Jack Johnson 03: Dealing With The Static – Discovery Planet Green / TreeHugger

::GREEN DEETS::
Full Name: Jack Hody Johnson. Born 1975, near Haleiwa, on the North Shore of Oahu. Son to a famous surfer throughout the islands – Jeff Johnson – Jack became an avid surfer himself and quickly turned pro. Unfortunately, Jack suffered a near death experience at age 17 after crashing his body into a reef during the Pipeline Masters. It was then, that he decided to turn to his other love: Music.

::LISTEN TO THE SINGLE If I Had Eyes::

::LINKS::
Official Jack Johnson website
Making It Mellow and Keeping It Green NYT

::TRANSCRIPT::
Jack Johnson: It depends how you define the terms. It depends how you define the word and all that. I’m definitely a big supporter of environmental causes. I’m into the idea of trying to forward that kind of thinking. Somebody else might have a different definition and say, if you fly in an airplane you’re not an environmentalist, you know. And I fly in airplanes to get from place to place and sometimes my job ends up with a bigger footprint even though I’m trying to find ways to shrink that footprint and help the industry find better ways to do shows and to do touring and put out albums. But at the same time just by deciding to do that stuff you make an impact that you wouldn’t if you just decided to live in your house and never leave, you know.

When you support the environment and if you consider humans to be part of nature, then really you’re just supporting everything. You know, it’s like it’s a pretty broad thing. All you’re really trying to do is work for health of everything. You’re just trying to make the world a healthier place, the whole organism, whether it’s humans or animals or plants.

::VIDEO CREDITS::
Created By | Executive Producer: George Spyros
Interviewer: Jasmin Malik Chua
Editor: Michele Latorre
Graphics: Tim Goodwin
Junior Editors: Holly Buechel, Indio Martinez
Production Company: Big City Pictures

::ALL Jack Johnson Sleep Through the Static Interviews for Discovery’s Planet Green/TreeHugger::

1. Do you ever feel overwhelmed by environmental problems?

2. Is there a theme to your new album?

3. How do you deal with the static?

4. Do you set out to write environmental songs?

5. Any songs about the environment on the album?

6. Why do you use music to reach people?

7. Do you consider yourself an environmentalist?

8. How did you get so passionate about the environment?

9. In what other environmental themes are you interested?

10. Thoughts on the world we're handing down to the next generation?

11. What inspired you to start the Kokua Hawaii Foundation?

12. Advice for those overwhelmed by the static?