Editing Barenaked Ladies (section)

==<span class="anchor" id="Biography"></span><span class="anchor" id="Canadian Music Creators Coalition"></span><span class="anchor" id="Barenaked Planet"></span><span class="anchor" id="Ice cream"></span><span class="anchor" id="WE Charity"></span>Beyond music==

Barenaked Ladies have an authorized biography published in 2001, ''[[Public Stunts Private Stories]]'', written by friend and fellow Scarborough native [[Paul Myers (musician)|Paul Myers]] with input from the band.<ref name="MMMBio" /> In May 2006, the band and other prominent Canadian musicians formed the [[Canadian Music Creators Coalition]] in response to plans by the Canadian government to revisit and update copyright laws. Steven Page has acted as a conduit between the CMCC and the press, urging the government to focus on the Canadian cultural scene. Page has said that the CMCC was formed in response to what he believed was the wrong direction taken by the [[RIAA]] and major labels in suing fans for filesharing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.electricsky.net/?p=145|title=Steven Page on the Canadian Music Creators Coalition - Electric Sky|website=Electricsky.net|access-date=April 17, 2017|archive-date=February 13, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080213042756/http://www.electricsky.net/?p=145|url-status=live}}</ref>

They are proponents of environmentalism, following Page's passion for [[greening]]; he is a board member of [[World Wide Fund for Nature|WWF Canada]]). The group began bringing an "[[eco-village]]" organized by the [[Reverb (non-profit)|Reverb]] organization on their 2004 Au Naturale tour. They have partnered with Reverb to form the "Barenaked Planet" project, the group's name for their project to "green" their touring. Efforts include ensuring that backstage materials are recycled, using [[biodiesel]] in their tour vehicles ([[Biodiesel#Blends|B20]] in December 2006), and [[carbon offsets and credits|offsetting carbon emissions]] with wind power. This includes band-sponsored offsets for their emissions and volunteers selling "Barenaked Planet" stickers to concertgoers, with the proceeds offsetting emissions at venues.<ref name="GillDec28">{{Cite AV media
| people = [[Steven Page|Page, Steven]] & [[Gill Deacon|Deacon, Gill]] (Interviewer/Host)
| title = The Gill Deacon Show
| medium = TV-series
| publisher = [[CBC Television]]
| location = Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| date = December 28, 2006}}</ref>

Barenaked Ladies is the first Canadian band to receive its own ice-cream flavour, "If I Had 1,000,000 Flavours", following in the footsteps of other band-themed Ben & Jerry's flavours such as Cherry Garcia ([[Jerry Garcia]]), One Sweet Whirled and Magic Brownies ([[Dave Matthews Band]]) and Phish Food ([[Phish]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2009/12/c2115.html |title=newswire.ca |website=Newswire.ca |date=May 2, 2011 |access-date=2011-06-06| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110609190558/http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2009/12/c2115.html| archive-date= June 9, 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref><ref name="CAice">{{cite web|last=Marcus |first=Bianca |url=http://www.chartattack.com/news/69662/ice-cream-heals-bnl-wounds |title=chartattack.com |website=Chartattack.com |date=May 12, 2009 |access-date=2011-06-06 |url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100826153041/http://www.chartattack.com/news/69662/ice-cream-heals-bnl-wounds |archive-date=August 26, 2010 }}</ref> The ice cream consisted of "chocolate and vanilla ice cream with chunks of chocolate-covered toffee, white chocolate, peanut butter cups and chocolate-covered almonds."<ref name="CAice"></ref> Tyler Stewart described it as "an amalgamation of flavours [...] kind of like the band in a lot of ways—a lot of different personalities, different ethnic groups, all represented and rolled into one."<ref name="CAice"></ref>

The band is a member of the Canadian charity Artists Against Racism, and has worked with them on awareness campaigns.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://artistsagainstracism.org/radio-2/|title=Radio - Artists Against Racism|website=Artistsagaistrecism.org|access-date=November 29, 2019|archive-date=October 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201007213912/http://artistsagainstracism.org/radio-2/|url-status=live}}</ref> They have appeared at [[WE Day]] events, encouraging young students to get involved in their communities and promote social activity through [[WE Charity]]'s work.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.canadianliving.com/life-and-relationships/community-and-current-events/article/highlights-from-we-day-toronto-and-we-day-family|title=Highlights from WE Day Toronto and WE Day Family|last=Dziedzic|first=Sarah|website=Canadian Living|date=20 October 2016|access-date=2016-12-22|archive-date=February 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220101944/https://www.canadianliving.com/life-and-relationships/community-and-current-events/article/highlights-from-we-day-toronto-and-we-day-family|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/samantha-kempjackson/we-day-2013_b_3974659.html|title=We Day: An Inspiration For Change|date=2013-09-23|website=HuffPost Canada|language=en|access-date=2020-02-20|archive-date=November 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161108061518/http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/samantha-kempjackson/we-day-2013_b_3974659.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bc.ctvnews.ca/we-day-brings-rock-star-cred-to-social-activism-1.563573|title=We Day brings rock-star cred to social activism|last=Wintonyk|first=Darcy|date=2010-10-15|website=British Columbia|language=en|access-date=2020-02-20|archive-date=February 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220071403/https://bc.ctvnews.ca/we-day-brings-rock-star-cred-to-social-activism-1.563573|url-status=live}}</ref>