A little known fact about Do The Green Thing co-founder Andy Hobsbawm is that he used to be in a “spectacularly unsuccessful” (his words, not mine) rock band called Tin Gods, a number of years ago.
How long ago exactly? He’d rather not go into that level of detail but here’s a then and now shot as a clue – it’s fair to say that the economy hasn’t been the only thing receding in the intervening years ;-)
Anyway, the Tin Gods are playing their first public gig for over 20 years (ooops, I gave it away) at the Penn Festival next month and we felt that this seminal rock moment simply couldn’t pass unannounced on the blog.
In honour of the occasion, the lovely Penn Festival people have given Do The Green Thing a family weekend ticket with camping (worth £168, oh yes) which you can try and win in our fabulous festival competition.
Plus Green Things can get a 20% ‘Friends & Family’ discount until midnight on June 24th.
It’s only rock ‘n’ roll but we do rather like it.
Ps. If the Tin Gods’ 80s Psychedelic-Furs-meets-The Waterboys-at-a-party-with-The-Clash heads down rockathon isn’t enough for you (or indeed, is way too much for you), Andy will also be playing a set with considerably mellower Americana act Kate Ellis on the same bill.
Katherine Hui is currently the Social site editor at Green Thing, a web-based public service in London that inspires people to lead greener lives through creative content.
Before this, she worked as the Development Manager at Social Innovation Camp, an organization that encourages people to use web and mobile-based technology to mobilise social change. She oversaw 300 ideas submission and helped build 20 prototypes – five of which have gone on to get further funding or investment.
Katherine’s came over to the UK form Canada in 2007 for an MSc program at the London School of Economics. Before arriving in London, she managed a small environmental start-up in Vancouver called the Canadian Climate Change Alliance.
Katherine is football mad. She is a loyal supporter of Arsenal FC, plays for Islington Borough Ladies FC and coaches for Gunners in Islington in her spare time. Her second favourite hobby is kite surfing and she can sometimes be found chasing the wind.
