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Now you’re probably wondering what all this is about. A paint can, a T-shirt, and a brush?\u00a0 Huh?\u00a0 Let me start you with the quote that inspired the project.<\/p>\n
“Making roads and roofs a paler color could have the equivalent effect of taking every car in the world off the road for 11 years.”-<\/strong><\/p>\n \n \n \n \n \n Mike and I were in the airport last year coming back from Europe when we heard Mr. Chu’s quote on CNN.\u00a0 This was such a startling fact that our instant reaction was, “Could this really be true?”We put one of our smartest employees on researching the idea of painting a cooler future and,\u00a0after much research,\u00a0 we found that this was indeed a feasible way to battle\u00a0the current crisis we face as humans: Global warming.<\/p>\n \n \n \n \n \n We became so inspired we decided\u00a0to make this a global tour to each Continent, save Antarctica.\u00a0 On each Continent we will spread knowledge by releasing a collaborative Paint Pack and hosting a party at one of our esteemed retailers.\u00a0 We felt it was necessary to do The Paint Tour since this is a global issue and a proper solution to it must come from the entire world, not just one country or one continent.<\/p>\n \n \n \n \n Releasing\u00a0only the Paint Pack\u00a0still didn’t feel like enough, so we reached out to the world’s leading scientist in the matter to learn what else we could do.\u00a0 First, we decided\u00a0to donate 10% of profits to the leading non-profit organization, White Roof Alliance, but this still didn’t feel like enough.\u00a0 So we thought, “What could we do that would have a major impact and catch peoples’ attention?”\u00a0 Then boom it hit us!\u00a0 Find a Los Angeles roof to paint!\u00a0 We\u00a0gained the support of\u00a0EnviroSafe Paints (America\u2019s premium no-VOC paint) and Miracle Cover (America\u2019s Finest Liquid Sealant)\u00a0as\u00a0sponsors of\u00a0the movement and each agreed to donate paint and sealant for the LA makeover.\u00a0 We are now in the process of working with the city of Los Angeles to paint a prominent building white\u00a0in order to\u00a0help cool the city and reduce the\u00a0its utility costs,\u00a0all the while sending\u00a0our message off with a big bang.<\/p>\n That is our movement!\u00a0 Please come join us on June 16th from 7-10pm at Conveyor Fred Segal in Santa Monica to celebrate the launch of this movement, and the kick off of our 6 continent tour.\u00a0 The Paint Pack will be released in a limited quantity exclusively at Conveyor Fred Segal and The Akomplice online store.\u00a0\u00a0 Each pack will have a certificate of authenticity that is hand numbered with a supporting fact sheet.\u00a0 The Paint Pack only costs $49.00, and remember that 10% of this will be donated to the White Roof Alliance.\u00a0 Support our biggest project to date.\u00a0 There will be complimentary micro brew beer thanks to Flying Dog Ale, and complimentary shooters from Green Truck On The Go (the only organic food truck that buys local organic ingredients).\u00a0 DJ Raffiki will be on the wheels of steel holding down the tunes.<\/p>\n \n \n \n \n \n \n To learn more about “The Paint Project” and the science behind it visit\u00a0Painttheglobe.org<\/a> Check here<\/a> for more photos of the product pack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is a proud moment for us here at Akomplice. We would like to announce our massive project with Conveyor Fred Segal. We have been putting our blood, sweat, and tears into this for the last 5 months. Never have we put this much effort into a collaboration. The undertaking of this project breaks the … Continue reading Akomplice X Conveyor Fred Segal<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akomplice-clothing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2213"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akomplice-clothing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akomplice-clothing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akomplice-clothing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akomplice-clothing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2213"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.akomplice-clothing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2257,"href":"https:\/\/www.akomplice-clothing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2213\/revisions\/2257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akomplice-clothing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akomplice-clothing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akomplice-clothing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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