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Musicians from Guster to Linkin Park are helping raise funds and sign up volunteers to clean up the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The Deepwater Horizon drilling platform capsized and sank on April 22, spewing millions of gallons of oil into the ocean, killing wildlife and fouling coastlines. The oil is still leaking as of this writing, and two of music's green giants, Reverb and Music for Relief, are working on ways to help deal with the disaster and its aftermath.
"Music for Relief is working with Voice of the Wetlands on a response encouraging people to make donations now for wetlands restoration that will take place later, after the cleanup," according to MFR's Whitney Showler.
Voice of the Wetlands also is creating a Public Service Announcement about the wetlands, which is due to be ready sometime next week.
Music for Relief is encouraging fans to make donations at the Voice of the Wetlands web site (there's a "donate" button at the top right).
MFR also has a mobile campaign for wetlands restoration. You can text DIRT 90999 to make a $5 donation to Music for Relief for wetlands restoration via your mobile phone.
Music for Relief was launched in 2004 by alt rockers Linkin Park in response to the Indian Ocean tsunami. The organization has since branched out and now includes Tenacious D, Tears For Fears, Static-X, Coheed & Cambria, Enrique Iglesias, Jurassic 5, and comics Will Ferrell and Chris Rock.
Reverb, a nonprofit that helps artists green their tours, also began in 2004, and has expanded to include the Green Music Group.
In response to the spill, Reverb is working with HeadCount to put together an outreach project at the Hangout Beach, Music & Arts Festival, which is May 14-16 in Gulf Shores, Alabama.
HeadCount specializes in voter registration. The festival features Guster, whose frontman Adam Gardner, founded Reverb. The festival also will feature benefit concerts to help environmental organizations that work to protect the Gulf Coast, including Mobile Baykeeper and the Rex Foundation, a Grateful Dead charity.
Efforts by Reverb and Music for Relief are still in the planning stages. Stay tuned for more updates as they become available.
"While a lot of work has been done to contain the oil leak, even more work will be needed for some time to come," according to information from Music for Relief and Voice of the Wetlands.
"The damage incurred will have a long-term effect on the environment, the communities, and the economy that will have a chain reaction around the U.S."
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