On November 29th, RtE will join thousands of charities to promote Giving Tuesday, America’s national day of giving. Like the quintessentially American Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Giving Tuesday is the counter-narrative to consumption.  On this day, people everywhere give, and give big, to the charities they support. We encourage you to mark your calendar and support Rock the Earth on Giving Tuesday.

Fracking & Methane Emissions

As most people are now well aware, hydraulic fracturing combined with horizontal drilling to release natural gas from shale beds has been implicated in numerous instances of contamination of water resources, including both potable and non-potable water, throughout several regions of the country. Something that has drawn far less attention, [...]

Fans

Can’t stop thinking about that concert last night? Love a band that you are sure no one else is into? FANS.com is a new social media site designed specifically to connect music lovers of every stripe. The FANS site is first of its kind to provide a fan-to-fan platform with [...]

Force for Good

Last fall, Rock the Earth was invited to participate in J.P. Morgan Chase’s Code for Good Challenge. This event which brings together hundreds of aspiring coders with nonprofits facing technology challenges is now in its third year leveraging talent and technology to advance social causes. One such solution that was [...]

Members Only

WinterWonderGrass, a now much anticipated winter bluegrass festival in Colorado and California, is gearing up for 2017. WWG will descend upon Steamboat Springs February 23-26th, 2017 .  Further west, WWG will descend on Squaw Valley, CA March 30-April 2nd. Both line-ups will be announced next month.   RtE has a [...]

Other Rock the Earth News

RtE’s Summer Touring Team continues to educate and activate fans around the country. In September, Rock the Earth partnered with Moe, Rob Thomas, Counting Crows, Perpetual Groove, Jason Isbell, Lucero, and Alabama Shakes. Regional Teams talked with fans along with Bonnie Raitt, STS9, Rowdytown 5, Railroad Earth, and the Chris [...]

Key of Green

As part of our ongoing look at recycling around the world, we’ve looked a little harder America’s accumulating plastic waste. On average, Americans (all 325 million of us) throw away 35 billion plastic bottles a year. That’s 185 pounds of plastic per American, per year. Of the 254 million tons [...]