Beyond the Music: Lawyers, Client Earth, & Cold Play
This UK alternative rock band has received 117 award nominations worldwide, of which they won 43 (we here at the PSLawNet blog decided to trust Wikipedia on this one) and reached No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 since the band got together “sometime in 1997.” But, MORE exciting (to us anyway in all our public interest legal geekiness) is the band’s recent decision to become patrons of Client Earth.
Client Earth is “an organization of activist lawyers committed to securing a healthy planet” who “work in Europe and beyond, bringing together law, science and policy to create pragmatic solutions to key environmental challenges.”
From ecorazzi: the latest in green gossip,
The band learned of the organization thanks to Coldplay’s creative director and fifth member Phil Harvey — one of ClientEarth’s trustees. What’s more, the producer of their last album Brian Eno, as well as the MP and former editor of the Ecologist Zac Goldsmith, are also patrons of the organization.
“Client Earth is at the forefront of changing the way the planet’s resources are governed,” said the band. “They have a positive and pragmatic approach to environmental issues, improving and enforcing environmental law. Coldplay are proud to support them.”
Now we know there are a lot of jokes out there about lawyers, but lawyers who help save the planet are no joke to us!
Check out the video: Coldplay support ClientEarth from ClientEarth on Vimeo.
