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Jack is Back and Doing Great Things

Source: Dosomethinggood.org - Environmental advocate Jack Johnson is about to set out on a world tour... and eco-friendly world tour! Like his last tour, Johnson will donate 100 percent of his profits to charities that support the environment, arts education, and music education. And of course, the tour buses will run on biodiesel fuel! Profits from his 2008 tour created the Johnson Ohana Charitable Foundation, which currently matches donations made to organizations partnered with All At Once.

Al Gore & Richard Branson Paving The Way To A GreenRoad

Source: ecorazzi - Some might say that the recent pairing of Al Gore and Richard Branson in an intriguing new business endeavor is a match made in eco-heaven given their equally impressive and ever-growing list of planet-friendly efforts. The former Vice President of the United States, current We Can Solve It co-founder (along with The Alliance for Climate Protection) and author of “Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis” shares good company with British entrepreneur and Virgin empire head Richard Branson, who famously pledged $3 billion throughout the next several years toward alternative fuel research and development among other global warming preventative measures.

Rather than rubbing elbows together on a daily basis, the environmentalists are both channeling sizable sums of money into GreenRoad — $10 million from Al Gore’s Generation Investment fund and approximately $40 million from Richard Branson’s Virgin Green Fund. That collective sum speaks volumes about how much they believe in the company that strives to improve our population’s driving habits through preventative applications such as reducing the incidence of car accidents/the expense of operating motor vehicles and enhancing overall fuel economy.

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