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"Bonfire," from Ontario, Canada-based duo Evan and Denise (aka Memoryhouse), has a hazy, ethereal feel, with feathery vocals supported by soft acoustic strumming and sparse tambourine flourishes. The Jamie Harley-directed video, featuring a blurry woman running through a field in slow-motion, suits the vibe nicely. Warning: maybe NSFW, depending on where you work....read more
At Phish's 2009 reunion festival in Indio, California, almost fifty thousand devotees congregated among the desert mountains to revel in the jam band's free-form sounds. As we all know, the environmental impact of such a gathering is nothing to slouch at. One of the things we love about this band is they — and their fans — have always had a staunch commitment to ecological......read more
"Technology is a big destroyer of emotion and truth," says Jack White at the start of this clip from Davis Guggenheim's 2008 documentary It Might Get Loud. The doc explores the history of the electric guitar through the eyes of White and fellow guitar legends, Jimmy Page and The Edge. In the clip, White and a fedora-clad kid portraying his earlier self cruise through the countryside in......read more
Is gardening an art form? Well, it's a form of creation, so it should be. The difference between growing food and, say, playing in a symphony, is that a gardener's collaborator is nature itself. In this episode of Young Farmers, we meet Aileen, a high school cellist who likens gardening to music. You work hard at both, and in both cases, something eventually clicks, and the next thing you know......read more
It's a common refrain: You don't notice the hectic pace of life in New York City until you leave and see how other humans live. That's a truth that's not lost on Joie Lee, a native Brooklynite who has lived, among other places, on a farm in upstate New York. Now living back in Brooklyn, Joie uses gardening to reconnect with nature and to hit the brakes on the city's breakneck pace. But her garden......read more
SHFT threw a little soirée last weekend in celebration of our double Webby win (the awards are next Monday in NYC) and as a thank you to all the people who have lent their support to the SHFT mission. Hosted at the beautiful LEED home of Robert Green and Jill Greenberg, the night featured live music by Ferraby Lionheart and sustainable, farm-to-table catering by Michael Reed of Root......read more
We done did it! In dramatic, come-from-behind fashion, SHFT was awarded two Webbys this week. Both were for Best Green Website, one voted on by (some highly intelligent) judges including David Bowie (?!), the other voted on by you, the people. Thank you so much to everyone who voted. We are eternally grateful for your support, not to mention your charm and good looks. Our design compadres......read more
Lighten Up, our first original web series, chronicles bands taking part in the cultural shift toward sustainability. The series kicks off with The Honey Brothers (featuring SHFT's own Adrian Grenier on drums), followed by Brandi Carlile, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes and Dave Matthews Band. Lighten Up is produced in partnership with Stonyfield Farm....read more
In the second installment in our series on Eat LACMA — Fallen Fruit and LACMA's a year-long investigation into food, art, culture and politics — Fallen Fruit throws a hootenanny centered around activities ranging from folk-music and square dancing to a salsa cook-off. During the event, participants experience and celebrate collective sustainability....read more
