Green Music Group

The Hip Hop Caucus is a non-profit partner of the Green Music Group (GMG), which was launched at this year’s Grammys in Los Angeles.  The GMG is a large-scale, high-profile environmental coalition of musicians, industry leaders and music fans using our collective power to bring about widespread environmental change within the music industry and around the globe.

Partners and Members of the Green Music Group include the Hip Hop Caucus, the Roots, Dave Mathews Band, Linkin Park, Maroon 5, Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow, Bonnie Raitt, Barenaked Ladies, Guster, and other non-profits including the Sierra Club, Oxfam, and Union of Concerned Scientists. The coalition is led by the environmental non-profit Reverb.

Green Music Group is the first organization to harness the collective power of the entire music community to affect millions of individual actions, bringing about measurable global environmental change. Green Music Group is not simply green in name – we are committed to a sustainable future both on and off-stage.

Leading by example, Green Music Group facilitates large-scale greening of the music community, and magnifies the work of national nonprofits, all while building a vibrant community committed to environmental action. The broad support of our founding members paired with their leadership as environmental stewards enables GMG to inspire millions to action by:

1. Creating an engaging online community of musicians, music industry leaders, and music fans all committed to addressing our greatest environmental concerns.

2. Facilitating large-scale greening of the music community through touring, venue, and label standards, resource development, green grants mentoring, and viral video and public service campaigns.

3. Providing environmental nonprofits with a megaphone for their cause, allowing them to expand their reach and support base.

4. Creating a sustainable green music guild to support and inform the efforts of the music community and position leaders in the music industry as voices for change, working to shine a light on the most pressing environmental issues of our time.

Green Music Group is a coalition led by Reverb, a non-profit environmental organization founded by Guster guitarist/vocalist Adam Gardner and his wife, environmentalist Lauren Sullivan.  Since 2004, Reverb has greened over 80 major music tours while conducting grassroots outreach to over 10 million music fans.

GMG Challenge

Challenge

Eat at least one local and organic meal (or even better, eat one of these meals every day!). To go the extra mile, ask your local music venue to provide local and organic goodies at their concerts!

Prove It

Snap a photo of one of the yummy meals you eat! Be creative and have fun! For example, snap a pic of you cooking or take a photo with the farmer or chef who supplied the ingredients.

To take this challenge, you must first complete the action, then return here to upload your photo. After you have uploaded your photo, you will see a field labeled Tags:; make sure you enter "FIVE" (use ALL CAPS please!) in this field for your photo to qualify!

The Prize

Take this challenge by noon ET on Friday, June 18th and you could win the LIVE NATION ULTIMATE ACCESS PASS to either the Comcast Center in Mansfield, MA, OR to Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA! This includes 2 lawn tickets to ALL applicable shows for the 2010 season! (Terms and Conditions)