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Lately, it smells, tastes, and even sounds like Christmas. People are starting to put up their trees, radio stations are starting to change up their rotation, coffee houses are re-introducing seasonal favorites, and the city is lighting up. Don’t get me wrong, I am 100% pro Christmas. I LOVE a good festive holiday. I’ll be the first one to wear red lipstick, paint my nails with candy stripes, and wear a santa hat all of December. But there is just something about Christmas carols that freaks me out. Maybe it was the random group of carolers that used to show...
You’ve probably spotted Usher’s mug on billboards all over town lately as the new face of Belvedere Vodka’s holiday “Believe Campaign.” The vodka brand’s new social-cause campaign will donate half of all profits from their new special-edition bottle to fight HIV/AIDS in Africa. Belvedere’s partnership with Usher is through a program called “(Product) Red.” You might be familiar with Product Red, in which brands put a special seal on their products and donate up to 50% of their profit to six African countries for HIV therapy, treatment and support programs. (The program is affiliated with the Global Fund, which fights HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis...
Every revolution has a song. Songs during the South African anti-apartheid movement were phenomenal at rallying the people of South Africa and the world, to unite to transform South Africa into a more just nation. Today, Africa is facing another challenge: climate change. Africa is the most climate vulnerable continent in the world. People are being forced off their homelands due to drought, increased desertification and a wide array of other human induced climate threats. And this crazy weather is impacting us all. Respecting the power of song and radio to reach people far and wide, 350.org, an international campaign dedicated...
The NACPA has partnered with one of Green Jar’s favorite non-profit groups Reverb! NACPA and Reverb will speak with various promoters and venue operators across the country to get a “lay of the land” as far as their interests, challenges and abilities to go green. In addition to the data collected in this process, Reverb has extensive experience in the live music industry: greening over 100 major tours and thousands of concert events including Jack Johnson, Coldplay, Dave Matthews Band, Drake, Arcade Fire, John Mayer, Maroon 5, Sheryl Crow, Phish, John Legend, the Honda Civic Tour and many more. After...
SXSW Eco is a three-day conference acknowledging the need for a concerted, cross sector approach to solving recognized sustainability/environmental challenges! The inaugural edition of SXSW Eco will be start today October 4th and go til October 6th at the Hilton Hotel in Austin, Texas! The eco conference will host an international audience of executive level decision makers from the public and private sectors, and thought leaders from academia. This event will evolve the environmental conversation beyond “talk” and actually work towards solutions. SXSW Eco is for professionals at the forefront of the post-recognition discussion who are dedicated to making progress...
On October 15 Justin Timberlake will be awarded by the Environmental Media Association with a “Futures Award.” This accolade, which Edward Norton, Rosario Dawson, and Maroon 5 have also received, honors future environmental leaders in entertainment. The EMA pointed out that in addition to J.T.’s eco-friendly golf course in Tennessee he also does what he can to reduce his carbon footprint while on tour. HIT FROM: Ecorazzi.com...
Grammy-nominated Janelle Monáe is about to embark on an environmentally-themed campus tour, thanks to non-profit Reverb. Reverb has invited Ms. Monáe to join its latest Campus Conscious Tour (CCT). In addition to educating and mobilizing students, the tour includes many greening elements and is run to have a minimal environmental footprint. Artists of past CCTs have included, among others, Passion Pit, Ben Harper, andGuster. (Guster axeman Adam Gardner is the Co-Director of Reverb). I love the idea of bringing more of an overall experience onto college campuses, says Janelle Monáe. CCT has the right formula by combining music and activism and delivering it in a fun way...
The first bands have been announced for this year’s eco music festival Rocking the Daisies at Cloof Wine Estate in Darling, Western Cape. Some of the bands who have so far confirmed are The Arrows, Foto Na Dans, Shadowclub, and Tumi and the Volume. There are many others on the line up, including Belleruche from the UK. The festival, geared towards showcasing the best of local music while keeping it green, has been running since 2005 and is this year sponsored by Wrigley’s 5 Gum. It has won the SA Climate Change Leadership Award for positive voluntary action by implementing...
The National Environment Agency’s (NEA) Eco Music Challenge 2011 wrapped up with a bang with the Finale Concert at Orchard Central on 27 August 2011. The agency received more than 300 quality song entries from more than 900 youths in the second season of its eco song-writing competition at Orchard Central on 27 August 2011. We are encouraged by the positive response. We hope that riding on this success, we can continue to develop creative ways to engage the youth and empower them to create content that will promote the environment to their peers and the larger community, said Andrew...
Blowing into the Windy City’s Wicker Park neighborhood this weekend is Chicago’s Green Music Fest. Over 20,000 attendants are expected to eat local, drink plenty and dance crazy to the music of The Thermals, Trampled by Turtles and Yo La Tengo. In 2010, the Mother Nature Network name Chicago the 9th Greenest City in America. This year, Chicago has stepped up it’s Green Initiative planting over 500,000 new trees throughout the city. New Mayor Rahm Emanuel has made it a goal to promote urban farming by cutting zoning laws and improving accessibility and funding for Chicago’s public transportation system. We’ll be...
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