Hey there-
I hope you all had a great summer-
I will be posting pictures and videos from Belgium, Sweden, London, Chicago, Boston, etc.
We just got into the studio to begin recording our 2nd record. We'll be recording the album in NYC, L.a and Portland over the next few months. I'll be posting some demos in a week or so-
I had an incredible time at The Download Festival with Rock 'n Renew and The NRDC.

We are one of the 50 lucky groups to be involved in the launch of Think.com Mtv's version of myspace, but way different- This will all focus on you doing GOOD things while online- learning about social action, and what you can do to help fix up the world around us.
If you'd like to be one of the 50 people that i get to invite to be in the launch (the night of the MTV music awards)
write to me-
jonny@rocknrenew.com


Here is my summer re-cap-
August 18
Download Festival, Boston
Rock 'n Renew partners with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) at the Download Festival, an all-day music concert at the Tweeter Center near Boston, MA to kick off a "Ditch the Bag" campaign. Our activation table hosts hundreds of visitors, gives out 350 eco-bags that visitors are able to design themselves, and presents an interactive question-and-answer session with Adam Gardner of the band Guster. Our goals at the festival were to empower the audience and the festival's artists to reduce their environmental impact while at Download, and to raise awareness about the importance of recycling, green products and simple ways to reduce carbon impact.
Jonny interviewed Modest Mouse, Guster, Wolfparade, and a few other bands on the topic of Sustainabiliity.

August 31
Q101 The Morning Fix, Chicago
Jonny Dubowsky, founder of Rock ' Renew, and lead singer/guitarist in Jonny Lives! spends the morning on one of the top 10 morning rock-radio shows. Jonny performs songs from his debut album Get Steady, and discusses at length the role of music in environmental awareness and the ability of the music industry's artists and executives to help stop global warming.

September 2
Download Festival, Chicago
Rock 'n Renew again partners with NRDC to bring an interactive environmental education experience to fans at the Download Festival at the Charter One Pavilion near Chicago, Illinois. Eco-bags, trivia quizzes, Second City comedians, and Q&A's promote "green" lifestyles for music fans at the event and while continuing to underscore the "Ditch the Bag" campaign: replacing plastic and paper bags with reusable canvas ones.
Jonny interviewed Minus The Bear and a few other bands.

September 14
The Austin City Limits Music Festival, Austin TX
Jonny D interviews select bands for the Rock 'n Renew Broadband Channel (The Kaiser Chiefs, Jesse Malin, and others)




September 17
The Rock 'n Renew ARCH Garden in Bayonne, New Jersey launches its first project with students from NYC's Browning School, The Grand Street School, and local schools in the Bayonne area.

September 29
The Race Against Global Warming
Jonny D will host and perform at The Race Against Global Warming in Santa Cruz, California. The 5k Walk/Run Fundraiser and all-day Climate Solutions Awareness Event will also feature Summer Rayne Oakes (fashion model and founder of consulting company SRO), Simran Sethi (Treehugger.com contributer and host of The Green on The Sundance Channel), Dr. Wallace J. Nichols (renowned speaker, author and marine biologist), and Fred Keeley (CA environmental policy-maker).

October 1-5
Los Angeles
Jonny D and Ben Greenberg (Rock 'n Renew Director of Artist Relations) to meet with several LA-based artists. A concert is being planned for this week.
Jonny D will also meet with Laurie David's team from stopglobalwarming.org to continue their partnership with Rock 'n Renew on targeted outreach projects.
Jonny D will be recording a song for the upcoming Carbon Neutral/Rock 'n Renew Records release.

October 5-8
Portland, Oregon
Jonny D will be working with friends on a musical project for the Rock 'n Renew Records release. Jonny will also be meeting with several local environmental groups and sustainable businesses to work out the further sustainable building plans for the Rock 'n Renew ARCH Garden. Rock 'n Renew is working with the nation's leading sustainable real-estate developers and builders, as well as experts in the field of renewable power to conceive this project. Rock 'n Renew will be involved in the first major East Coast projects to be built "off-the-grid."

October 17
Wilmington College, Ohio
Jonny Dubowsky will give a lecture and sit on a panel at Wilmington College's Westheimer Peace Symposium. Jonny's lecture will focus on "Peace and The Environment." Other speakers include: Kartar Khalsa (of Peace Cereal) and author Elizabeth Royte (Garbage Land).
Jonny will also perform select solo-acoustic pieces for the symposium.

October 18
University of Illinois-Springfield, Ohio
Jonny Dubowsky will lecture on sustainability and discuss The Rock 'n Renew Foundation and its associated curriculum. Jonny will also give a solo-acoustic performance.

November 13
University of Nebraska Chlorine-Free Products Association Seminar
Jonny Lives! will perform.

January (TBD)
University of Miami Chlorine-Free Products Association Conference
Rock 'n Renew will activate our network of college students in the area to obtain local volunteers for the conference events and to spread awareness of the environmentally-friendly goals of the conference.

These are the confirmed dates as of September 7, 2007.



In addition, Between September 7 and October 20 (with the exception of the dates listed), Jonny Dubowsky will be in New York City. During this time, Jonny will be working with students from NYC's Browning School (K-12), and The Grand Street School (9-12) on the ARCH GARDEN AND SUSTAINABLE FARM MENTORING CENTER. In addition, Rock 'n Renew staff will be working with NYU to launch the NYU Gallatone Record Label/Rock 'n Renew Carbon Neutral Compilation Album featuring Rock 'n Renew artists. Rock 'n Renew will also be working with SUNY Southampton's brand new Sustainability Degree Program to create a series of projects for the freshman class. Jonny D and the Rock 'n Renew staff will finalize the launch of Rock 'n Renew's new website, and will be working with NRDC and The Campus Climate Challenge on preparations for several winter events (including the Campus Climate Challenge Summit in Washington D.C. and other college lectures). Rock 'n Renew will also be attending various music events in NYC at this time to continue adding artists who care to our growing roster.
The organization will also continue to curate fine-art shows that showcase artists commited to sustainability and to produce sustainable events throughout the fall, as well as begin the creation of our own public art project that will highlight Street-Level Recycling in New York City and Bayonne, New Jersey.


Talk to you soon!
Best wishes,
Jonny D