 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Mukuridza rwiyo rwacho mhenyu muna 1989, Stipe akazivisa kuvateereri kuti, Rwiyo urwu runoenda kuExxon Corporation. Uku kuratidzira kwakaitika nguva pfupi pashure pokudonha kwemafuta kweExxon Valdez, umo ngarava inotakura oiri Exxon Valdez yakarova Bligh Reef ndokudurura mabharani 260,000 kusvika ku750,000 emafuta asina kugadzirwa. Izvi zvingawedzera kurondedzera shoko remhoteredzo realbum Green. 