Music artist Billie Eilish, along with her mother Maggie Baird, has worked hard to inspire fans to embrace eco-friendly practices like plant-based eating, and their efforts will be recognized at the 32nd annual ceremony. awards from the Environmental Media Association (EMA). Eilish and Baird were chosen as winners for their combined work to alleviate the climate crisis.
“I am thrilled to accept the EMA Missions in Music Award this year alongside my daughter,” Baird said. The Hollywood Reporter, which is one of the sponsors of the awards ceremony. “I’m so proud that Billie is using her voice to inspire younger audiences and advocate for change. It’s a dream come true that Billie and I share the same passion for tackling the climate crisis. We’re stronger together and I know she will continue to have a huge impact on this earth for the next generation.
Scheduled for October 8, the EMA Awards will also honor vegan actress Nikki Reed with an Innovator Award for her eco-friendly jewelry brand BaYou With Love.
Billie Eilish puts the climate crisis center stage
Eilish became a vegan at 12 and expressed her decision to do so for ethical and environmental reasons. Along with sharing her vegan lifestyle with her fans on social media, the 20-year-old often joins and organizes campaigns to bring about change.
Last year, Eilish joined other celebrities, including Moby, Joaquin Phoenix, Alan Cumming, Evanna Lynch and Alicia Silverstone, in urging Rt. Hon. Alok Sharma, President of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), for including the role of animal agriculture in all discussions on the climate crisis at the world-renowned event.
for her Happier than ever, around the world, Eilish has put her words into action with initiatives that help fans embrace a plant-based lifestyle while learning about the damaging effects of animal agriculture on the climate crisis. The tour, which started in February and ends in September this year, includes activating “The Billie Eilish Eco-Village” in the lobby of each show for concert ticket holders. Activation features Support + Feed, an initiative started by her mother at the start of COVID-19, as well as other local environmental nonprofits. Additionally, at each show on her tour, visitors were introduced to The Pledge, a campaign sponsored by Wicked Foods and created by Support + Feed to inspire Eilish fans to eat a plant-based meal every day for 30 days.
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In addition to advocating for a plant-based diet to curb the climate crisis, Eilish has made strides in animal and climate advocacy in other ways. In the fashion industry, Eilish convinced luxury brand Oscar de la Renta to ditch fur and worked with Nike on vegan and eco-friendly versions of her signature sneaker styles including the AirForce One, Alpha Force Low and Air Trainer 3.
Maggie Baird Support + Stream
A lifelong climate activist and vegan, Baird not only raised two influential vegan children – Eilish and her brother, and music producer Finneas – but was instrumental in supporting plant-based businesses, frontline workers and communities. food insecure people during the COVID-19 pandemic with its Support + Feed initiative. Baird started the initiative at the start of the pandemic in 2020 as a way to support struggling vegan restaurants by buying their food and sending it to those in need. Since its inception, Baird has expanded the Support + Feed initiative to multiple regions, including Los Angeles, New York and Philadelphia, and has taken the initiative on tour with her daughter to introduce it to international audiences.
Support + Feed
On her Happier Than Ever, The World Tour, Eilish and Baird have joined forces to make an even bigger impact. During the London leg of the tour in June, the city’s famous O2 arena removed animal products from the venue for Overheated, a six-day climate action event hosted by the musical artist with the environmental association Reverb and the non-profit association of his mother. . Instead of animal products, sponsor Impossible Foods stepped in with a menu of plant-based alternatives such as Impossible Sausage Kofta and Impossible Chicken Parmigiana.
In the United States, the mother-daughter duo are strong supporters of making plant-based foods more accessible to everyone. In February, Eilish took to Capitol Hill with Baird by her side to voice her support for the Healthy Future Students and Earth Act (HR4108), proposed federal legislation that would give school children access to plant-based meals. in all the countries. “Providing nutritious, plant-based school meals is essential to improving the health of our children and protecting the planet they will inherit from us,” Baird said in a statement at the time. “With climate catastrophe looming and racial health disparities widening, Congress must prioritize passage of the Healthy Future Students and Earth Act.”
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