Rocking the House: Guster’s Adam Gardener Takes Consciousness Tour to Congress

Adam Gardner, who headlines Guster, is the real deal. If you are tired of rockstars mouthing green platitudes about paper or plastic, when they criss-cross the country in a private jet, Adam Gardner is a breath of fresh air. (Literally! He uses a green tour bus.) My friend, Mark Orlowski, from the Sustainable Endowments Institute accompanied Adam on his Campus Consciousness tour and was astounded at his depth of understanding and passion for sustainability. Adam helped found Reverb, a non-profit that has greened 649 concerts and reached over 4.4 million fans with a message of building and living a sustainable future. So, after touring all across the country, where is Adam headed? To Congress! No, he isn’t running, but he is testifying for the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming. Chairman Ed Markey is about as cool a congressman as you are gonna get, so maybe they will get him to play a song…like Ben Folds did for the March to Re-energize Iowa.

Check out a preview of Adam talking about the sweet stuff he has been upto!

About Richard

Richard Graves is the blogmaster for It's Getting Hot in Here: Dispatches from the Youth Climate Movement and served as the New Media Fellow for the Energy Action Coalition. He helps over a hundred youth leaders from around the world tell their stories in the fight against global warming and for a more just and sustainable world. Richard graduated from Macalester College after winning campaigns for green building, green roofing, renewable energy investment, and energy conservation. When he isn't organizing against global warming, he likes to make Italian, Mexican, and Japanese food, read books, and to sculpt.

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