Musicians to come together for World
Environment Day virtual festival
BY EMILY DAVENPORT
Three organizations are teaming up
to host a virtual festival in honor of
World Environment Day this week.
On Friday, June 4, Pathway to Paris, 350.
org, and the United Nations Environment
Program (UNEP) North America Region
will host a livestream concert to celebrate
the planet Earth. The theme of the show is
the protection of our ecosystems and repairing
our relationship with nature as we move
forward into a new era of global recovery.
World Environment Day is the UN’s fl agship
day for the environment, encouraging
awareness and action for the protection of
the environment.
“It is critical that we consider the urgent
needs of our planet as we transition
back into living our lives and performing
concerts again after a year of global quarantining
and isolation. We simply cannot
go back to the way things were before.
So much has been lost due to Covid, an
immeasurable amount, and all the while,
the climate crisis did not go away; it has
always been there underneath the surface,
existing every day amongst all of the other
(l to r) Jackson Smith, Tomas Doncker, Jesse Smith and Patti Smith.
destruction and suffering,” said Jesse Paris
Smith, Co-founder of Pathway to Paris.
“As we rebuild our world, we must make
changes greater than ever before, and
transition into a new era which favors our
natural and wild places, and focuses deeply
on protection and preservation. Global collaborations
like this event provide healing
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and communication during such a challenging
time, and these new connections
must continue and lead to great change,
new ideas, ambitious action, and true
global renewal.”
The line-up for the festival includes performances
from Patti Smith, Jack Johnson,
Dave Matthews, Tomás Doncker, Rocky
Dawuni, Ben Harper, Michael Stipe,
Yury Revich, Priya Darshini, Rima Fujita,
Tenzin Choegyal, Patrick Watson, and
Jackson Smith. Patti Smith will perform
an acoustic version of her song “People
Have the Power” alongside her children
and Doncker, as well as a family version of
her song “Grateful.”
The festival will also feature music and
words from Pathway to Paris founders Jesse
Paris Smith and Rebecca Foon as well as
presentations from world-renowned thinkers
and activists, including 350.org founder
Bill McKibben, Pennie Opal Plant, and
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio
Guterres.
“It is our time more than ever to come
together to build the future we want to step
into, creating a world that deeply values
and honors nature and all sentient beings,”
said Foon. “We can create a sustainable
world, but it takes us all.”
“It’s important for us to work together
to continuously draw attention to the needs
of our suffering planet,” said Patti Smith.
“I’m so honored and grateful to be included
in this important event in support
of our Mother Earth!” said Doncker.
The show will be livestreamed at 3 p.m.
EST on the Pathway to Paris Facebook
page, as well as the Facebook pages for
350.org, UNEP, and the UN Environment
Programme North America.
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