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José González sees trouble down the line, and-- like a singin' Swedish Al Gore-- he intends to do something about it. He's partnered up with sustainable energy boosters Reverb for a month-long "Green Tour" of North America that kicks off in Florida on leap day.

Reverb will assist González in calculating and then canceling out the carbon emissions his tour produces, provide his crew with biodegradable catering supplies and reusable water bottles, and occasionally reenact their favorite scenes from "Captain Planet".

All of these efforts will help make Mr. González's tour carbon-neutral. Hey! That's today's A.Word.A.Day!

A portion of ticket costs will go to support Reverb's mission, while those who preorder their tickets from Ticketstoday.com can opt to support NativeEnergy's carbon offset program as well. What's more, any and all show-goers can further bolster González's green efforts by purchasing a special decal.

José's got a few dates this month in that Southern Hemisphere before he goes green on us. And, in a delicious morsel of irony, he'll break up his energy-saving tour with an appearance at the PLUG Awards, where he'll perform and possibly accept trophies for Male Artist of the Year and Americana Album of the Year for In Our Nature. Get it? Plug? Energy? You were right not to laugh.

Green:

01-05 Busselton, Australia - Southbound Festival
01-08 Auckland, New Zealand - Bruce Mason Centre
01-09 Wellington, New Zealand - The Opera House
01-10 Christchurch, New Zealand - James Hay Theatre
01-22 São Paolo, Brazil - SESC Vila Mairana
01-23 Porto Alegre, Brazil - Brazil
01-24 Bogota, Columbia - Teatro Cristobal Colon
01-26 Santiago, Chile - Teatro Oriente
01-27 Buenos Aires, Argentina - La Trastienda Club
02-29 Miami, FL - Airtime Theater
03-01 Orlando, FL - The Social
03-02 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
03-03 Chapel Hill, NC - UNC Great Hall
03-04 Asheville, NC - Orange Peel
03-05 Washington, DC - Sixth & I Historic Synagogue
03-06 New York, NY - Terminal 5 (Plug Awards)
03-07 Tarrytown, NY - The Tarrytown Music Hall
03-08 Philadelphia, PA - World Cafe Live
03-11 New York, NY - Highline Ballroom
03-12 Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Masonic Temple
03-13 Boston, MA - Paradise
03-14 Montreal, Quebec - Musée Juste Pour Rire
03-15 Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix
03-17 Chicago, IL - Lakeshore Theater
03-18 Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theatre
03-19 St. Louis, MO - Graham Chapel
03-20 Omaha, NE - Sokol Underground
03-21 Boulder, CO - Fox Theatre
03-22 Salt Lake City, UT - Union Ballroom
03-24 San Diego, CA - San Diego Women's Club
03-25 Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern
03-27 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore Auditorium
03-28 Portland, OR - The Aladdin Theatre
03-29 Seattle, WA - The Triple Door
03-30 Seattle, WA - The Triple Door
03-31 Vancouver, British Columbia - St. Andrew's Wesley United