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Laver1969
08-29-2007, 07:30 PM
I just found this on Nasty Little Man's site. It's the first I've heard of it.

$1 FROM EVERY TICKET TO GO DIRECTLY TO ECOFUND VIA ARIA

Fans And Media Encouraged To Bring Old Phones, PDAs For Recycling
www.reverbrock.org/beastieboys/


As previously announced, in an effort to lessen the tour’s impact on the environment, Beastie Boys will make a $1.00 charitable donation from every ticket to an EcoFund through the non-profit organization ARIA (Artists Resources in Action) which supports Reverb, the outreach program to educate and engage musicians and their fans to promote environmental sustainability and fund local nonprofit organizations in the cities the tour visits. This will include offsetting CO2 emissions from band, crew and gear travel as well as the powering of the concerts; coordinating BioDiesel to be used in touring vehicles; arranging for voter registration at all shows; coordinating local and national non-profit organizations to conduct environmental and social justice education and outreach at shows; and the funding of non-profit organizations working to achieve environmental sustainability.
Beastie Boys encourage fans-as well as media attending the on-site media roundtable/press conferences currently being scheduled in select markets–to bring old mobile phones, PDAs and related accessories to the shows, where they can be collected at on-site recycling booths. For more info on Beastie Boys cellular recycling efforts, visit www.reverbrock.org/beastieboys or on cellular recycling in general, visit collectivegood.com.

RobMoney$
08-29-2007, 07:43 PM
I posted a thread about this when they did Philly & AC:

http://www.beastieboys.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=82001


Raz, Aimee, and me all donated old cells at the AC show(y)

RobMoney$
08-29-2007, 07:45 PM
http://www.greenhighway.net/beastieboys/

It looks like they're using a different organization in your post than the one we donated to.

Laver1969
08-30-2007, 06:46 AM
It seems they're doing a poor job promoting it. Does it say anything on the actual tickets?

insertnamehere
08-30-2007, 08:58 AM
There's not really a need to do huge promotions to let people know that $1 of their ticket is going to a charitable thing. It's not going to sway people on whether or not they want to buy a ticket. I'd rather them quietly go about their saving the world business than make a big deal out of it and seem like assholes who do nice things solely for the purpose of getting attention.

I guess they COULD tell about the cell phone thing more, but I mean, I knew about it before I went to the show I went to, it was on the Hammerstein website, I don't remember exactly where but it wasn't hard to find. I think it was a little sidebar on the page with the rest of the info.

Laver1969
08-30-2007, 10:25 AM
Yeah...I'm all for being humble and quietly doing your part. But the cellphone recycling effort could be beefed up a bit.