Eat Local, Organic Food with Guster and Win Free Concert Tickets
Strawberries, green beans, cherries, asparagus, peaches… Hungry yet?
Fresh summer produce is beginning to pop up at grocery stores, farmers’ markets, and backyards all over the country. Which is going to make the Green Music Group’s Challenge #5 – to eat at least one meal with all local and organic ingredients – pretty darn easy (and [...]
Travel Light with Willie Nelson and Win a $500 Gift Certificate to Hard Rock
Summer is on its way! That means it’s outdoor concert and music festival season.
Unfortunately, all that traveling to and from venues really takes a toll on the environment. According to the green tour gurus at Reverb, fans’ travel accounts for over 80% of the carbon footprint of a rock concert.
Yikes.
Seems like now is the perfect [...]
Jack Johnson Launches New Album and Summer Tour with Beach Clean-Up Concert
Jack Johnson is kicking off the release of his new album, To the Sea, and subsequent summer tour in a fitting way for a singer-songwriter with surfer roots and an ocean-themed album title: with a beach clean-up!
On Saturday, May 22, Johnson and Heal the Bay will host a two-hour beach clean-up at Santa Monica Bay. [...]
Lily Allen Braves Tarantulas to Help Save the Brazilian Rainforest
In a recent visit to witness the impacts of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest first-hand, Lily Allen was confronted with an unwelcome guest in her bed – a tarantula. It’s safe to say that screaming and fleeing the room soon followed.
I won’t recap the spider’s gruesome fate here. (Let’s just say [...]
Concert for the Coast and Gulf Aid Raise Funds for Coastal Clean-Up
What started out as the newest music festival on the block has quickly evolved into much more. In response to the environmental devastation of the Gulf oil spill, the Hangout Beach, Music & Arts Festival has been reinvented as the Concert for the Coast.
The festival – which takes place May 14-16 in Gulf Shores, Alabama [...]
Do Some Spring Cleaning with the Roots and Win DJ Hero and a Best Buy Gift Card
How’s this for a motivator to start your spring cleaning: a chance to win DJ Hero and a $300 Best Buy gift card.
As part of the Green Music Group Challenge, the Roots are asking us to clean out our closets and give our unwanted clothing and other household items to reuse [...]
Bonnie Raitt Honored as Rock the Earth’s Top Planet Defender
Rock the Earth has bestowed the honor of 2010 Planet Defender in the artist category to Bonnie Raitt. And with good reason.
Bonnie’s environmental resume includes dozens of benefit concerts promoting awareness of environmental issues like forest preservation, water protection, the effects of mining, and the need for alternative energy. She was a founding member of [...]
Write a Letter to Congress with Sheryl Crow and Win a Patagonia Prize Pack
The Green Music Group is at it again! A few weeks ago, Stefan Lessard from the Dave Matthews Band kicked off the organization’s Green Music Challenge by asking us to volunteer in our communities.
Challenge two comes from Sheryl Crow, who urges us to write a letter to our Representative or [...]
Musicians to Rock Climate Rally
Earth Day is getting quite the party for it’s 40th birthday.
And what’s a party without a little entertainment?
Passion Pit, the Roots, Mavis Staples, Honor Society, John Legend, Sting, Booker T, Joss Stone, and more will rock the National Mall on Sunday, April 25 to wrap up a week of Earth Day events held ’round the [...]
Rap With Biz Markie for Clean Energy
Repower America, a project of the Alliance for Climate Protection, is producing a music video for Earth Day starring Biz Markie and…you!
Biz Markie is remixing his classic hit “Just A Friend,” changing up the lyrics to advocate for clean energy legislation and jobs.
All you have to do is watch the video below, record yourself rapping [...]
