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Long one of the more green-conscious acts in music, Pearl Jam spent the past year donating to local causes with an environmental slant and further honing the greening of its touring and overall business.
Dovetailing with the more than $120,000 the band has donated to organizations devoted to climate change and renewable energy since 2005, drummer Matt Cameron played a January benefit for flood victims in Central Washington, while guitarist Stone Gossard, in tandem with Green Seattle Partnerships, planted vegetation in a Seattle park ravaged by English Ivy. Pearl Jam is also poring over ways to make its Seattle-based office/warehouse more environmentally friendly and is already taking steps to reduce the carbon footprint its 2008 concerts will leave. "We like the idea of philanthropy being part of our normal business day. We're not going to make a huge impact on any particular issue, but by being involved in numerous things, the broader network of businesses will have a big impact on what's going on in the world," Gossard says. –Jonathan Cohen |
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