Louis Walsh eat your heart out! Three Swedish Environmental Engineering students from the University of Lund have taken it upon themselves to form a boy band modelled on the likes of Westlife and Take That, but with a serious message. The Ekoboys’ euro-pop ballad “Echo in my Heart” is performed as an “eye-opener” on the state of the environment. See them on YouTube (below), download their song in mp3 format, read their lyrics, or join their Facebook group. Enjoy!
Barenaked Ladies are known for their environmental activism, and so it’s only natural that their latest release: Talk To The Hand: Live In Michigan would be offered up in environmentally friendly packaging. The 6-Panel CD Folder holds both a CD and DVD along with a 6-page booklet. The folder is printed on Cascades Prokote paperboard which is made of 100% recycled fibres and up to 55% post-consumer recycled material. Additionally, the board is processed chlorine free, is recyclable and biodegradable, and the inks used in the printing are vegetable based.
We’ve got a copy of the Talk To The Hand: Live In Michigan album to give away to a lucky reader. To enter the giveaway, simply enter your details on the form below. The draw will take place on the 15th December 2007 and the winner will be notified by email. If you can’t wait and would like to buy the album now, click here if you’re in the US, or here for the UK.
The amazing REM’s new song Until the Day is Done accompanies the trailer of CNN’s new documentary Planet in Peril. Watch the full documentary on CNN International on Wednesday 24th & Thursday 25th October at 13.00 & 19.00 GMT.
“There’s literally one species that holds the cards. It’s our species, human beings, that controls the future for just about every life form on our planet.” That pretty much sums it up.
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