A Nationwide Tour of Activism, Discussion & Music.


August 06, 2003 - The organizers of the wildly successful We the Planet Festival, which was held in San Francisco this past April and attracted more than 10,000 people, are taking the spirit of the event on the road!

Tracy Chapman, Alicia Silverstone, Alice Walker, Woody Harrelson & more have signed on to participate in a nationwide tour of activism, discussion & music. The series of concerts are being sponsored by CLIF Bar and will address everyday solutions to global problems.

To date Julia Butterfly Hill, Tracy Chapman, Alicia Silverstone, Patch Adams,Alice Walker, Woody Harrelson, Concrete Blonde front-woman Johnette Napolitano,
singer/songwriter Michelle Shocked, Howard Lyman, Ben Taylor, raw foodist Renee Underkoffer have all confirmed their participation in what will become a rotating lineup.
These performers and activists are set to travel the U.S. in a bus powered solely by vegetable oil and bio
diesel fuel.

The We the Planet will launch on September 11 in Boulder, Colorado, and hit college campuses and communities across the U.S. through November 9.

The discussion-oriented tour, which also features short acoustic performances, features a rotating lineup of world-renowned activists, celebrities and musicians, building upon the success of the groundbreaking eco-friendly We The Planet launch festival that took over San Francisco's Golden Gate Park in April.

We The Planet's on stage discussions will cover global issues in the context of local communities, emphasizing the seemingly small but incredibly influential things each attendee can do to improve the condition of today's world. The tour is itself an example of such day-to-day decisions, traveling from town to town in a bus powered entirely by vegetable oil & bio diesel. In addition, the food will be vegan/organic, and much of the tour's promotional material and tickets will be printed on tree-free and recycled paper, courtesy of Living Tree Paper Company (www.livingtreepaper.com).

We The Planet speakers will be joined on stage by two locals per city, and will also feature local organizations who share the goals of Circle of Life. In addition to the college campus performances, We The Planet will also make a number of stops aimed at supporting specific community initiatives and generating visibility and funds for key local issues. Locations for these stops will include sustainability festivals, conventions, political hot spots, and Native American reservations and sacred lands. To apply to host a community stop on the tour, please go to www.wetheplanet.org.

We The Planet will travel the West Coast from September 11-14, the Midwest and Northeast from September 15-October 4, and Southern California on November 8 and 9. For updated information, visit wetheplanet.org.

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