Rock the Earth revisits the Planet Defender Award, which was awarded to Dianna Cohen, the co-founder of Plastic Pollution Coalition. Dianna has pioneered the way for showing the world how hazardous many plastic materials can be once exposed to the environment. Rock the Earth also takes a look at the fundamental steps for preserving the Roan Plateau, the devastating affects that Cruise pollution can cause, and the upcoming Arise Music Festival. We are also urging Colorado residents to take a look at Rock the Earth for volunteer and education resources. Our Key of Green piece for the month, highlights two up and coming companies that focus on environmental awareness; Clear Intentions, and Rideswell.
ARISE//Rock the Earth Discount Code
Rock The Earth will have a booth at ARISE Music Festival, and we hope to see you there! Featuring over 200 performances across 7 stages. Held in a picturesque Colorado Rocky Mountain valley oasis just 60 minutes north of Denver, ARISE offers 3 days and nights of camping, music, [...]
Key of Green
Rock the Earth uses our newsletter to keep you up to date on trends in sustainable living. This month, we have two more groups we’d like to introduce you to. The first is Clear Intentions. Based in Colorado, with plans to expand well beyond, Clear Intentions is a private company [...]
Rock the Earth Needs You
Rock the Earth Needs You Rock the Earth’s work building the next generation of environmental stewards relies on the contributions of many talented volunteers. Whether educating music-fans about pressing conservation issues, working on one of our legal and technical campaigns, or helping us with a discrete project, we rely on [...]
Rock the Earth at Arise
In its fourth year, the Arise Music Festival is already getting to be known as a national gathering of activist music fans and visionaries. This year’s lineup includes Ziggy Marley, Jurassic 5, Elephant Revival, Hard Working Americans, Rising Appalachia, the Everyone Orchestra and others, Arise is much more than a [...]
Friends of the Earth’s 2016 Cruise Ship Report Card Released
Since our first work with Jam Cruise in 2006, Rock the Earth has had a unique opportunity to view, first-hand, the deleterious impact that cruise ships have on our oceans, our air quality, coastal communities and aquatic ecosystems. Since that time, we have formally called on the EPA to create [...]
BLM Takes Next Step to Protect Colorado’s Roan Plateau
On June 28, the Bureau of Land Management released the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (FSEIS) and Proposed Plan Amendment for the Roan Plateau, which appears to call for closing the sensitive area on top of the plateau from future leasing for oil and gas drilling. This was the result [...]
More on our Grassroots Activist of the Year
In April we awarded one of our Planet Defender awards to Dianna Cohen, artist, advocate and co-founder of Plastic Pollution Solutions. Dianna’s interest in reducing the use of plastics was sparked by her artwork using plastic bags. As she began to teach herself about plastics and how much is truly [...]