Passion Pit will be hitting up college campuses this October, combining an awesome concert with awesome environmental action. Here's what they have to say...
This fall we'll be working with Rock the Vote and Trick or Vote to register students to vote, and to take voter pledges!
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Rock the Vote is dedicated to building the political power and clout of the Millennial Generation by registering and turning out young people, by forcing the candidates to campaign to them, and by making politicians pay attention to youth and the issues they care about once in office. Want to register online? Use the Rock the Vote widget to get started. |
Sign up today, enter your Zip Code to find the events near you. |
Knocking on doors increases voter turnout by a whopping 8-12%. What is the one time of year people expect a knock on their door? Halloween! And when is Halloween? Always a few days before the election! Look for Trick Or Vote at your school soon! Not coming to your campus this fall? Find or organize a Trick or Vote event near you! |
Check out our CCT video and be whisked onto campus with Drake, O.A.R., Guster, Ben Harper, environmental student groups, Reverb, and the students that make it all happen!
We are pleased to welcome Passion Pit to the Fall 2010 Campus Consciousness Tour!
Half rock tour, half environmental campaign, CCT aims to inspire and activate students in an electric atmosphere while leaving a positive impact on each community the tour visits. In addition to educating and mobilizing students, the tour includes many greening elements and is run to have a minimal environmental footprint.
TOUR GREENING ELEMENTS
- Biodiesel-fueled buses and trucks
- CO2 offsets
- Recycling and composting stations
- Biodegradable catering supplies
- Eco-friendly cleaning supplies
- Water bottles for band and crew
- Online student toolkit
- On-site Eco-Village at each concert featuring national environmental non-profit partners and local student groups
- Daytime activities on each campus
- Greening website for fans
- Service projects
- Matt Walt, Howie Cusack and all at Pretty Polly Productions
- Andrew Johnson, Erica Schair, and Diane Boyd
- Kathy Kane, Bonnie Raitt, Annie Heller-Gutwillig and all at ARIA Foundation
- Special thanks to Stonyfield Farm for their ongoing support
ABOUT CAMPUS CONSCIOUSNESS
The Campus Consciousness Program is an initiative of the non-profit organization Reverb. By educating, inspiring, and activating students and administrators, the program has a positive, lasting impact on each community and campus that the tour reaches.
ABOUT REVERB
Founded in 2004 by Guster's Adam Gardner and environmentalist Lauren Sullivan, Reverb educates and engages musicians and their fans to take action toward a more sustainable future by providing comprehensive greening programs for concert tours, while conducting grassroots educational outreach to activate concert goers at concerts and online.
- The first CCT was in 2006 with Guster
- The Tour has reached over 1 million students at 90 colleges and universities
- Concert attendance: 2,500 - 12,000 students per concert
- Past headliners include Grammy-winning Ben Harper, college favorites O.A.R. and Guster, and hip hop sensation Drake
Compiled by college students, for college students, the Campus Consciousness Toolkit pools the best online resources to help turn your idea into action!
Click on the drop-down menus below to check out easy ways to fund your project, view similar projects at other schools, and take your idea beyond your campus with student fellowships and scholarships.
AASHE | Collection of funding mechanisms for campus sustainability.
CAMPUS PROGRESS ACTION GRANTS | Apply for an organizing grant or progressive partnership.
DINING HALL CALCULATOR | Coming in early 2010, this calculator quantifies the carbon impact of food production, processing, distribution, preparation and disposal.
RECYCLING/WASTE CALCULATOR | Calculate the recycling and waste produced by your school with this Excel-based tool.
AASHE'S STARS COLLEGE RATINGS | A voluntary, self-reporting framework for gauging relative progress toward sustainability for colleges and universities.
SIERRA STUDENT COALITION | This youth-let chapter of the Sierra Club connects a broad network of high school and college-aged youth from across the country working to protect the environment.
CLEAN AIR-COOL PLANET | Profiles of colleges across the country, and highlights of their sustainability and environmental efforts.
AASHE | A resource comprised of applications for AASHE's Campus Sustainability Leadership Awards.
NWF'S CAMPUS ECOLOGY | A bi-monthly newsletter covering campus projects that are breaking new ground in climate action and sustainability.
CLEAN AIR-COOL PLANET'S CLIMATE FELLOWS | A competitive, prestigious program designed to pair outstanding students with challenging real-world opportunities to propel society toward a low-carbon future.
ENERGY ACTION COALITION | Uniting a diversity of organizations in an alliance that supports the clean and just energy movement.
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Rock the Vote is dedicated to building the political power and clout of the Millennial Generation by registering and turning out young people, by forcing the candidates to campaign to them, and by making politicians pay attention to youth and the issues they care about once in office. |
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Trick or Vote is the nation's largest get out the vote effort…in costume! Knocking on doors increases voter turnout by 8-12%. Look for us Trick Or Voting at your school soon! |
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Pretty Polly Productions is a full service booking agency and concert production company specializing in college concerts. They are the exclusive production partner of the Campus Consciousness Tour. |
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Monadnock is the first mill in the nation to receive Forest Stewardship Council Chain of Custody Certification, and their printing and packaging papers are manufactured carbon neutral using Green-e certified 100% renewable electricity. |
Ben & Jerry's is proud to be partnering with student leaders and activists on campuses to build awareness and support for the global Fair Trade movement. We are adding our voice to the call for more Fair Trade products on campus: in dining halls, snack kiosks, campus markets, and cafés.
The Fair Trade movement is, at its heart, a movement for social and economic justice. By guaranteeing a fair price to small-scale farmers and artisans in developing countries – such as coffee growers, banana farmers, and craftspeople – Fair Trade helps create a hopeful future in some of the poorest places in the world. Fair Trade also commits farmers to pursuing sustainable agricultural practices and using fair labor practices.
When Fair Trade products are available on campus, the university community can demonstrate its commitment to justice in the marketplace – and make sure that the global economy is serving the needs of people, not the other way around.
Ben & Jerry's is excited to be a part of this movement. We already source Fair Trade vanilla, cocoa, and coffee for several of our ice cream flavors. By 2013, every flavor we make will use Fair Trade Certified ingredients.
Take action at: http://www.fairtradeyoursupermarket.org/campus/
Learn more at: http://www.benjerry.com/activism/inside-the-pint/fair-trade/
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