Not Easy Being Green: How Climate-Friendly Touring Can Be Especially Tough For Indie Acts

“It's awful to think that just filling the landfill with more shitty t-shirts is the only way that indie bands can make any coin,” says Nicholas Allbrook, the frontman of Australian psychedelic rock band Pond. “It's kind of something that people should be thinking about.”

Clearly, Allbrook is one of those people. Ahead of a recent U.S. club tour, he looked into buying a silk screen or heat stamp machine and bringing it on the road. Instead of buying brand-new shirts, he figured, fans could pay to...