Filed under: green and famous — Michael Parrish DuDell @ 2:14 pm
January 27th 2009
Whether it’s holding a concert to protest aluminum smelter or recording environmental music videos, over the years we’ve been very impressed with Björk’s outspoken voice toward making Iceland a more environmentally-sound place. But homegirl is doing more than just speaking out!
Björk has officially launched a venture capital fund aimed at rebuilding her country by investing [...]
Filed under: music — stephanie @ 1:50 pm
November 7th 2008
Bjork may be best known for her incredibly – uh – creative getups and the eerie, otherworldly feel of her music and videos, but she’s definitely proven her green chops in the past. She staged an environmental concert in Iceland, called on fans to protest an aluminum smelter and pushed sustainability as an answer to [...]
Filed under: campaigns, green and famous, music — Michael Parrish DuDell @ 1:47 pm
October 31st 2008
Iceland is in some serious trouble and Bjork thinks going green just might help! Bjork thinks the best way to rescue her country’s ailing economy is by supporting local eco-friendly businesses and using the financial slump as an opportunity to clean up the environment.
Bjork became angry when she learned the government had plans to build [...]
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Filed under: music — Michael d'Estries @ 5:04 pm
June 30th 2008
Performing at one of the largest gigs in Iceland’s history, singer Bjork urged fans to think green and make this century one that’s in greater harmony with nature. The event was organized to raise awarness of a proposed aluminum smelter in the country and its negative impact on the environment.
“Too often battles being fought for [...]
Filed under: events, green and famous, music — Michael Parrish DuDell @ 3:30 pm
June 13th 2008
I know two things about Iceland. First, Iceland is supposedly really green and Greenland is apparently really ice. And second, crazy-ass, super-cool singer Bjork grew up there.
Now Bjork is getting back to her roots and staging a concert, along with a few other Icelandic musicians, on June 28th to raise awareness about environmental issues in the country. Bjork states in [...]
Filed under: green and famous — Michael d'Estries @ 12:39 pm
April 14th 2008
I for one really enjoy Björk’s videos — mainly because there’s no way they could have been created without some mind-altering substances. Turns out, that’s partially true — as a New York Times video interview confirms that this particular creative piece ( “Wanderlust”, from Björk’s album Volta) was helped along by “psychedelic substances”. Either way, [...]
