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In celebration of Earth Day, we talk to Guster frontman and guitarist Adam Gardner. Adam's nonprofit environmental organization, REVERB, partners with fellow music makers like Billie Eilish, Maroon 5, Dead & Company, Bonnie Raitt, Sleater-Kinney, Jack Johnson and more, as well as festivals and venues, to green their concert events while engaging fans to create real, measurable change for people and the planet. Adam shares some of the actions music creators and music lovers alike can take to reduce their footprint. He also highlights the positive impact that REVERB's recent campaign, Music Climate Revolution, has made within the last year, and how more sectors of the music industry are supporting their mission.

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EP. 29 FEATURED INTERVIEW: ADAM GARDNER

As a frontman of the band Guster and Co-Founder of the environmental nonprofit, REVERB, Adam Gardner has long recognized the power of music to affect positive change.

Since REVERB’s founding in 2004, Adam has been rallying and empowering his fellow musicians (Billie Eilish, Dave Matthews Band, The Lumineers, Shawn Mendes, Jack Johnson, Harry Styles, Fleetwood Mac, Dead & Company, Maroon 5 and more!) to use their platforms to create real, measurable change for people and the planet. Through REVERB’s comprehensive tour sustainability programs and the organization’s fan-facing activations at concerts (known as Eco or Action Villages), the environmental nonprofit has eliminated over 280,000 tons of CO2, prevented the use of 4+ million single-use plastic water bottles at concerts, supported more than 2,000 family farmers and 4,000 nonprofits, funded over 120 global carbon-fighting projects, and much more.

In addition to his work with REVERB, Adam has been an outspoken environmental activist testifying to Congress on two separate occasions in support of important environmental legislation. He also helped lead groups of musicians to the rainforests of Guatemala and Peru to get a firsthand look at the effects of illegal logging on local and indigenous communities. Adam and REVERB were named Official Music and Public Engagement Partner to the United Nations Environment Programme in 2018.

Visit Adam online at reverb.org & guster.com // Follow REVERB on Instagram, Twitter & Facebook

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