Pearl Jam: Rock The group decides to protect the forest

210 000 dollars! This is what the grunge band Pearl Jam has decided to offer Cascade Land Conservancy , an organization that invests to protect forests. A key, 33 hectares of replanted and protected. Rock'n Roll, man ...

Pearl Jam played for 20 years now an activist and heavy rock. Born of the same wave as Nirvana, Pearl Jam has gone beyond the throes of questioning and survive in the cutthroat world of music with pieces of rock and piercings in the head.

Beyond this group of chips that delivered the past two decades, leaving aside the deep and husky voice so characteristic of his baritone singer Eddie Vedder , Pearl Jam is also known for his commitment. After defending many humanitarian causes, such as support for the Care Association with the song Last Kiss , the grunge band about him again offsetting the carbon footprint of its 2009 tour. Eddie Vedder also composed the soundtrack for Into the Wild .

As explained by its co-founder and guitarist Stone Gossard , a group of the importance of mobilizing a lot of Pearl Jam truck and equipment to ensure a tour. The group has estimated to have rejected the equivalent of 5500 tonnes of CO2 during its 32 concerts last year.

Assuming their choice, their ideals and commitments, the guys from Pearl Jam chose to compensate by taking part to preserve and reforest 33 hectares of a forest north of Seattle, United States: Puget Sound . It is to this end they have entrusted their little nest egg to Cascade Land Conservancy.

Good for them.

Via Reuters (and Terra Eco )