The Big Bad Wolf is Changing the World One Huff At A Time

Online, August 31, 2009 (Newswire.com) - Successful humanitarian and environmental activist, Wolf has established the Green Train Project, a 10-week, 28-state concert series that promotes environmental awareness with the help of an A-list group of musicians, athletes, artists, writers, personalities, and media professionals. Using this whistle-stop tour, inspired by the political campaigns of previous presidents, he hopes to teach and inspire people to use the simple, everyday strategies that will help reduce our carbon footprint. Led by a biodiesel, solar-powered train, this concert series starts April 2010 in Portland, Oregon and ends, appropriately, in our nation's capital. The messages on which Wolf's project focuses are:
• Everyone can make a positive difference to the future of the earth
• Doing just one thing per day, like turning off the tap while brushing your teeth, changing a light bulb or unplugging appliances when you're not using them, has a huge impact
• Being green is simple
• Being green saves money

This project comes from the same man behind many of the humanitarian causes that have greatly impacted the nation and world.
• In 1985, Wolf was working as a DJ for WKCX/WROM radio in Rome, Georgia, where he was the brainchild for the We Are the World simulcast. From hundreds of cold calls to radio stations, record executives, politicians, and musicians, Wolf drove the project to fruition, and made history as he sat behind the microphone to announce the first-ever worldwide radio simulcast of the anthem, We Are the World. At that moment, in over thirty-two countries, on ten thousand radio stations, dozens of artists, under the direction of Producer Quincy Jones, brought the world together as one. In recognition of this moment's significance, even President Ronald Regan, who was aboard Air Force one, requested that the song be piped through the plane so that he could participate in the global event. Today, over twenty years later, the We Are the World simulcast remains a milestone in radio history.

• One year later, while still at WKCX/WROM, Wolf used the same formula to focus the nation's attention on the economic plight of the American Farmer. Teaming up with Merle Haggard, he rallied the country around Haggard's recording of Amber Waves of Grain to help launch the historic movement known as Farm Aid, founded by music legend Willie Nelson.

• Later, in collaboration with friend and actor John Schneider, Wolf created The World Council of Young People/Peace on Earth for a Day, a cause that remains at the heart of Wolf's mission to this day: working for children and creating a simplistic, achievable approach to world unity. Wolf and Schneider, with the assistance of Senator Sam Nunn of Georgia (Chairman of the Armed Services committee), asked for letters in support of peace from the two most powerful men on earth at that time, American President Regan, and Russian President Gorbachov. This unprecedented act of unity prompted letters from 40,000 young people around the globe.

• His work in support of children and education was recognized by Mayor Phil Bredesen of Nashville. President Ronald Regan sent a letter of recognition for Wolf's contribution to World Unity to the US Senate and House of Representatives. He is a recipient of the national Book of Golden Deeds award, the Exchange Club, Unity and Service award and the National Midas Touch Award given for recognition of outstanding achievement and Humanitarian commitment.

• In 1986, Wolf moved to Nashville where he helped start and manage four very successful restaurants, including the local landmark and political watering hole, The Gerst Haus. Wolf went on to own and operate Wolfy's, a bar/restaurant and entertainment hot spot on Nashville's famous Lower Broad. He was awarded and credited by then Mayor Bredesen for pioneering the revitalization of downtown Nashville and conceptionalizing the new "Nashville Arena," that is now known as the Sommet Center. Still a promoter with a diverse appreciation for music, Bob's knack for food and music attracted numerous artists, ranging from Pearl Jam and Cold Play to bluegrass legend Bill Monroe. Wolfy's also became known as a place where new up-and-coming talent could get a break, with country stars like Gretchen Wilson and Dierks Bentley performing at Wolfy's as they were starting out.

The four-year vision of Wolf, The Green Train Project, started in 2005, is a concert and train tour featuring top musicians, actors, writers and artists traveling coast to coast to educate the public and enlist global support to help reverse the continued waste and destruction of our planet. Scheduled to depart from Portland in April 2010, The Green Train will pass through every geographic region in the USA during a six-week whistle stop tour finishing in Washington, DC. The Green Train is planning a trek in Europe in 2011 and a simultaneous train ride on each continent of the world each year after that. As The Green Train holds informational festivals and whistle stops throughout the nation, the public can meet the train in small town America, as well as the larger cities, to learn more and become involved.