Over the course of the last month, Rock the Earth has partnered with Trampled by Turtles, Bonnie Raitt, Tribal Seeds, Nathanial Rateliff & the Nightsweats, Moe, Pretty Lights, Tedeski Trucks, and Jackson Browne. Coming up in September, we’ll be partnering with Lucero, Jackson Browne, the Chris Robinson Brotherhood, and Rowdytown here in Colorado. Carnel St. [...]
Just over a month ago, RtE learned of an international fellowship program seeking to place leaders for positive change in developing nations in U.S. nonprofits. By chance, we came across a young man from Sierra Leone, a trained minister and an ardent environmentalist who, with his older brother (Phillip), founded Full Circle Africa (FCA). Contact [...]
In Sierra Leone there is no infrastructure for recycling. In fact, “waste management,” as we understand it in the U.S., is nearly non-existent there. In their homeland, 70% of waste is plastic and more than 50,000 plastic bags are discarded daily. It is not hard to imagine the negative impacts of such unchecked waste on [...]
Nations around the world are working to manage plastic waste. Many solutions are cost prohibitive, particularly for third world countries. In some parts of Africa, plastic bottles are burned in cooking fires, which exposes people and the environment to many dangerous toxins that are emitted when they are burned, such as polyvinyl chlorides (PVCs) which [...]
The Wild Horse Project (WHP), a project of Rock the Earth, continues to raise funds to complete and distribute its inaugural documentary, Galloping Ghosts. This summer’s efforts have been largely focused on raising awareness and participation in the preservation of wild horses. Galloping Ghosts explores the history of horses from their earliest use in human [...]
RtE is excited to introduce our new Colorado Regional Coordinator, Danielle Okst. Danielle has been a tireless volunteer for us this summer, active in the preparations for every event and well-versed on every issue. She also comes into the role through a shared connection as she is a college alum of our outgoing coordinator, Jordyn [...]
Starting September 1st , Grassroots California will partner with Rock the Earth! We highly appreciate this organization, which is why we are making Grassroots California our Partner Spotlight for this month. We corresponded with the man in charge of charity choices, Trevor Duckworth. “Grassroots is a company founded in collaboration with a focus on quality [...]
