San Luis Obispo, CA – The Air Pollution Control District is sponsoring a free concert with youth jazz band In Black at the Mission Plaza on Thursday, June 21st, 7 to 9pm. In Black is from Sonoma County, California, and their Solutions Tour is designed to promote awareness of climate change and how individuals can take action to reverse its effects.

"Education is a key component in SLO County’s Climate Change Action Plan," states Larry Allen, APCD Director, "We are excited about the opportunity to partner with a youth jazz band that’s touring California and motivate local individuals in a fun and musical way." The APCD will have informational tables, alternative fuel cars, and other activities available during the concert. If your organization is interested in participating in this event, please contact Melissa Guise at 781-4667.

In Black will be promoting the Natural Resource Defense Council’s Move America Beyond Oil petition, and promoting their own solutions to the issue of climate change. They will also be soliciting ideas from the general public, many of which will be posted at the website of the environmental online magazine Grist, at www.grist.org.

In Black’s Solutions Tour to Southern California will take place June 20th to June 28th. Traveling in a biodiesel van rented from

VIP Greenride in San Francisco, their tour stops will also include the Santa Barbara Summer Solstice Festival, the Jazz Bakery in

Culver City, Disneyland, Universal City Walk and the Los Angeles Zoo.

The members of the band range in age from 14-16. In Black has been performing their own unique brand of swing, standards, and straight-ahead jazz for over 4 years, playing a wide variety of events in Northern California. The Solutions Tour is In Black’s first foray into Southern California, and is being sponsored in part by Clif Bar. For more information, visit their website at www.myspace.com/inblackjazz. Photos available.