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One year after releasing this all-star animated short film/single,"Earth," Dicky has pledged an $800,000 donation to help combat climate change and support COVID-19 efforts. With more than 750 million streams to date, the song featuring Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, Halsey, Zac Brown, Brendon Urie, Hailee Steinfeld, Wiz Khalifa, Snoop Dogg, Kevin Hart and many more has paid big dividends.
"I’m very honored and humbled that we’re able to give this money to these organizations, and super thankful of all of the artists on this song who made this possible," said Dicky in a statement."And of course, thank you to every Earthling out there for listening and spreading the word. Unfortunately, the fight to save this planet isn’t even close to over, and we’re going to have to amplify our efforts way more to turn this thing around. Because pretty soon, it’ll be too late.
And, with the COVID-19 pandemic forcing everyone to change up their daily lives, Burd added,"it has shown me something: that we can modify our day-to-day behavior to adapt to a crisis when it’s right in front of us. Even if you don’t feel the climate crisis at every moment, it is truthfully right in front of us. And all across the world, humanity has banded together to combat the spread of COVID-19, putting convenience aside for the greater good.
Burd has pledged $100,000 to the following organizations working on renewable energy, protecting nature and growing sustainable food:
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