Pearl Jam Plants Trees to Offset 2009 Tour
Pearl Jam, through a partnership with the Cascade Land Conservancy, is offsetting more than 7,000 metric tons of carbon emissions from their 2009 tour. The $210,000 project involves planting 33 acres of native trees and plants in their home state of Washington.
If you’ve been following Pearl Jam’s long history of [...]
The Crystal Method Gets a Green Makeover
Janine Johnson, Green Girl and founder of Green Wave, is giving the Crystal Method an eco makeover.
First on the list is greening the band’s rider. On tour, Ken Jordan and Scott Kirkland ask for backstage amenities like reusable plates, utensils, and cups; local, organic food and beverages; reduced disposables; and recycling bins.
What’s especially cool about [...]
Clif Bar’s Green Notes Program Protects the Places We Play
You don’t have to be a rock climber or a mountain biker to enjoy the great outdoors. Musicians and fans love to play outside just as much as anyone else.
Think about it. How many major outdoor music festivals – not to mention outdoor venues on the regular touring circuit – are there? A lot. And [...]
Ben Sollee's Bike Ride to Bonnaroo
Although this year’s merrymaking has now officially come to a close, I wanted to bid farewell to Bonnaroo 2009 with an interesting story about one musician’s 330 mile journey to the festival…on a bike…with cello and 60 lbs of equipment in tow.
His name is Ben Sollee, and in an effort to reduce his carbon footprint [...]
Phish and Fans are “Traveling Light”
My brother’s been raving on Phacebook about how phantastic the Phish show was at Phenway last week. Okay, this whole “ph” thing is getting annoying. I’ll stop now while I’m ahead. ..
Anyway, I heard some phabulous, errr… fabulous, things about Phish’s latest greening efforts for their summer tour and decided to check it out. And [...]
Reverb Helps Artists and Fans Green Concerts
There’s much to think about when planning a tour: booking gigs, transportation, lodging, advertising, whether or not including a cover of Loverboy’s “Working for the Weekend” on the set list is really a good idea… How do you make a tour environmentally friendly on top of all that? Wouldn’t it be great if there was [...]
