Adam Met Explained

Adam Met (Adam Brett Metzger) is a musician, activist, and academic from New York.

Musical career

See main article: AJR.

Adam Met is the oldest of the AJR brothers.[1] He plays bass guitar and percussion in the band and also contributes vocals, programming, and samples.

Academic career

Adam Met holds a BA from Columbia University in business and philosophy,[2] an MA from New York University in Constitutional Religious Law, and a PhD in International Human Rights Law from the University of Birmingham.[3] He is an occasional faculty member in Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs.[4]

Sustainability and climate action

Adam Met is the founder and executive director of Planet Reimagined, a non-profit organization focused on promoting sustainability and climate action, for which he was included in TIME Magazine's TIME100 Climate list and received an Earth Award in 2024.[5] [6] He has received bipartisan support for his ideas to expand renewable energy production by sharing US federal land already earmarked for oil and gas production.[7] [8] [9]

Philanthropy

Adam Met has also been involved in various social media initiatives, including weekly Instagram Live streams called "Trivia for Good." In these streams, he would ask trivia questions and donate to charity based on the number of correct answers.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dzurillay . Julia . Why AJR Changed Their Last Name . Showbiz Cheat Sheet . 4 December 2024 . 17 November 2022.
  2. Web site: A Conversation with Adam Met Sustainability Summit 2021 . cornell.campusgroups.com . 4 December 2024.
  3. Web site: Metzger . Adam . Stakeholder approaches to human rights and development in the commercial context . etheses.bham.ac.uk . 4 December 2024 . 2022.
  4. Web site: Technology, Media, and Communications School of International and Public Affairs . bulletin.columbia.edu . 4 December 2024.
  5. TIME100 Climate 2024: Adam Met . 4 December 2024 . . 12 November 2024 . en.
  6. Waxman . Olivia B. . Adam Met Says Everyone Plays a Vital Role in Solving the Climate Crisis . 4 December 2024 . . 10 October 2024 . en.
  7. News: A Pop Star's Wonky Climate Campaign - The New York Times . 4 December 2024 . . 13 April 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240413014921/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/12/climate/a-pop-stars-wonky-climate-campaign.html . April 13, 2024 .
  8. News: Toplensky . Rochelle . Bipartisan Backing to Explore Fast Tracking Solar and Wind on Oil-And-Gas Lands . 4 December 2024 . . January 26, 2024.
  9. News: Reimagining the planet with AJR's Adam Met CNN . CNN. 4 December 2024 . 27 June 2023 . en.

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