Michael Franti and Family Allegedly Go Green by Playing Uno

Michael Franti, who opened Al Gore's Green Ball this past Monday, has been known for his activism as long as his music. An advocate for peace in the Middle East as well as green causes, Franti, who is a vegan, spoke with me about how he and his band Spearhead are green.

"Our band has gone over a greening process over the past 5 or 6 years," said Franti. "We converted our bus to a biodiesel bus, we don't have any plastic bottles in our dressing room or onstage, and we require that the venues we play have recycling and composting. We put on a big festival in San Francisco every year called the Power to the Peaceful festival. We green it more each year."
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Another reporter asked, "What else do you do [to be green] in your house?" That's when Franti's young son, Ade, chimed in. "We play Uno," he said. Uno? "That's what my son says," laughed Franti. "We play it instead of watching tv."

Note that in the near future Franti plans fossil-fueled trips to Australia, Miami, Aspen, Baltimore, Minneapolis, Boise, Los Angeles, etc etc