The popular Seattle-based rock band, Pearl Jam is making a hefty donation to aid those working to preserve the environment.
“Our Carbon Portfolio Strategy is the newest component of our ongoing efforts to advance clean renewable energy and carbon mitigation,” the Seattle-based band said in a statement Tuesday.
Interestingly, the band designed the strategy to aid in the clean up of the pollutants they have released into the environment. The band has promised to give $100,000 to several groups that focus on “climate change, renewable energy and other environmental causes as part of an effort to offset carbon emissions” the band churns out on tour.
Apparently, the group has spent a great deal of time tracking its carbon emissions from vehicles used on tour and energy used in concert venues and hotels. It then used that information to calculate its contribution to global warming.
“We can get a really relatively accurate picture of what that looks like over a year, and it’s a considerable amount of carbon,” band members said in a backstage interview at a concert in Los Angeles. “We emitted about 5,000 tons of carbon on our last tour.”
Nine organizations have been handpicked to receive money from Pearl Jam, including Cascade Land Conservancy and EarthCorps, which work to protect and replenish Puget Sound-area forests. Another group is IslandWood, an environmental education center. Directors there say they will use the band’s donation money to provide scholarships for children who can’t afford tuition. However, the largest share of the group’s donations will go to Conservation International, which does work does work in more than 40 countries.
Pearl Jam is widely known for its efforts to save the environment. This latest campaign is merely a continuation of their dedication to aid green causes. In the past, the band has also donated money to preserve a Madagascar rain forest to atone for environmental damage wrought by its last tour.