The biggest stars in the music industry have joined forces with the sublime talent of Cuba's finest musicians. APE is pleased to announce the release of 'Rhythms del Mundo Classics', produced to raise awareness and funds for climate crisis projects and natural disaster relief.
Featuring: The Killers, Amy Winehouse, The Rolling Stones, Keane, Jack Johnson, The Zutons, Kaiser Chiefs, Fall Out Boy and KT Tunstall among other great artists. The result is a unique formula merging Afro-Cubano rhythms with some of the most memorable songs of the last 40 years.
Released 13th July 2009 on Universal Music.
To celebrate the release of RDM Classics, we will be making a
special award of $100,000 to a single project judged most likely to make a significant impact in the struggle to prevent dangerous climate change.
Artists Project Earth aims to create a better world by bringing the power of music and the arts to 21st century challenges. It supports effective projects and awareness raising initiatives to combat climate change and raises funds for natural disaster relief.
Almost all climate scientists agree that manmade climate change is real and we need to take immediate action to avert catastrophic effects on both humans and ecosystems. The need to prevent global temperatures from rising by more than two degrees above pre-industrial levels is vital.
The only way in which we can prevent this is by reducing the amount of fossil fuel we burn. Total world emissions must be stabilized and reduced, with the rich world taking the lead by making very large cuts within a few decades. That means big cuts right away. But it can't happen unless there is a massively enhanced public awareness of the need for action. Further information about climate change. Further information about climate change.
Through music and the arts, APE aims to achieve permanent reductions in greenhouse gas emissions to levels that minimise further degradation of ecological systems and human livelihood.
APE recruits internationally known musicians and artists through albums, concerts, art exhibitions and art related projects to raise awareness of climate change and funds for campaigns and disaster relief.
We identify both the opportunities that enable people, especially in the world's richest countries, to reduce their emissions and the obstacles that hold people back. We devise innovative and effective ways of communication that encourage people to share this experience.
We recognise that individuals cannot make the required changes on their own. We aim to create a powerful and vocal community of people working together to move technology, government and business forward to reduce emissions and make real and lasting changes to the way we live. All our projects will demonstrate that our vision of stabilizing greenhouse gas emissions is practically attainable. APE believes that the many of the solutions are within reach, if only we have the will.
APE’s approach is informed by a set of operating principles that we feel passionately about. Read details of our operating principles.
