Artists Project Earth (APE) aims to create a better world by bringing the power of music and the arts to 21st century challenges. It supports effective projects and awareness raising initiatives to combat climate change, and raises funds for natural disaster relief.

Artists Project Earth in collaboration with international musicians such as Coldplay, U2, Bob Dylan, Gorillaz, Arctic Monkeys, Dizzee Rascal, Green Day, Amy Winehouse, The Killers, Rolling Stones and many others, has produced three fundraising albums to date: Rhythms Del Mundo: Cuba, RDM: Classics and most recently, RDM: Revival. Check-out our Music section for more information on these albums.

Profits from sales of the albums go to support projects all around the world that are helping to mitigate, adapt to and raise awareness of, climate change: from reforestation initiatives in Africa and Brazil, to support for wetland conservation in Uganda; from campaigns to highlight the folly of tar sands extraction for "dirty oil", to the Plane Stupid organization whose direct action has helped to derail the proposed third runway at Heathrow airport; from a Special Award for the global Transition Towns movement which is paving the way towards sustainable development from the grassroots up, to the COPART collaborations in South Africa which are working to bring community-based arts and theatre into the climate change debate at next year's COP17 in Durban. To date, APE has supported over 300 projects globally. (Please see our Project Pages for more details.)

Not only does APE raise money for climate change mitigation but also for natural disaster relief. In fact, the charity was founded in the aftermath of the devastating tsunami that hit south-east Asia in December 2004, with the specific aim of finding ways to help people suffering from natural disasters and the vagaries of climate change. 2010 was a year of immense suffering for thousands of people around the world in the wake of earthquakes in Haiti, Chile and the Tibetan Plateau, as well as the devastating floods in Pakistan. APE has already supported organizations in these regions whose knowledge of local people and resources was invaluable in addressing immediate disaster relief needs and also supports longer-term recovery, for example, as part of the work carried out by Project Medishare in Haiti, APE sent funds to provide up to 90,000 nutritious meals to children who are suffering from serious malnourishment.

You can help us to help them and others, by buying our albums for your friends and family or by making a direct donation via the 'Donate' page on our website. Your gift will be very much appreciated!

The Rhythms Del Mundo albums and various books published by APE associates are available from the APE Online Shop.