Savage Lands planted 1,500 native trees on the grounds of Hellfest
Savage Lands planted 1,500 native trees on the grounds of Hellfest during a weekend dedicated to reforestation in the Loire-Atlantique region. This pilot project, carried out with Boom Forest, LPO 44, and Hellfest Productions, could evolve into a large-scale program of 25,000 to 50,000 trees in the coming years. Objective: transform part of the festival […]
JANE GOODALL GOES METAL
A speech for History at UNESCO Jane Goodall and Savage Lands have a lot in common… Savage Lands was invited at UNESCO. “A speech for history” by Dr. Jane Goodall was the opportunity to meet and start a collaboration. Indeed, the Jane Goodall Institute France and Savage Lands have signed a collaboration agreement for at […]
Metal for the planet ?
Supporting Savage Lands: When Music is a Weapon for biodiversity protection In a world facing unprecedented environmental challenges, Savage Lands stands out as a unique project in order to protect biodiversity, blending music and ecology. Founded by Sylvain Demercastel and Dirk Verbeuren (drummer of Megadeth), Savage Lands is not just an innovative musical group but […]
Bands are stepping up!
A few weeks ago, the Savage Lands instagram page received a message from Schammasch… A band we honestly did not know so far. They actually knew us and wanted to be part of our initiative. Therefore, we read they were offering us to be well mentioned in their merch shop, on their official website. In […]
Growing tomorrow’s forest!
Hands in the dirt… Feels good to reforest Just after participating in the Hellfest 2024 festival and raising funds in order to reforest Costa Rica thanks to the generosity of Metalheads, it’s time for action! The rainy season began since May in Costa Rica. The trees grown in the nurseries have regained enough strength to […]
HELLFEST PARTNERSHIP
Visionary Hellfest creator Ben Barbeau, decided to support Savage Lands and the protection of biodiversity. A 5 years contract including 1 million € donation over 5 years, and the presence of a Savage Lands booth on every edition untill 2029 at least. Hellfest is one of the biggest and most iconic metal fest in the world. Now […]
T.Shirts for the trees ?
Due to its ecological impact, buying a T-shirt should not be a trivial act. We asked ourselves the question of merchandising and decided to make it a concrete support. Savage Lands wants this to be a real participation in their actions on the ground. An act of membership, and a financial contribution to reforestation. But […]
Collaboration deal for biodiversity!
3 non profit sign a manifest for forests and wildlife : At last,for the first time, three active Costa Rican and US based NGO’s are signing a collaboration deal together. Consequently those NGO’s made a public statement and their representants, Andres Bermudes for The Clean Wave, Gerardo Bolanos for Costas Verdes and Sylvain Demercastel for […]
First land acquisition for Savage Lands
A first step Thanx to your support and our first royalties from signing with record label Season Of Mist, we created our first sanctuary! We hope to setup a new standard with this first land acquisition for our non profit. “With this first land acquisition, we successfully saved a piece of dry tropical forest in […]
Megadeth drummer, hires Metal stars to save the forest!
For the first time together for a unique song and video, those metal stars have gathered and created “The last howl” a song for the forest and the threatened Howler monkey in Costa Rica. 100% of the royalties of the song will go directly to the Savage Lands non profit and this is why you […]