Surfer-turned-songwriter Jack Johnson is, like, totally rad, if I may lapse into my native Valley Girl dialect for a moment. This famously mellow musician chooses, as Rolling Stone notes, to live “close to nature,”  despite being a world famous folkie:

It’s the way he was raised, and the way he raises his two young sons with his wife of eight years, Kim. In Oahu, the Johnsons live in a modest single-level home, perched on the side of a hill where Jack can see the surf below. He doesn’t get cable, which means no TV reception at all ” “That’s a time-killer, man,” he says ” and he happily admits that he lives outside the pop-culture loop” 

“Johnson spends his days outdoors: fishing, surfing, kayaking, swimming or just doing yardwork and looking at the waves. At night, when his boys ” ages four and two, whose names Johnson wishes to keep private ” are sleeping and the house is quiet, he’ll stay up late reading The New York Times online or digging into a book.

Johnson’s love of nature informs everything he does, so it’s no surprise that the eco-friendly tour he announced today gets a nod of approval from Ecorazzi:

Jack will use several green elements to help reduce the tour’s impact ” from vehicles fueled with biodiesel to offering eco-friendly tour merchandise and working with venues to reduce waste, recycle and offset carbon emissions.

He’s also using the tour to help launch a campaign called All At Once, which features both a website and a “Village Green”  at his concerts where, according to a press release:

“fans can become a member of the community, get free downloads, learn how to reduce their environmental impact by carpooling to concerts, reducing plastic use and volunteering. The interactive Village Green is the website brought to life. It educates and activates fans to take action while offering the opportunity to connect personally with local, national, and international non-profits. All donations made by fans to these organizations online or at the concerts will be matched by Jack Johnson’s charity, the Johnson Ohana Charitable Foundation (up to $2,500 per organization).  

Johnson says “I can’t think of a better reason to put on a concert than to bring people together to create positive change”with this year’s tour we are bringing together all of our resources All At Once to give back to each community that we visit.”

Get up to speed on Jack Johnson’s tour dates and all the great things he’s doing with All At Once, all at once!