open its gates on July 10, in London. The bar is supposedly powered by renewable energy and will serve organic spirits in polycarbon cups. It also has plans to install a power-generating dance floor and a recycling water system to flush the lavatories.
Eco-clubbers that want to have a good time will be allowed in for £10 and those that can prove they either walked, pedaled a bicycle or used public transport get in for free. Awesome! I suppose I’ll have my bicycle seat with me or maybe the safety chain, in case they need evidence (or if they want a piece of me!)
Based at Bar Surya in Pentonville Road, the club is owned by property millionaire and head of new climate change organization Club4Climate, Andrew Charalambous. The Greek-Cypriot businessman is trying to reach out to young people in an effort to save the world:
“There is no greater platform than clubbing to reach out to young people. Having an energy-generating dancefloor is a very exciting and interesting-idea that we have been talking to people in Rotterdam about. Such a dancefloor could generate about 60 per cent of the building’s energy.”
I really like the idea, but there is one thing that some may not agree with. Apparently everyone needs to sign a pledge promising to work towards curbing climate change. Is it just me or does that sound annoying? Should I be not allowed to have fun, if I don’t sign a piece of paper?
We’ll still give it a try when the new eco-bar opens and probably tell you everything about it!
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June 24th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
This is great!
Thanks for writing about this - I would have never known
What a great way to show people that they don’t need to sacrfice a thing - even a drunken debaucherous night at the club - to help out our climate!
It’s a shame not more people are picking up on the emergency facing us like these people are.
And signing a commitment sheet may be slightly annoying, but really when it comes down to it - it’s a small cost to you and perhaps may even stimulate some people who didnt care before to do something, and that is worth a SLIGHT annoyance before dancing your tush off
Well done
June 26th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
I’ve never had such a desire to go to London, but this is very interesting. I’d love to see how it works, because if it does, it sure is a fantastic reason to go for a night out frequently. Let’s see if this and maybe some similar ideas in the works can solve our energy problems. Great article and information.
-Nicki B.