Will.i.am Debuts Climate Change Song and Video at Al Gore's Green Ball

January 21, 2009 RSS Feed Print

Will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas' "Yes We Can" video was a viral video sensation for the Obama campaign, but now that the president is in office, the singer is turning his attention and songwriting chops to another area: climate change. At Al Gore's green inaugural ball on Monday, Will.i.am debuted a new song called "Take Our Planet Back," which addresses our need to get off of foreign oil, use renewable energy sources and hold politicians accountable for enacting enviromental reform.

Entering the event on a green carpet, Will.i.am was asked by reporters how he is green in his personal life. The singer drives an electric car, which he references in his song. "I know we all as a people know that our dependence on fossil fuels - it's tired, it's old," he said. "The technology is there for us to run cars off of electricity. I'm living proof."

Will.i.am performed the song, which features clips of Al Gore speaking and environmental facts, with a children's choir as the headliner of Monday's event.

You can check out the video for the new song below.

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GREAT NYT article about the environmental destruction wreaked by the meat industy.

United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization,estimates that livestock production generates nearly a fifth of the world’s greenhouse gases — more than transportation.

To put the energy-using demand of meat production into easy-to-understand terms, Gidon Eshel, a geophysicist at the Bard Center, and Pamela A. Martin, an assistant professor of geophysics at the University of Chicago, calculated that if Americans were to reduce meat consumption by just 20 percent it would be as if we all switched from a standard sedan — a Camry, say — to the ultra-efficient Prius.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/27/weekinreview/27bittman.html

icarus of OR 2:01PM February 23, 2009

Animal agriculture is horribly destructive to the environment. It contributes to air pollution, water pollution, and rainforrest destruction; and it is an inefficient use of land, food, and water resources.

Additionally, animal agriculture is a primary contributor to global warming. A 2006 report from the UN concluded that animal agriculture produces more greenhouse gases than all cars, trucks, planes, and ships in the world combined.

Thank you for helping to raise awareness about envirnomental issues, and please also consider the impact of a diet that includes animal products. To truly help the envirnoment, adopt a vegan diet (free from all animal products -- including meat, dairy, and eggs).

Learn more at http://afa-online.org/docs/rapeofmotherearth.pdf

Amanda (www.afa-online.org) of WA 5:08PM February 18, 2009

I am always on the hunt for soulful environmentally inspired music. Thank you for enlightening us!

Gloria (Black and Into Green Blog)

Gloria of OH 11:01AM January 23, 2009

Fresh Greens

Fresh Greens

Maura Judkis is a producer at U.S. News. She writes about the green movement and looks for ways to be an ecofriendly consumer without breaking the bank. Send her your green tips.

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