Music and Planet Project: Conserving Our Future Fundraiser

Music and Planet Project is organizing this fundraiser.

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The Music and Planet Project (formerly the Green Music Program) is excited to present its second annual fundraiser concert sponsored by Derringer Discoveries! This year, we are performing to raise money for four different environmental initiatives: tree planting in the Southwestern UK, ecological restoration in Suffolk, UK, wildlife rehabilitation in Michigan, US, and solar energy and education in North Carolina, US. Each of the event's primary organizers (Indigo Daydream, Gabrielle Ornate, Agaaze, Dan Friedman) live in one of these areas and chose these locally based organizations focused on these causes.

Artists from around the world will hold both virtual and in-person live performances to raise funds for these causes. More details on performances is coming soon!

Gabrielle Ornate - short film in Suffolk, UK

Indigo Daydream - performing in Southwestern UK

Agaaze - performing in Michigan

Duel Native - performing in Australia

Dan Friedman - The Pour House, Raleigh, North Carolina, August 31st

Michael Daughtry - The Pour House, Raleigh, North Carolina, August 31st

Sky Cyclist - The Pour House, Raleigh, North Carolina, August 31st

At the Starlight - performing in South Florida

Lina Cooper - livestream performance, July 14th at 5 PM PST/8 PM EST

More to be added!

Note: if you would like your funds to entirely toward just one of these causes, please email us to let us know, and we will count your donation toward just that cause. If you are okay with splitting your donation equally among the charities, you do not need to let us know. Please also note that 10% of this year's funds will go toward administrative fees such as fees to perform at music venues to raise money for this fundraiser.

More about our charities

Little Free Trees ($750 goal): Based in Devon, Little Free Trees is an organization that conducts tree plantings and tree giveaways throughout the Southwestern UK. Last year, the Music and Planet Project gave a portion of its Planting for the Future Fundraiser dollars to Little Free Trees, and they used the money to purchase 50 trees that have been planted out in a local woodland and handed out to individuals to plant on their properties. This year's dollars will go toward the continued purchase and planting of trees that provide shade, filter the air of pollutants, and capture stormwater. Trees, especially in urban and suburban areas, are essential for clean air, wildlife habitat, and capturing carbon and other pollutants.

Suffolk Wildlife Trust ($750 goal): Suffolk Wildlife Trust has been working for over 60 years to restore the natural lands and wildlife of this region of the UK. Their two overarching goals are to preserve 30% of Suffolk's land and sea habitats and to inspire 1 in 4 Suffolk residents to take action for nature and climate. We will donate the funds raised for this charity to two specific projects they are working on: restoration of the Worlingham Marshes and purchase/installation of next boxes and other habitat features for swifts, a local bird species whose population has been cut in half in just the past 30 years. More details about these projects are found on their website.

Michigan Friends of Wildlife ($1,500 goal): Michigan Friends of Wildlife rehabilitates injured and orphaned wildlife in the Ann Arbor area and nurses them back to the point of re-entering the wild in some cases. Donations will go toward the training fees for 5 new wildlife rehabbers, allowing the organization to greatly expand the number of wildlife it can keep under its care.

Small-scale Solar and Education Station with Urban Community Agrinomics ($1,500 goal): The Music and Planet Project is working with Urban Community Agrinomics at the Catawba Trail Farm to purchase and install a small-scale portable solar panel station that will be used to offset some of the farm's energy needs and educate visitors about the benefits of solar energy. The solar station will serve a number of purposes for the farm. It will improve the farm's resilience by providing power during blackouts, lower the farm's carbon footprint, and reduce their monthly energy bill by lowering energy usage.

Last year's Planting For the Future Fundraiser resulted in over 30 street trees planted in Durham, NC through Keep Durham Beautiful as well as 50 trees planted and given away to residents in the UK through Little Free Trees. Pictures below