{"id":2311,"date":"2006-11-20T03:01:00","date_gmt":"2006-11-20T03:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainablog.greenoptions.com\/2006\/11\/20\/green-daynrdc-moving-america-beyond-oil\/"},"modified":"2006-11-20T03:01:00","modified_gmt":"2006-11-20T03:01:00","slug":"green-daynrdc-moving-america-beyond-oil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/green-daynrdc-moving-america-beyond-oil\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Day+NRDC: Moving America Beyond Oil"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’re all aware that celebrity spokespersons can be problematic: just look at the brouhaha that erupted recently over the private plane trips<\/a> of otherwise green famous folk like George Clooney and Julia Roberts (make sure to read Michael and Rebecca’s discussion). Yet it’s hard to think of a better way to spread the word — few have the megaphone of these folks (and one might even argue that they can offset those private plane trips by encouraging action in others… but I digress…). So, I was pleased to see that the National Resources Defense Council had teamed up with pop-punk band Green Day for its “Moving America Beyond Oil” campaign<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While it looks like this is a nascent partnership (no updates yet), the campaign site already has a number of action items listed. One of the coming soon features is a “Your Say” tool for users to add their own tips to the site — this could become a hot spot for interaction and motivation beyond the star appeal. Still, GD’s been politically and socially active in the past (and you sure don’t get much better politically-aware music than American Idiot), so they also bring a level of credibility to this that many other musicians would lack on the surface.<\/p>\n

I wish both groups luck on this campaign, and foresee updates here — this is too cool to ignore… I do hope they eventually expand beyond the automobile as their main focus, as we desperately need more promotion of green electricity-generating options. Biofuels have captured the imagination of many, and that’s not a bad thing, but they’re not going to offset greatly all the new coal plants coming online…<\/p>\n

Categories: greenday<\/a>, nrdc<\/a>, oil<\/a>, biofuels<\/a>, globalwarming<\/a>, video<\/a>, campaign<\/a>, activism<\/a>, us<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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